Police: Drunken driver stranded self in Glouco floodwaters before setting off unneeded search (Courier-Post)

Police: Drunken driver stranded self in Glouco floodwaters before setting off unneeded search
2:56 PM, Aug. 30, 2011
Written by CourierPostOnline.com

Franklin Township police say a man was driving drunk Monday night when he drove past a road closed sign on Delsea Drive in Franklin Township and became stuck in flood waters there.

The Vineland man then told rescuers he was only a passenger in the truck, prompting police to call out a state police helicopter area to search the waters for the alleged driver.

The search was eventually called off when police determined the man was lying.

The driver, Lorenzo Baltazar, was charged with drunken driving and hindering arrest, police said.

Baltazar is being detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement officials at the Gloucester County Jail, police said.