Woman, 30, Drove Drunk While Going Too Slow In West Hartford: Police

WEST HARTFORD, CT — A West Hartford woman who police said was traveling dangerously slow on Interstate 84 late Tuesday night has been charged with drunk driving.

According to Connecticut State Police, the woman has been identified as Adrienne Fedyna Dembeck, 30, of West Hartford.

She is charged with illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, failure to maintain the proper lane of a limited access highway, and failure to stop on the right side of the roadway.

Dembeck was released on $1,500 bond and will appear in Hartford Superior Court Sept. 22, state police said.

State police said the incident started just before midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 12, when Troop H in Hartford began receiving 911 calls reporting a white Volvo XC40 SUV moving erratically on I-84 East near Exit 40 in West Hartford.

Police said callers reported the operator of the vehicle was failing to maintain their lane and operating well below the speed limit, posing a hazard to other traffic.

According to police, responding Troopers located the vehicle in the area of exit 44 and observed the same erratic operation as reported by the 911 callers.

The first responding trooper activated their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop, police said, and the driver complied and came to a stop.
However, police said the woman suspect failed to pull over to the right shoulder.

Troopers made contact with the operator, who was positively identified as Dembeck and police said she "was exhibiting clear signs of impairment on scene."

Dembeck agreed to submit to field sobriety testing and failed to perform the tests to standard, police said, resulting in her being taken into custody without incident.

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