Crime & Safety
Cutchogue Woman Charged With Felony DWI: Police
Her license was suspended after a previous DWI charge earlier this year, police say.
PECONIC, NY — A Cutchogue woman is facing a felony DWI charge after she was arrested in Peconic, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, Kelli Thompson, 24, was arrested on Wednesday at 5:36 a.m. on Route 48 and charged with driving while intoxicated, a felony.
Southold Town Police received a report of an erratic driver and a responding officer observed Thompson failing to maintain her lane, police said.
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Thompson was stopped and found to be intoxicated; she was arrested and transported to police headquarters, where she was held to await arraignment, police said.
Thompson was also charged with first degree aggravated unlicensed operation for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, as her license was suspended due to a prior DWI charge in January, 2018, police said.
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