Police: Rocky Point Woman Drove Drunk With 13-Year-Old Daughter in Car

A Rocky Point woman faces a felony DWI charge after police say she drove drunk while her 13-year-old daughter was a passenger in the car.

According to police, Colleen Lopez, 47, was driving a 2003 Chevy Tahoe on Patchogue Yaphank Road when she was pulled over by a patrol officer assigned to DWI enforcement as a member of the Safe-T Team at 8:40 p.m.

Police say an investigation by the officer revealed that Lopez was under the influence of alcohol and she was arrested. She is charged with aggravated DWI with a child passenger 15 years old or younger and endangering the welfare of a child.

The child was turned over to a responsible adult, police said.

Lopez was being held at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip Saturday.

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