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Cops: Wantagh nun charged with drunken driving

Originally published: September 3, 2009 5:04 PM
Updated: September 3, 2009 10:05 PM
By JOSEPH MALLIA AND MATTHEW CHAYES.  joseph.mallia@newsday.com,, matthew.chayes@newsday.com

Quick ReadA Wantagh nun got drunk at church and drove her car hit a tree, cops say.

Lauren Hanley, who got drunk at church, drove

Photo credit: NCPD | Lauren Hanley, who got drunk at church, drove while intoxicated and hit a tree, prosecutors said. (Sept. 1, 2009)

A Wantagh nun arrested on drunken driving charges had twice the legal limit for alcohol in her blood when she got into a church-owned car and careened into a tree, police and prosecutors said Thursday.

Sister Lauren M. Hanley, 68, had a bottle of liquor in the car and a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 when she was arrested after the accident Tuesday evening, after she left work at St. Frances...

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