WESTAMPTON — A man from southern New Jersey was drunk when he drove to a police station on Thanksgiving Day to pick up someone who also had been charged with DUI, according to police.

Westampton police said Joseph Shea, 22, of Tabernacle arrived at the station in Burlington County at about 6:45 a.m. Thursday and was seen driving in the parking lot at a high rate of speed. He was questioned and charged with drunken driving, police reported.

Shea was released later that day on his own recognizance and was picked up by another person. A telephone number for Shea could not be found today.

Details about the person that Shea had intended to pick up at the police station were not disclosed.

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