Man charged with driving drunk with infant in car
BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com
7:37 AM EDT, June 2, 2008

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Water Mill after he drove drunk with his 1-month-old son in the car, Southampton Town Police said Monday.

The driver, Noe L. Sarmiento of Montauk, was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, police said, after he refused a breathalyzer test.

Police said Sarmiento was charged with a misdemeanor because it was his first offense. Sarmiento also was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.

Police said they stopped Sarmiento at 11:19 p.m. Sunday on Montauk Highway and Windmill Lane in Water Mill. They said his infant son was in the rear seat of the car.


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