A New Jersey mayor caught in March drunk while driving with her young son in the car has been charged with child endangerment and child abuse .

Gina LaPlaca, 46, was indicted on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse by a Burlington County grand jury on Thursday.

A witness reported a swerving driver, and their license plate number, to Lumberton police on March 17 around 6 p.m. The witness told police the car crossed the center line multiple times and went off onto the grass, but that they became concerned when noticing there was a child in the car.

Police arrived at LaPlaca’s residence as she was getting her son out of the back seat of a car. Officers told her that multiple reports had been made.

LaPlaca first denied drinking, then admitted she had before pi

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