WATCH: Footage Shows Arrest Of Democrat Mayor For Allegedly Driving While Intoxicated With Her Toddler In Vehicle

Newly released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a Democrat mayor in New Jersey for allegedly driving while intoxicated with her toddler in the car.

Democrat Mayor Arrested For Allegedly Driving While Intoxicated With Her Toddler In Vehicle

LaPlaca has faced calls to resign since the March 17th arrest.

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🚨FULL BODY-CAM FOOTAGE: NJ Democrat Mayor accused of DUI with her toddler in the car

Gina LaPlaca, 45, Mayor of Lumberton, was charged with DUI and now faces calls for her resignation from Lumberton residents

Police confronted LaPlaca after a bystander reported her driving… pic.twitter.com/CL4053oqQM

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Fox News reports:

During the interaction with police, LaPlaca removed her son, whom she was driving home from school, from a car seat in her blue BMW. One officer stayed with the child while others asked LaPlaca questions and conducted a field sobriety test.

The footage shows the side of LaPlaca's car had been scratched, and the passenger side-view mirror nearly destroyed. When an officer asked what she hit, LaPlaca said she did not know.

"You don't have any recollection of hitting anything?" another officer asked.

"No, I don't," she replied.

A witness captured video of LaPlaca driving erratically, police footage shows. He called the police and gave them LaPlaca's license plate information and the police tracked her down at her suburban home just as she was arriving.

She then failed a field sobriety test in the street outside her home before being taken into custody.

Shocking bodycam footage shows NJ Mayor Gina LaPlaca staggering while arrested for allegedly driving driving drunk with toddler in car https://t.co/H811pYwo00 pic.twitter.com/zCXhoW5Zd7

— New York Post (@nypost) March 28, 2025

Per NBC10 Philadelphia:

While investigating inside LaPlaca's car, the officers find a water bottle filled with alcohol and a small liquor bottle.

LaPlaca is taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence as well as other related offenses.

At the police station, LaPlaca is told by the officers that they have videos showing her driving erratically and she is told about the charges against her.

Following her arrest, LaPlaca's husband, Jason Carty, a political activist -- and former executive director of the New Jersey Brewers Guild -- posted on social media to say LaPlaca has struggled with addiction.

Last week, the community and a member of the Lumberton Township Committee requested that LaPlaca resign from her role as mayor.

The town’s attorney told the crowd that legally, under NJ law and township code, there is nothing the committee can do to remove Mayor LaPlaca as a person on the committee.

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