— A 45-year-old Rockaway Township woman defecated on the steps of a home hours after she was found drunken and incoherent in the woods, police said.

Rockaway Borough police officers found Nancy Petrunyak lying in a small patch of woods near 280 East Main St. with a open container of alcohol at about 1:46 p.m. Sept. 21, police said.

She was later transported to St. Clare's Hospital for treatment and charged with having an open container of alcohol in public, police said.

Hours later, Petrunyak was charged with lewdness for defecating on the front steps of an East Main Street home, police said.

Petrunyak was later released on her own recognizance, police said.

On Aug. 15, Petrunyak was

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