Bordentown, NJ police chief sprawled in street during DWI arrest

HAMILTON (Mercer) — A police chief from Burlington County now facing DWI prices in Mercer County was mendacity down in the road behind his pickup truck, keys and cellphone strewn close by — as seen in physique camera footage from the April arrest.

The video reveals 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 night.

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, lying 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 earlier than falling to the bottom.

In 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 name his wife, the police chief sprawled on the pavement asks “What’s the problem” to which the officer says “uh, nothing," adding after a beat: "However you look sick.”

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

“You’re sleeping in the course of the street… your pants are down,” the opposite officer says in one other video shared to YouTube by NJ.com.

He asks “Are you diabetic?”

“Under no circumstances,” Pesce says — to which the officer responds: “In all probability the improper reply.”

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

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

Pesce has been on restricted responsibility until further notice pending investigation outcomes as he faces fees for five site visitors offenses.

Officers mentioned his automobile caused property harm in the area 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 injury, failing to report an accident, reckless driving and careless driving.

After Pesce is loaded into an ambulance, he’s instructed he’s below 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 prices (Hamilton Township Police/NJ.com via Youtube)

“There’s been a number of calls — and one other caller that saw you get out of the automobile and walk to the again," the officer replies.

Pesce disputes that he had been driving, saying “No one 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'll be able to attain her at erin.vogt@townsquaremedia.com

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