Traffic & Transit
2 Kids In Car As Driver Arrested For Felony DWI On Sprain Brook Parkway: NYSP
The Elmsford woman was found to have a BAC of 0.22 percent, after being arrested in Greenburgh, according to New York State troopers.
TOWN OF GREENBURGH, NY — A Westchester County woman was arrested for potentially putting the lives of two children at risk, according to state police.
New York State Police say that on Sunday, around 2:32 a.m., troopers from Hawthorne stopped a vehicle driving north on the Sprain Brook Parkway, in the Town of Greenburgh, for traffic violations.
While speaking with the driver, 45-year-old Josefina Parades-Leocadio, of Elmsford, troopers noticed signs of intoxication, according to police. Standardized field sobriety tests were administered, which Parades-Leocadio failed, NYSP said.
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State police say that two children, a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, were also in the vehicle at the time of the stop.
Parades-Leocadio was arrested and taken for processing, where her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was found to be 0.22 percent, police said.
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State police said the children were turned over to a sober party.
Parades-Leocadio was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger; misdemeanor driving while intoxicated; and several vehicle/traffic violations.
She was released with traffic tickets and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Greenburgh Court on April 3.
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