Drove through Red Light, Almost Hit Police Car
Suffolk County Police arrested a man for Leandra’s Law for driving while intoxicated in Smithtown with an 11-year-old child in the vehicle.
On September 1, Terrance Brown was driving a 2003 Nissan Altima westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway with his girlfriend and her 11-year-old son in the vehicle when he went through a red light at the intersection of Old Willets Path and nearly crashed into a marked Suffolk County Police Third Precinct Patrol vehicle traveling southbound at approximately 9:15 p.m.
The officers in the police vehicle pulled the Nissan over and determined Brown was intoxicated. It was also determined that the license plates on the Nissan had previously been reported stolen.
Brown, 45, of 11636 147 St., Jamaica, NY, was charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger 15 Years Old or Younger (Leandra’s Law), Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree. He was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on September 2.