Two women arrested under Leandra's Law in Suffolk County this weekend
One woman had passengers aged 4 and 12, the second woman had kids in the car ages 6 and 9.
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Two Suffolk County women were arrested this weekend on Long Island under Leandra's Law.
Felisa Elias Chaj was arrested Saturday night after a traffic stop revealed she was driving drunk with two children in the vehicle, according to the Riverhead Police Department.
Police say they stopped her at 1521 Old County Road in Riverhead for a non-lit head lamp, but saw that she had bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol on her breath.
Authorities spotted two minors aged 4 and 12 as passengers.
Officers gave Chaj a field sobriety test, which they say indicated she was intoxicated.
She was subsequently arrested and charged with aggravated DWI with a child-passenger less than 16, DWI and other charges.
In Amagansett, a 28-year was arrested Sunday around 12:30 a.m. for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a 6 and 9-year-old in the vehicle.
East Hampton police say they made a traffic stop after witnessing multiple violations Kelly Guerrero-Merlos was committing while driving.
They charged her with speeding, failure to stop at a stop sign, moving from a lane unsafely, a red light violation, unsafe turn/failure to signal, back seat passenger age 7-15 with no seatbelt and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Those two children were uninjured and released to family members.
