Crime & Safety
Child Found In Car During DUI Investigation: Police
Police said officers found the 36-year-old driver and a child in a parked car on Chapel Road.
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — A Vernon woman was charged with driving under the influence and risk of injury to a child Wednesday after police found her in a parked car with a child inside, according to South Windsor police.
Cierra N. Akrasi-Danso, 36, was arrested at 3:55 p.m. Oct. 7.
Officers were sent to the CREC school at 625 Chapel Road after a report of a woman “loading a child into a car and stumbling around,” police said.
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They found the vehicle parked at KinderCare, 494 Chapel Road, and identified Akrasi-Danso as the driver. A child was inside the vehicle, police said.
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Police said their investigation indicated she was under the influence of alcohol. She agreed to take field sobriety tests and failed them, according to the department.
Akrasi-Danso was released on a $5,000 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court at 9 a.m. Oct. 23.
The charges are allegations. Akrasi-Danso has not been convicted in this case.
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