Crime & Safety

Police: Rochester Woman Drunk When Stuck in Snow with Daughter, 9

Woman's blood alcohol content was allegedly 0.29, more than three times Michigan's legal limit of 0.08.

Rosemary Amanda Andreopoulos, 47, of Rochester was arraigned on drunken driving charges. (Photo via Troy Police)

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A 47-year-old Rochester woman was arraigned this week on drunken driving charges filed after Troy police police discovered her car stuck in a snowbank at Lesdale and Livernois about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Police said Rosemary Amanda Andreopoulos’ blood alcohol content was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit in Michigan, The Detroit News reports. Because her 9-year-old daughter was in the vehicle when the mishap occurred, Andreopoulos faces enhanced charges.

Besides a routine charge of operating while impaired, she also was charged with operating while impaired with an under 16-year-old in the vehicle during her arraignment Monday in Troy 52-4 District Court.

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Magistrate J. Waldman set bond at $750. Andreopoulos posted bond and will next apear in court at 9 a.m. March 26 before Judge Kristen Niesen Hartig.

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