Long Island Man Drove Drunk With Daughters In Car, Crashed: Police

MASTIC, NY — A man was busted in Mastic for driving drunk behind the wheel of a car with his two young daughters inside on Saturday night, Suffolk police said.

Seventh Precinct Patrol officers responded to a location on Mastic Boulevard after a report of an unknown vehicle crashing into two parked cars at around 8:25 p.m., police said, adding that as the officers investigated the circumstances, Gerardo Gonzalez Ramos returned to the scene in a 2017 Honda with his daughters, a four-year-old and a six-year-old, in the vehicle.

While talking to the officers, Gonzalez Ramos displayed signs of intoxication and was placed under arrest, and the children were released to the custody of their mother, police said.

No one was injured in the crash, according to police.

Gonzalez Ramos, 47, of Shirley, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger under Leandra's Law, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and was held overnight at the 7th Precinct in Shirley.

Leandra's Law is named for Leandra Rosado, 11, who was the passenger of a car that crashed with a drunk driver behind the wheel.

Gonzalez Ramos pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip and was released on Sunday, according to online court records.

It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.