Suffolk County Police arrested a Shirley man for Leandra’s Law for driving while intoxicated in Mastic with his two daughters in the vehicle.
Seventh Precinct Patrol officers responded to 50 Mastic Blvd. W. after a report of an unknown vehicle crashing into two parked cars at approximately 8:25 p.m. As the officers investigated the circumstances of the crash, Gerardo Gonzalez Ramos returned to the scene in a 2017 Honda with his daughters, ages 4 and 6, in the vehicle.
While talking to the officers, Gonzalez Ramos displayed signs of intoxication and was placed under arrest. The children were released to the custody of their mother.
Gonzalez Ramos, 47, of 26 Arrowhead Drive, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger (Leandra’s Law), and two counts of
endangering the welfare of a child. He was held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and scheduled for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on September 8.