Bordentown, NJ police chief sprawled in road during DWI arrest

HAMILTON (Mercer) — A police chief from Burlington County now facing DWI prices in Mercer County was lying down in the highway behind his pickup truck, keys and cell phone strewn nearby — as seen in physique digicam footage from the April arrest.

The video exhibits what happened after police caught up with Bordentown Police Chief Brian Pesce, who was been charged with crashing his automobile and fleeing the scene earlier in the evening.

The truck’s driver-side door was flung open as Hamilton law enforcement officials arrived on April 22 to see Bordentown Police Chief Brian Pesce, mendacity on his left side close to the curb behind his Chevy Silverado.

The belt on his pants is open and his jeans are partly down and the officers surprise out loud whether or not he had urinated or thrown up on one of many truck's tires before falling to the bottom.

Within the one Hamilton officer’s bodycam footage, as shared to YouTube by The Trentonian, Pesce nods that sure, he’s married.

When asked if they can call his wife, the police chief sprawled on the pavement asks “What’s the issue” to which the officer says “uh, nothing," including after a beat: "However you look sick.”

Bordentown police chief DWI charges (Hamilton Township Police/NJ.com via Youtube)

“You’re sleeping in the middle of the road… your pants are down,” the other officer says in another video shared to YouTube by NJ.com.

He asks “Are you diabetic?”

“Not at all,” Pesce says — to which the officer responds: “Probably the fallacious reply.”

Bordentown police chief DWI charges (Hamilton Township Police/NJ.com through Youtube)

Bordentown police chief DWI costs (Hamilton Township Police/NJ.com via Youtube)

Pesce has been on restricted responsibility till additional discover pending investigation outcomes as he faces costs for 5 site visitors offenses.

Officers said his car triggered property injury in the space of Bruin Drive and Terrapin Lane about 10:30 p.m. He was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident involving property harm, failing to report an accident, reckless driving and careless driving.

After Pesce is loaded into an ambulance, he’s informed he’s beneath suspicion of DWI and going to the hospital for a blood draw, to which he throws his arms up and says “I drove?”

Bordentown police chief DWI costs (Hamilton Township Police/NJ.com via Youtube)

“There’s been several calls — and one other caller that noticed you get out of the automobile and stroll to the again," the officer replies.

Pesce disputes that he had been driving, saying “Nobody was driving.”

He was promoted to chief in 2018, after 20 years with Bordentown police, following the resignation of disgraced former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera.

With previous reporting by Rick Rickman

Erin Vogt is a reporter and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You possibly can attain her at erin.vogt@townsquaremedia.com

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