Bellport Woman Drove Drunk With An 11-Month-Old Infant In Car: Police

PATCHOGUE, NY — A Bellport woman was found driving drunk with an 11-month-old child in her car during a sobriety checkpoint over Friday night into Saturday morning in Patchogue, Suffolk police said.

State police charged Gloria Torres Lema, 28, with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger, a felony, and she was given an appearance ticket to be arraigned at a future date, according to police. The charge was brought under Leandra's Law, which is named for 11-year-old Leandra Rosado who was killed in a drunk driving crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway in 2009.

Lema was one of seven people arrested in a joint operation with the 5th Precinct and State police, according to Suffolk police.

Officers from Suffolk's Highway Patrol Bureau set up the checkpoint with State troopers at the intersection of Waverly Avenue and Sunrise Highway North Service Road, police said. A total of 400 vehicles went through the checkpoint, which was part of an ongoing enforcement crackdown targeting alcohol and drug impaired driving, according to police.

Five other people were charged with driving while intoxicated, and one other person with driving while ability impaired, police said.