METUCHEN — A Metuchen woman was arrested for drunken driving three times in less than four weeks in the borough, police said today. Lorraine Arrington, 54, was first arrested July 21 when police responded to reports of a woman slumped over the wheel of a car on Route 27 at Central Avenue, authorities said. The woman awakened as officers approached...
METUCHEN — A Metuchen woman was arrested for drunken driving three times in less than four weeks in the borough, police said today.
Lorraine Arrington, 54, was first arrested July 21 when police responded to reports of a woman slumped over the wheel of a car on Route 27 at Central Avenue, authorities said.
The woman awakened as officers approached her car, and police found beer cans on the front seat, Officer David Liantonio said. Police did not attempt a sobriety test because of the woman’s condition, but instead had her taken to JFK Hospital in Edison as a precaution, the officer said.
He said Arrington was arrested again and taken to a hospital on Aug. 1, after a man flagged down an officer to report a woman appearing intoxicated had just entered a car in a parking lot on Pearl Street. Police found cans of beer in a plastic bag in the car, the officer said.
On Sunday, Arrington was arrested a third time after she was seen making an illegal U-turn on Hillside Avenue at Main Street, Liantonio said. He said she admitted leaving a beer can on the curb where she had been parked.
In addition to the drunken driving charges, Arrington was arrested for failing to appear in court after the first two arrests, the officer said.