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A former County municipal judge, who gave up his seat after pleading guilty to drunken driving and threatening a public servant last year, is facing new charges for driving while intoxicated / DWI.

George R. Korpita was arrested for DWI Friday night in Sparta after a traffic stop on Route 181 near the Jefferson border, Sparta Police Chief Ernie Reigstad said. Police noticed Korpita allegedly driving erratically on Green Road and pulled him over shortly after 11 p.m.

He was arrested and issued four traffic summonses -- DWI driving while intoxicated, careless driving, failing to keep right and refusing to take a breath test, Reigstad said.

Korpita, who could not be reached for comment, was later released on his own recognizance pending a DWI hearing in Sparta Municipal Court.

Korpita had presided over the Morris County courts in Dover, Rockaway Borough and Victory Gardens until an incident early on the morning of Nov. 6. In that case, police pulled over Korpita's vehicle on Route 46 after a motorist noticed his black Chrysler sedan not moving at an intersection after the light turned green.

He later admitted that he had been drinking at a Roxbury go-go bar and that he had flashed his municipal judge identification to police and mentioned several times he was a municipal court judge.

Under the DWI plea deal in that case, Korpita cannot hold public office again and cannot seek to have the DWI conviction expunged.
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