Moriarty's Hearing on DWI Charges Postoponed

State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty will have to wait a little longer for the court case against him to proceed. 

Moriarty's hearing in Bridgeton Municipal Court, scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, was postponed. The hearing is now scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 13. 

The four-term Democratic assemblyman faces charges of driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test and failing to maintain a lane. 

Moriarty, 55, was arrested following a traffic stop on the Black Horse Pike, in the Turnersville section of his hometown of Washington Township, Gloucester County, on July 31. The lawmaker has labeled Officer Joseph Dibuonaventura's decision to arrest him as an "abuse of power," and has denied having consumed any alcoholic beverages prior to the traffic stop.

The case was transferred to Bridgeton Municipal Court in Cumberland County, to avoid any potential conflicts of interest.

Moriarty served as mayor of Washington Township from 2004 through 2008. Washington Township falls in the Fourth Legislative District, which Moriarty represents in the Assembly, while Bridgeton does not.