The 46-year-old's first arrest came after she ran over a concrete median Tuesday morning near where children enter Lopatcong Middle School, police said.
A Lopatcong Township woman is accused of driving under the influence of drugs twice Tuesday and crashing two different vehicles, including once after running over a concrete median in the morning near where children enter Lopatcong Middle School, according to township police.
Kathleen Weirsky, 46, of the 400 block of Baltimore Street, after running over the median, struck two mailboxes on opposite sides of Stonehenge Drive before striking a parked, driverless vehicle, police said in a news release. She told police the driver of the other vehicle caused the crash by stopping short, and during the interview exhibited signs of intoxication including slurred speech and incoherent statements, police said.
Weirsky failed field sobriety tests and was taken to township police headquarters, where a drug-recognition expert determined she was under the influence of excessive medication, police said.
Charged with DUI, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain lanes, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident, Weirsky was released to a family member, her vehicle was towed and she was told not to drive for 12 hours, police said.
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Then, about 2:47 p.m., police were called to residents trying to stop a vehicle that had run off the road onto a neighbors lawn then stopped at a green light at Baltimore Street and Red School Lane.
"Patrol responded to the location to once again find Kathleen Weirsky behind the wheel of a different vehicle and again under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance," officer Scott Bisci wrote in the release. "Citizens advised she was going to hurt someone or herself driving in that manner."
Weirsky again failed field sobriety tests and was taken to police headquarters, where another drug-recognition expert confirmed she was under the influence of excessive medication use, police said. She was charged anew with use/under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, DUI, reckless driving, careless driving and failure to maintain a lane, then sent to Warren County jail in lieu of $1,000 bail.
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