Woman arrives drunk at Mt. Olive police HQ to pick up man charged with DWI, police say

William Westhoven | Morristown Daily Record

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A Rockaway woman arrived at Mount Olive's police headquarters drunk and said she was there to pick up a man who had been charged with drunk driving, said police. She was also charged with DWI.

Melissa T. Vitale, 49, arrived at the station to pick up Robert L. Woolf, 45, of Washington, Saturday, after he was charged with DWI in the township's Budd Lake section, said police. Officers detected the odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath and following failed sobriety tests, she was arrested and charged with DWI and reckless driving, according to the police report.

Woolf was charged with DWI following a motor vehicle stop on Route 46 at 2:19 a.m. Saturday.

Vitale and Woolf both were charged with reckless driving in addition to DWI. Woolf also received citations for failure to maintain lane and failure to obey a traffic signal.

Both were released to a sober adult.

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Staff Writer William Westhoven: 973-917-9242; wwesthoven@Dailyrecord.com.