Woman Arrested for SECOND DWI at Over TRIPLE the Legal Limit (0.287%)

On May 25, 2024 around 7:17 PM, Patrolmen Christopher Dedeyn, Harold Hester, and Steven Scaturro with the Berkeley Township Police Department were dispatched to the parking lot of 66 Route 9 on a report of a suspicious vehicle with an unconscious female. The officers first arrived on scene around 7:20 PM and noticed an unresponsive female slumped over the wheel behind the wheel of a black 2018 Nissan Sentra. She was unresponsive and the officers were unsure what she may have taken. As a result, 1 dose of an antidote was administered and she regained consciousness shortly afterwards. After she regained consciousness, the officers asked her to exit the vehicle and eventually identified her as 36-year-old Corissa.

After Corissa regained consciousness, she insisted that she had only consumed alcohol and that she had not consumed any other prohibited substances. As the officers were speaking with Corissa, they detected the odor of alcohol. First responders arrived on scene to evaluate her, but she told them that she did not wish to go to the hospital. After she declined further medical attention, the officers decided to administer field sobriety exercises.

The first field sobriety exercise involved the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test. The second field sobriety exercise was the Walk and Turn test and it was administered by Patrolman Scaturro. During the Walk and Turn test, Corissa failed to touch heel-to-toe on each step and failed to keep her arms at her sides. The final exercise was the One Leg Stand test, and Corissa failed to raise her foot in the proper fashion while displaying a lack of balance.

Based on their initial encounter with her, her indicators of impairment, and her inability to adequately perform the field sobriety exercises, Corissa was placed under arrest for driving under the influence. A search of her vehicle incident to arrest yielded open containers, and the vehicle was subsequently impounded for a mandatory 12-hour hold under John’s Law. Patrolman Scaturro transported her to the Berkeley Township Police Department for further processing. At police HQ, Patrolman Scaturro read her the Standard Statement for Motor Vehicle Operators, and initially agreed to submit breath samples for testing. Patrolman Taylor administered the Alcotest machine. The results indicated a BAC of 0.287%, which was more than triple the legal limit of 0.08%.

Court records indicate that Corissa had previously been arrested for DWI as in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey as recently as April 10, 2024. After the officers finished processing her, she was released to her a friend pending her court appearance after she signed the Potential Liability Warning form on Corissa’s behalf. Patrolman Scaturro issued her the following traffic tickets: Operating under the influence, reckless driving, and careless driving, and open container

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