A Glen Gardner man who allegedly used an artificial urine device to try to pass a drug test ended up in failure and arrest.

The downfall for Carl Vitiello Jr., 28, was that he accidentally spilled the liquid on himself and his probation officer noticed, said Chief Ed Davis of the Hunterdon County Sheriff’s Office.

Vitiello was arrested at the county Justice Center in Flemington and charged with defrauding the administration of a drug test.

He allegedly used a device for sale on the Internet for around $140. It’s called a “Whizzinator” and includes an artificial penis (available in various skin colors), dried “clean” urine, water and a heater to warm it. The user reaches into his pants to start the process going.

According to Davis, Vitiello is on probation and one of the conditions is that he periodically provide urine specimens for testing to see if he is drug-free. When he went for his appointment on Thursday, April 25, he allegedly used the device in an attempt to pass.

But “he leaked all over his pants” and the probation officer notified the Sheriff’s Office.

After an investigation, Cpl. Keith Yasunas and officers John Sadusky and Peter Swiston determined that Vitiello tried to defraud a urine screen and arrested him. Chief Davis and Detective Jesse Winfield assisted with the probe.

Vitiello was released a short time later with an order to appear in Superior Court the next day.

He had been arrested last Aug. 8 and charged with burglary and driving while intoxicated after he allegedly broke into a Lebanon home, then fled. State Troopers stopped his car and arrested him in town a short time later.

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