Lumbertown Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca was indicted on child abuse charges Thursday, Burlington County officials said.

Burlington County prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that the 46-year-old mayor of the New Jersey township was indicted on charges of failing to protect her young child, who was inside the car while she was allegedly driving drunk.

A grand jury charged LaPlaca with endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse offenses. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Dec. 8 in Superior Court in Mount Holly, New Jersey.

The charges stem from an investigation in March, when LaPlaca was allegedly seen driving and not staying in her lane. A criminal complaint said that she almost collided with a utility pole.

Officers eventually pulled LaPlaca over, and she admitted she ha

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