Police: Drunk Driver in Water Mill Had 5-Year-Old in Car

A Water Mill woman has been charged with felony DWI for driving drunk with a 5-year-old child in the car, according to Southampton Town Police.

Police said 48-year-old Caroline A. Evans was arrested shortly after midnight Thursday morning on Upper Seven Ponds Road and Old Mill Road in Water Mill. She had been driving a 2006 Honda four-door sedan northbound on Old Mill Road and failing to stay in her lane when she was pulled over and found to have a child passenger, according to a police press release.

Evans was charged with aggravated DWI under Leandra's Law, a state law which elevates a misdemeanor DWI charge to a felony if the driver has a child 15 or younger in the car. She was additionally charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, and failure to maintain lane, an infraction. She was transported to headquarters in Hampton Bays for processing and held for arraignment.

She was arraigned Thursday and released on her own recognizance with a return date of March 9, according to the court clerk's office.