An apparently inebriated man stole a bulldozer from a West Hudson Park construction site and wreaked havoc in the park as he tried to drive it home from Harrison to Newark on Friday, officials said.

“He said he was cold and was trying to ride it home to the Ironbound section of Newark,” Harrison Police Capt. Mike Green told The Jersey Journal about Christopher Russell, 30, who was arrested that night.

Inside the park the bulldozer leveled signs, three benches, two steel bollards, a tree, a drinking fountain, fencing and construction materials, and it also damaged a bridge parapet, tore up grass and left a maze of tractor tracks, officials said.

The bulldozer eventually made it out of the park and struck a parked car.

Just after 9 p.m. Friday, police began receiving reports of the bulldozer being at various locations, including Davis Lane and Cross Street, which is two blocks from the park, and when police caught up with the bulldozer it was in the middle of a street and Russell was climbing out of it, Green said.

Police said Russell smelled of alcohol and admitted having taken the bulldozer, saying he was cold and wanted to drive it home, Green said.

Russell said the keys were inside the bulldozer, Green said.

Russell was taken into custody without incident and he was charged with driving while intoxicated, criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident and theft of the bulldozer, Green said.

Russell’s bail was set at $20,000 with a 10 percent cash option and he was remanded to the Hudson County jail in Kearny.