Cops: LI man drove drunk with child
Juan A. Cruz was arrested on charges that included aggravated driving while intoxicated, Leandra's Law violations, endangering the welfare of a child, and driving while intoxicated. (Jan. 30, 2011) Credit: NCPD
A Westbury man was arrested early Sunday morning for driving while intoxicated with an unrestrained one-year-old child in his car, Nassau police said.
Juan A. Cruz, 21, was driving a 2007 Honda Civic on Old Country Road at about 12:06 a.m. when police stopped him.
Police said they found Cruz driving with a woman and the woman's one-year-old daughter in the car but not in a carseat.
Cruz was arrested on charges that included aggravated driving while intoxicated, Leandra's Law violations, endangering the welfare of a child, and driving while intoxicated.
He was scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Sunday.