Woman Was Driving Drunk With Her Son In Car: Garden City Police

Garden City NY

10 March, 2022

9:20 AM

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GARDEN CITY, NY — A Hempstead woman was arrested Wednesday night after police say she was found driving drunk with her son in the car. According to police, a Garden City police officer saw a 2015 Nissan driving north on Old Country Road at 10:18 p.m. without its headlights on. The officer pulled the car over, and police say he smelled alcohol on the breath of the driver, 34-year-old Blanca Reyes-Alvarado. Police say Reyes-Alvarado had bloodshot eyes. The officer also saw an open bottle of beer in the car, police said. Reyes-Alvarado was driving with her 11-year-old son in the back seat. She was arrested without incident. Her son was released to a relative. Reyes-Alvarado is charged with DWI, aggravated DWI under Leandra's Law, endangering the welfare of a child and multiple vehicle and traffic law violations. She is scheduled to be arraigned later today in First District Court in Hempstead.