Reportedly, a nearly nude driver received a DWI charge Friday in New Jersey. The allegedly drunk woman, who only donned an unzipped jacket at the time of the traffic stop, is also suspected in a hit and run accident that same day. Obviously, a nearly nude driver, DWI charges or not, headlines the news.
According to a Jan. 21 report from Daily Record on this strange news story, Catherine Giaquinto, 36, a resident from Warwick, faces a litany of charges stemming from the driving while intoxicated arrest.
Sources say the New York resident was stopped in Sparta Township by a police officer, who observed that the car she was driving fit the description from an earlier complaint.
In that incident, a caller notified police that a driver crashed into a stone wall and drove away from the site of the accident.
When the officer stopped the car moments later, police noticed damage on the vehicle that was consistent with the crash scene.
After pulling the vehicle safely over, the officer noticed Giaqauinto was wearing very little clothing. Additionally, a dress and other articles of clothing lay on a seat nearby.
The nearly nude woman received a DWI charge after failing a field sobriety test and refusing a breath test.
Police instructed the woman to get fully dressed. However, the reports shows that she struggled with her balance, slurred her speech and put her dress on backwards.
The nearly naked driver was taken to a local police station, where she allegedly became combative. While the nearly nude driver faces DWI charges, she was also hit with six other violations.
