Police: Man In Elf Costume Charged With DWI

The Elf on the Shelf balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

RIVERDALE, N.J. (AP) — Police say an elf on the sauce is facing drunken driving charges in New Jersey.

Riverdale police tell NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1wX1laR ) that 23-year-old Brian Chellis was found passed out in a car early Friday morning wearing an Elf on the Shelf costume.

Lt. James Macintosh says the Cedar Grove man was asleep behind the wheel of a van with its engine running, lights on and music blaring. He says Chellis was in a red shirt, red pants and white ruffled collar.

Macintosh says Chellis seemed confused about where he was and had an open can of beer in the car. He was issued a summons and released to a family member.

A message left Saturday seeking comment from Chellis wasn’t immediately returned.

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  1. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Next you’ll be saying The Mensch on a Bench is high…

  2. Huh. When grandma was run over by a reindeer, was an elf driving?

  3. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    If Grandma is portrayed by Sony and the the reindeer by North Korea all I can say about the elf is that the shelf will never support his weight…

  4. Are we sure he wasn’t just hopped up on syrup?

    I admit…I shamelessly love that movie…

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