Crime & Safety
Driver Arrested For Felony DWI After Pulling Out In Front Of Patrol Car: Police
The 45-year-old Port Chester man had a BAC of .11 percent, according to the City of Rye Police Department.
RYE, NY — A Port Chester man might not have had the best situational awareness, according to a recent report from Rye police.
On Wednesday, at 12:35 p.m., a sergeant was traveling east on Locust Avenue, at Theodore Fremd Avenue, in a marked patrol car, when a 2014 Nissan Sentra pulled out in front of his vehicle from a parking spot, the City of Rye Police Department said.
After stopping the car and talking to the driver, 45-year-old Mario R. Monroy, the sergeant noted signs of intoxication. Monroy went on to fail standardized field sobriety tests, according to police.
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Monroy consented to a breath test which showed a BAC of .11 percent, RPD said.
He was processed and charged with felony driving while intoxicated with previous convictions of designated offenses within 10 years, felony first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation: aggravated DWI conviction, and misdemeanor interlock device required.
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Monroy was released with a desk appearance ticket in Rye City Court on July 22.
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