Police: Mastic Beach Woman Drove Drunk With 2-Year-Old in Car

A Mastic Beach woman faces a felony DWI charge after police say was intoxicated while driving with a 2-year-old in her car early Sunday.

Julieann Klopfer, who was injured last Tuesday along with two others when she ran a red light in West Babylon and triggered a three-car crash, was stopped at a police checkpoint on the south ramp of eastbound Sunrise Highway at exit 58 in Shirley at about 12:40 a.m.

Klopfer, 33, was found to be intoxicated and her fiancé’s son was in the backseat of her 1998 Mercedes, police said.

Klopfer is charged with DWI with a child passenger 15 years old or younger–a felony under Leandra’s Law–DWI and endangering the welfare of a child. Klopfer will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday.

Seven other drivers were issued traffic summonses at the checkpoint, police said.