Police: DWI Babysitter Found in Harvey School Parking Lot

A 23-year-old nanny was arrested at the Harvey School in Katonah after she was found drunk and asleep at the wheel of her car, said Bedford police.

Officers reported to the school after a call came in about an unresponsive driver at the north end of a Harvey School parking lot. When they arrived, emergency responders had opened the car and attempted to rouse Erika Capelli, a Bronx resident allegedly responsible with caring for a student attending the school.  She awoke and attempted to drive away.

After Capelli was prevented from leaving the scene, police interviewed Capelli and a witness, who said they had attempted to wake her earlier by banging on the window.

Capelli submitted to, and failed field sobriety tests, said police. She was taken to the Northern Westchester Hospital emergency room wher she submitted to a blood test (results were still pending as of May 31). 

Capelli told police she had left home at 7:30 a.m. in her own car to pick up her charge at the school. She was arrested around 8:30 a.m. and charged with DWI. She was released pending an appearance in town court.