Police: Unconscious Bernardsville Man Was Oozing Blue Liquid

Morristown Police say they recently found a 22-year-old Bernardsville man in a still-running vehicle in a  parking lot, with a blue liquid oozing from his nose and mouth.

That blue liquid allegedly discovered was suspected to be Adderall, a prescription medication commonly used to treat Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, but also abused for its side-effects, police said. The police report on the Dec. 19 arrest said officers also allegedly found in the vehicle white pills suspected to be a generic equivalent to the muscle-relaxer Soma, and an unknown crushed white powder in an unmarked pill bottle, police said.

Police arrested and charged Michael Treppiccione, 22, of Bernardsville, with driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, possession of a prescription legend drug, possession of drug paraphenalia, unlawful taking of a means of conveyance and receiving stolen property shortly. The arrest took place shortly after 3 p.m. on that day, Morristown police said.

The car Treppiccione was discovered in later was found to belong to a Basking Ridge owner reportedly unaware that it was missing, according to the Morristown police report.

Morristown Police officer Christopher Oakley responded to the visitors parking garage at Morristown Medical Center on report of "an unresponsive male" in a running vehicle, police said.

Oakley, and fellow Officers Brian LaBarre and J. Dickerson, located Treppiccione slumped over the wheel of a running silver Volkswagen on the first floor of the lot, according to a police incident report. Dickerson, who also works at the hospital off-duty, told the other officers he had shouted at and shook Treppiccione awake, and Treppiccione allegedly said he did not know where he was, according to the report.

When asked what the blue liquid was running down his nose and out of his mouth, Treppiccione said, "I snorted a bunch of Adderall," according to the report. He also allegedly told police he had taken "Soma and coke," according to the report.

The police report alleges Treppiccione also told officers the vehicle he was found in was not his, though he did not know whose it was and how he had ended up in it at the hospital.

—where the vehicle was registered—located the owner and advised him of the situation, according to the report. The owner said he had not been aware that the vehicle—registered under the name of his son, who was currently out of the country—had been stolen. The man also said he did not know who Treppiccione was, and said he did not suspect his son knew him, either, according to the report.

Treppiccione was transported over to the Emergency Department at the hospital, according to the report. When being examined, a glass pipe allegedly fell out of his pants, to which he replied to police, "I smoked some coke with it before," according to the report.

Besides the summonses issued in Morristown, Treppiccione was found to have several outstanding warrants totalling $2,000 out of Orange, as well as active charges out of Bernardsville, according to the report. Treppiccione was released from the hospital at 6:45 p.m., processed and placed in a holding cell at the , according to the report.

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