Artie Lange DUI: Comic Charged In NJ

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange has been charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant and careless driving after a minor traffic accident in central New Jersey.

Toms River police say Lange's 2009 Nissan struck the rear of another vehicle around 1:30 p.m. Friday. Police say no one was injured and both vehicles had only minor damage.

Police say the responding officers' observations led to the 41-year-old Lange, of Roseland, being charged. He was taken to police headquarters for processing.

He was issued summonses and released pending a municipal court appearance on July 16. A police spokesman did not know if Lange had retained a lawyer.

Lange is a "Howard Stern Show" regular and recently wrote a best-selling book, "Too Fat to Fish."

Comments

[ObamAtomic]

He was meatless for days,that's the cause of his DUI.

[mcmingus]

An obvious career move...

[mawied]

That makes complete sense, seeing as DUI is so popular amongst the public.

[mawied]

Looks like most of you will be eating crow soon enough.

[ledzepfan]

I am convinced he wants to go out in a "blaze of glory", like (one of his idols) Sam Kinison. Just keep of the foolishness Artie, and (unforturnately), you might get your wish.

[eleanorhawking]

This man is a walking piece of fe cal matter.

[smchp]

WGAF, I stopped listening to Stern because of this unfunny hack.

[unfettered]

Too bad not being funny isn't a crime.

[Jelperman]

If it were, he'd be serving a life sentence.

[medicontheedge]

any pools going yet as to when he does a john belushi or chris farley?

[Jelperman]

Wouldn't he need talent for that to happen?

[ibivi]

The last few times I saw him TV (with Joe Buck) he was loaded. He's coasting on fumes. This is a minor accident but still he has a booze problem.

[Jelperman]

I saw him on an HBO comedy special (the one with Lemmy) and he was bad -worse than Andrew "Dice" Clay.

[GeeBee]

There are a number of misprints in the article. The word "comedian" is not preceded by "self-described" or "aspiring" anywhere.

[mawied]

And how exactly are you qualified to criticize comedy?

[Fuji]

you must admit, that was funny.

[DevRock]

This is so disappointing. Artie's been struggling with drugs and alcohol for the past several years. He seemed to have been finally cleaning himself up. He's really pushing it. Artie, I hope you finally get some real help, brother.

[FabulousAt52]

He must have looked pretty bad if that was the only reason the cops thought to test him....
Toms River cops aren't known for being too too anal about minor traffic accidents.

What was he doing in Toms River anyway? There's enough problems on the roads there with 10,000 senior citizens driving around like dementia patients..­. on percocets.

[Azmom]

Duh.

[FCruz12780]

Drunk by 1:30pm? That's a problem.

[PDXTransplant]

I think that would be a 'still' not a 'by'. Big problem.

[bookon]

I used to listen to Stern and Artie, but the schtick go redundent and stopped being funny. Maybe if I was still 20, they might still be funny.

[spindoc]

No kidding.

[baronmerlot]

Like most shows they have their good and bad days. I was debating whether to continue listening or not but the $2.00 price increase has made it easier to decide to leave Sirius XM.

[mcmingus]

Is this any kind of surprise?

It'll be the top line item on his resume as soon as he can it it together enough to spell DUI.