Sunday, December 09, 2007
"Aggravated" DWI for Double DUI limit, Bedroom Crasher
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A woman was arrested on an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge early Saturday after she was stopped by Glens Falls Police and found to have a blood-alcohol content more than double the threshold for intoxication, police said.
Shannon M. Cotter, 22, of Carlton Drive was pulled over after Glens Falls Police Officer Zack Flewelling saw her roll through the stop sign at Elm and Pine streets, said Glens Falls Police Sgt. Keith Knoop.
She was found to have a BAC of 0.18 percent, more than double the 0.08 percent threshold for DWI.
She was charged with aggravated DWI / DUI / Drunk driving.
Car driven through house by Drunk Driver:
“A car was in my room. I didn't even hear it. All I could hear was my sister screaming my name.” Said Julie La Hait.
That's what Julie La Hait awoke to from her bed just after three-thirty Saturday morning. Julie says her sister Ann Marie was frantic because the front end of a 2002 Toyota was in Ann Marie's bedroom and it had to pass through Julie's to get there.
Julie says her sister thought the car was on top of her, it wasn't but only by a few inches.
In the meantime the girl's mother Mary La Hait was awakened by the crash and the screams that followed. She soon realized the front of her home was gone and a car was inside.
“I came running out of my bedroom and all I could see was smoke because I seen the car and went to get Julie. I thought she was dead to be honest with you because I seen the car in the room,” said the mother.
By the time Mary got to Julie, the driver of the car twenty year old Dylan La Perle of Latham was out of the car and helping Julie get out of her bed. She says he was the only one who really could reach her.
Mary said La Perle hugged Julie and said sorry.
Aside from the extensive damage to the structure of the house the family lost many of their possessions, furniture, an aquarium and its fish, a computer. Julie says most of the belongings in her room were destroyed including Christmas gifts she had already purchased for her family.
“I had some angels here too some of them made it some of them didn't, but I did that's all that matters,” said Julie.
“I feel luckier than hitting the lottery. My kids are ok. If you seen it you can't believe they could survive it. It's unbelievable
A woman was arrested on an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge early Saturday after she was stopped by Glens Falls Police and found to have a blood-alcohol content more than double the threshold for intoxication, police said.
Shannon M. Cotter, 22, of Carlton Drive was pulled over after Glens Falls Police Officer Zack Flewelling saw her roll through the stop sign at Elm and Pine streets, said Glens Falls Police Sgt. Keith Knoop.
She was found to have a BAC of 0.18 percent, more than double the 0.08 percent threshold for DWI.
She was charged with aggravated DWI / DUI / Drunk driving.
Car driven through house by Drunk Driver:
“A car was in my room. I didn't even hear it. All I could hear was my sister screaming my name.” Said Julie La Hait.
That's what Julie La Hait awoke to from her bed just after three-thirty Saturday morning. Julie says her sister Ann Marie was frantic because the front end of a 2002 Toyota was in Ann Marie's bedroom and it had to pass through Julie's to get there.
Julie says her sister thought the car was on top of her, it wasn't but only by a few inches.
In the meantime the girl's mother Mary La Hait was awakened by the crash and the screams that followed. She soon realized the front of her home was gone and a car was inside.
“I came running out of my bedroom and all I could see was smoke because I seen the car and went to get Julie. I thought she was dead to be honest with you because I seen the car in the room,” said the mother.
By the time Mary got to Julie, the driver of the car twenty year old Dylan La Perle of Latham was out of the car and helping Julie get out of her bed. She says he was the only one who really could reach her.
Mary said La Perle hugged Julie and said sorry.
Aside from the extensive damage to the structure of the house the family lost many of their possessions, furniture, an aquarium and its fish, a computer. Julie says most of the belongings in her room were destroyed including Christmas gifts she had already purchased for her family.
“I had some angels here too some of them made it some of them didn't, but I did that's all that matters,” said Julie.
“I feel luckier than hitting the lottery. My kids are ok. If you seen it you can't believe they could survive it. It's unbelievable
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