HOWELL — A Middletown Township police sergeant who also faces a pending harassment complaint in Toms River has been placed on administrative leave following an arrest on impaired driving charges.
Sgt. Elzbieta Banel, 42, was arrested at the Howell Township Police Athletic League facility on Kent Road on November 4. She faces charges of driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and DWI on school property or within 1,000 feet of a school, according to court records cited in published reports on New Jersey 101.5.
The incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. at the facility, which offers child care programs. The tickets did not explain why Banel was there…