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Cops: Drunken driver went over 120 mph

Mug shot of Joseph Perez, who was arrested

Photo credit: Handout | Mug shot of Joseph Perez, who was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction in 10 Years. He was caught driving 120 miles per hour, police say. (Jan. 26, 2012)

A driver speeding in excess of 120 mph early Thursday in Brookhaven Town was arrested on a drunken driving charge, police said.

Joseph Perez, 26, of South Setauket, was spotted at about 1:55 a.m. driving a 2011 Hyundai at a high rate of speed southbound on Nicolls Road in Stony Brook, just north of Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County police said in a news release.

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