Woman Arrested for DWI after Falling Asleep in Front of a School

Around 3:14 AM on February 4, 2023, Parolman Fiore of the West Windsor Police Department observed a vehicle that was stopped on the road in front of Maurice Hawk Elementary School. After he activated his lights and approached the vehicle, he noticed that the driver was asleep in the front seat while the vehicle was still in “drive” mode. He had to knock on the window multiple times before the driver, later identified as 26-year-old Devin Gribbon, was aware of his presence. He instructed Gribbon to put the vehicle in park and step out of the vehicle.

Gribbon told the officer that she was heading home. When Gribbon was asked if she had been drinking, she admitted to doing so earlier at the Ivy Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. Based on her admission to consuming alcohol, Patrolman Fiore afforded her an opportunity to perform field sobriety exercises. Gribbon declined to participate in field sobriety exercises and even told the officer “You can arrest me.”

Gribbon was placed under arrest for driving under the influence and brought to West Windsor Police HQ for further processing. At the station, Gribbon refused to answer most of the officer’s questions and refused to take a breathalyzer test. After she was processed, Gribbon was released to her father after he signed the Potential Liability Warning form on her behalf. She was issued the following summonses: DWI within 1000 feet of a school, refusal to submit to breath testing, reckless driving, delaying traffic, operating an unregistered vehicle, and refusal to notify DMV of address change.

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