OK, Where Was The Car?

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RIVERDALE, N. J. – Police say an elf on the sauce is facing drunk driving charges in New Jersey.
Riverdale police tell NJ.com () that 23-year-old Brian Chellis was found passed out in a car early Friday morning wearing an Elf on the Shelf costume.
Lt. James Macintosh says the Cedar Grove man was asleep behind the wheel of a van with its engine running, lights on and music blaring. He says Chellis was in a red shirt, red pants, and white ruffled collar.
Note the title of the article says that he was passed out in a parking lot.
What’s not established is that the person ever actually operated the vehicle upon a public road or other public place while in a state of intoxication.
Yes, I’m well aware that the way the law is written in most (maybe all nowdays) states provides that if you’re in “control” of a vehicle where it can be operated on a public road, and you’re intoxicated, you’re deemed guilty of DUI — even if you never actually move the vehicle and even, I might add, if you’re on private property such as a private parking lot or in your own driveway.

This post was published at Market-Ticker on 2014-12-21.