MANSFIELD — Lambertville Mayor David DelVecchio told police he drank five beers at a strip club and then failed four field sobriety tests on the night he was arrested in Burlington County on a drunken driving charge, which was dismissed last week in municipal court.

A police dashboard camera video of the Nov. 9 arrest obtained by The Times of Trenton through an Open Public Records Act request shows DelVecchio struggling to complete the Mansfield police officer's instructions during nearly 10 minutes of field sobriety tests.

The camera recorded DelVecchio telling the officer he had five Redd's Apple Ales at the Playhouse Lounge, a BYOB strip club in Burlington City, after arriving at the establishment at 7:30 p.m. The traffic stop occurred shortly after 1 a.m. on Route 130 north, according to a police report from the arrest.

In this screen capture from a dashboard camera, Lambertville Mayor David DelVecchio, left, is arrested for driving while intoxicated by Mansfield police officer Eric Dawson, right. DelVecchio admitted to drinking five beers at a Burlington City strip club and failed four field sobriety tests. (Courtesy of Mansfield Township Police Department)

While DelVecchio was unable to complete balance tests, vision and alphabet tests, two breath tests administered at Mansfield police headquarters after he was arrested detected no alcohol, according to the police report.

DelVecchio had the drunken driving charge dropped on Thursday and pleaded guilty to charges of reckless driving and failing to maintain a lane of travel. DelVecchio paid $238 in fines and court fees.

“There’s not much to say that hasn’t been said already,” Lambertville city attorney Phil Faherty, who privately represented DelVecchio in the case said Tuesday. “It’s over and he’s been found not guilty of drunk driving.”

According to the police report filed by Mansfield Officer Eric Dawson, DelVecchio was pulled over for driving 62 mph in a 50 mph zone, swerving between the left and right lanes and braking for no observable reason on Route 130.

Upon approaching DelVecchio’s window, Dawson detected the odor of alcoholic beverages in the car and from DelVecchio’s mouth. Dawson noted that DelVecchio’s speech was slurred and his eyes were red and watery, he wrote.

Dawson then walked DelVecchio through four field sobriety tests, all of which he failed or was unable to complete.

When Dawson conducted the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, DelVecchio could not keep his head still while following the officer’s finger with his eyes. Of the six indicators presented in the test, Dawson noted that five of them pointed to the fact that he was impaired.

DelVecchio also failed the “walk and turn” test by failing to walk heel-to-toe in a straight line and could not complete the “one leg stand” test, trying to use his vehicle to balance himself while lifting one leg 6 inches off the ground.

When Dawson informed DelVecchio he could not use the car for balance, he said he could not complete the test, as it put stress on his lower back.

“He related that he cracked his vertebrae in his back region while playing rugby but he should not have a problem walking or balancing,” Dawson wrote.

DelVecchio at first passed the alphabet test, correctly reciting the alphabet from “D” through “T” without singing it, but when asked to do it again, he omitted the letter “J.”

“Based on the manner in which he had operated his motor vehicle, his failure to satisfactorily perform the sobriety tests and his statements regarding the alcoholic beverages he consumed, it was clear to me that DelVecchio was, in fact, intoxicated," Dawson wrote.

DelVecchio is in his eighth term as mayor. He has served as president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities and president of the New Jersey Conference of Mayors.

DelVecchio did not return a call seeking comment on Tuesday and has referred questions to his attorney in the past.

“As a mayor, I have taken a strong stand against drunk driving in my own community, and would not act in a way that is contrary with that belief,’’ DelVecchio said in a Dec. 11 statement. “I hold the officers who handled this case in the highest regard, as they acted with the same integrity and professionalism that I ask of the Lambertville police, and I did not receive any preferential treatment.”

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