Police: Wrong-Way Driver Charged with DWI in Port Chester

A Port Chester man who drove down a one-way street the wrong way has been charged with drunken driving, according to Port Chester Police.

Police said village officers were alerted to a car that was parked heading the wrong way on West Street at about 4:49 p.m. on Sunday. Police said an investigation found that Juan Tenesaco, 27, of 40 Riverdale Ave., had driven down the street going in the wrong direction.

Tenesaco, police said, appreared intoxicated and he was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Police said Tenesaco was found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system and he was also charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Tenesaco faces a hearing in Port Chester Village Court.