Crime & Safety
Drunk Driver Swerves Into Oncoming Traffic Lane: Cops
He was also charged with driving without a license, police say.
GREENPORT, NY — A drunk driver swerved into the oncoming traffic lane in Greenport early Sunday, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, Leonel Galindo-Hernandez, 31, of Greenport was arrested on Front Street at 3:39 a.m. Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, as well as driving without a license, moving from lane unsafely and failing to keep right.
Galindo-Hernandez was stopped for swerving into the oncoming traffic lane, found to be intoxicated, arrested, transported to Southold Town Police headquarters for processing and held for arraignment, police said.
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