Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Drunk Driver Had 3-Year-Old In Car: Nassau Police
Officers pulled her over, and discovered that she was also driving without a license, police said.
A Brentwood woman was arrested early Sunday morning after police say she was pulled over for driving the wrong way on Sunrise Highway while drunk.
According to police, officers on patrol pulled over a 2009 Nissan at 3:05 a.m. Sunday that was driving west in the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway. Police say the driver -- Kniah Allen, 30, of Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood -- glassy, watery eyes and her breath smelled of alcohol. Police say she also had her 3-year-old son in the car.
Allen was placed under arrest without incident. Her son was taken home by her mother, who responded to the scene.
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Allen is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated (Leandra's Law), endangering the wellfare of a child, two counts of driving while intoxicated, aggravated unlicensed operation and multiple vehicle and traffic law violations. She is scheduled to be arraigned today in First District Court in Hempstead.
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