India, March 19 -- New Jersey mayor Gina LaPlaca has been charged with driving under the influence (DUI) after she nearly crashed her vehicle with her two-year-old son inside. The 45-year-old Lumberton Township leader was arrested at her home on St. Patrick's Day (March 17) after she admitted to drinking alcohol before picking up her son from daycare.

The Democrat was filmed by a witness driving her 2019 BMW "erratically" as her toddler sat in the rear car seat, according to charging documents obtained by WPVI. In the video, LaPlaca was seen swerving across lanes and "nearly hitting a utility pole."

After the police tracked her vehicle, they found LaPlaca at her home, where she was arrested at around 6:00 pm. As the mayor confessed to t...