Wrong Way Drunk Driver Nabbed: Police

A Riverhead woman was caught driving drunk — and the wrong way — in Westhampton Saturday, Southampton Town Police said.

According to police, Joselyn M. Palomo Castro, 20, was arrested at 2:34 a.m. on County Road 31 near Sunrise Highway, after she was seen driving the wrong way, on the wrong side of the divider, on the Sunrise Highway overpass.

After she was stopped, it was determined that she was intoxicated, police said.

Palomo Castro was transported to the Southampton Town Police headquarters for arrest processing where she was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, two counts of failing to keep right on a two lane road, a violation, and moving from lane unsafely, a violation, police said.

Palomo Castro was held for morning arraignment, police said.

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