Crime & Safety
Woman Caught Driving On Drugs In Cutchogue: Cops
She was stopped for failing to maintain her lane on County Road 48, police say.
CUTCHOGUE, NY — A Shelter Island woman was arrested after she was caught driving on drugs in Cutchogue, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, Jeanine Velasquez, 40, was arrested on Sunday at 12:32 p.m. on County Road 48 near Silver Colt Rd. and charged with DWI-driving while impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, police said.
Velazquez was driving a 2014 Chevrolet sedan west on County Route 48 and was stopped for failing to maintain her lane of travel; upon interview by police and subsequent field sobriety tests it was determined that Velazquez was under the influence of drugs, police said.
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She was arrested and transported to Southold Town Police headquarters where she was processed and held overnight awaiting arraignment, police said.
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