News agencies across the state and online this week picked up the story of the pickup truck driver who went for a late-night spin on an ice-covered lake in Stafford Forge and plunged into the water, where the truck and its contents remain stuck. The doughnut caper gone wrong was recorded on video and shared widely on social media. The mayor of Eagleswood called the act “stupidity at its finest.”

According to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Press Officer Vincent Grassi, “New Jersey State Police…