Elf Drinking From the Top Shelf Charged with DWI in Riverdale, NJ

ELF ON THE TOP SHELF …

23 year old Brian Chellis of Cedar Grove, NJ who was dressed in an ‘Elf on a Shelf’ costume was arrested Friday morning for alleged DUI. The police found the passed out Elf in his vehicle in the Target parking lot, near the store’s loading dock with the engine running, lights on and music blaring, Police issued him summonses for driving while intoxicated, careless driving and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

A man dressed as one of Santa’s little helpers found himself in trouble Friday morning when Riverdale police allegedly discovered him drunkenly passed out in a car.

Around 3:30 a.m., Sgt. Pat Harden was dispatched to the parking lot of Target on Route 23 after receiving a report of a suspicious vehicle, Lt. James Macintosh said.

Harden located the car, a gray Toyota van, parked by the store’s loading dock with its engine running, lights on and music blaring, the lieutenant said.

The driver, Brian Chellis, 23, of Cedar Grove, was asleep behind the wheel, wearing an “Elf on the Shelf” costume, Macintosh said.