NEWTON — A former Passaic County detective has been sentenced to two years probation for trying to drive his Jeep Wrangler down a ski trail at the Mountain Creek resort, causing the vehicle to flip more than 20 times, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said.

Michael Fertitta, 40, who admitted to being intoxicated at the time of the May 4 off-roading accident, was also forced to resign from his $73,000-a-year job with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and is barred from any future public employment in New Jersey.

In addition, Fertitta, formerly of Vernon, must perform 90 hours of community service, attend 48 hours of classes at the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center, pay $1,486 in fines and penalties, and his driver’s license was suspended for seven months.

Fertitta, whose blood-level at the time of the accident was .17, more than twice the legal limit, pleaded guilty Oct. 30 to two counts of assault by auto, endangering the welfare of a child and driving while intoxicated.

The accident resulted in injuries to Fertitta, his wife, Kelly, 43, and their 6-year-old son, who were passengers in the vehicle.

In September, Kelly Fertitta was admitted into the state’s pre-trial intervention program for 18 months. Child neglect charges against her will be dismissed upon her successful completion of the PTI program.

Since the accident, the Fertittas have moved to Winnsboro, La., according to the Sussex prosecutor’s office.

Fertitta was sentenced Dec. 20 before Superior Court Judge Thomas Critchley, sitting in Newton.

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