Bellmore man was drunk while driving 89 mph, police say

A 23-year-old Bellmore man stopped for speeding Tuesday evening on the Southern State Parkway was arrested and charged with felony drunken driving after police said his breath sample showed he had a 0.10 percent blood-alcohol content.

State Police said Michael Fedowich also had an open can of beer on the front seat of his white Dodge and a bag containing marijuana in the car and has a prior conviction for driving while intoxicated within the past 10 years. Additionally, police said he was not using a required interlock device that was a term of that conviction.

Police said troopers had stopped Fedowich near Exit 25, Newbridge Road, for going 89 mph in a 55-mph zone at 6:20 p.m.

He was charged with felony DWI, which means he has at least one conviction in the past 10 years, as well as felony aggravated unlicensed operation, using a vehicle without an interlock device, unlawful possession of marijuana and traffic violations.

He is scheduled for arraignment April 8 in First District Court in Hempstead.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”