NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - New York State Police arrested a North Salem man on a felony drunken driving charge after a traffic stop in Southeast on Oct. 27.
According to police, troopers from the Brewster barracks stopped a vehicle traveling on Danbury Road for violations of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law.
During the investigation, the driver, identified as Kayden C. Billingsley, 27, of North Salem, exhibited signs of intoxication, police said. Troopers administered standardized field sobriety tests and determined that a 1-year-old child was a passenger in the vehicle.
Billingsley was taken into custody and transported to the State Police barracks in Brewster for processing. A chemical breath test revealed a blood alcohol content of 0.14%, police said.
The child was safely released to a sober third party.
Billingsley was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger under Leandra's Law, a Class E felony, and driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
He was issued traffic tickets and is scheduled to appear in Southeast Town Court on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
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