Entitled Woman Arrested for SIXTH DWI After Leaving Rehab

Around 9:26 PM on March 3, 2023, Officer Stephen Manney with the Hanover Township Police Department was dispatched to the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta at the intersection of Parsippany Road and North Jefferson Road. As he approached the vehicle, he noticed that a Belgian block garden bed that had been damaged and that the vehicle had sustained heavy front-end damages. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Kelly Terranova.

As he was speaking with Kelly, he detected the odor of alcohol and observed other indicators of impairment. Kelly was with another male who was the passenger inside her vehicle, and she initially hesitated to admit that she was driving. Officers Byrnes, Najera, and Law arrived on scene to assist with the investigation. Her passenger admitted to the officers that he had met Kelly at rehab and that they had just left rehab.

After Kelly admitted to driving the vehicle, she became uncooperative with the officers. Based on her lack of cooperation, Officer Najera placed Kelly in handcuffs and told her that she was under arrest. A search of her wallet incident to arrest yielded a PBA Gold Card issued to Kelly by Patrolman Dave Ribaudo with the Parsippany Police Department.

Officer Manney first transported Kelly to the Hanover Township Police Department and administered the field sobriety exercises in the sally port. After the field sobriety exercises were completed, Kelly was transported to the Florham Park Police Department for the administration of the Alcotest because their machine was not functioning. Kelly was read the Standard Statement for Motor Vehicle Operators, and she agreed to submit breath samples. Her Alcotest results indicated a BAC level of 0.17%, which was more than double the legal limit of 0.08%.

Kelly was eventually released to her mother pending her court appearance after she signed the Potential Liability Warning form on Kelly’s behalf. Based on her lack of cooperation, Kelly was charged with obstruction under 2C:29-1A and resisting arrest under 2C:29-2A(1).

Officer Manney issued Kelly the following traffic citations as well:

-Operating under the influence

-Reckless driving

-Careless driving

-Traffic on marked lanes

-Obstructing passage of other vehicles

-Delaying traffic

-Leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage

-Failure to report an accident

Kelly had previously been arrested for DWI in Montville Township, New Jersey on January 7, 2023. Court records indicate that Kelly has previously been arrested for DWI in Mansfield Township, New Jersey after leaving the scene of an accident on April 14, 2019. Prior to that arrest, Kelly had been arrested for DWIs in Rockaway Township, New Jersey on March 29, 2019 and March 27, 2019. Prior to those 2 arrests, she had also been arrested for DWI in Hanover Township, New Jersey on March 1, 2010.

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