Sound Beach woman charged with DWI had 2 kids in car, cops say
Holly Olsen, 24, of Sound Beach, was arrested by Suffolk County police on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, and charged with drunken driving and violating Leandra's Law after officers found a 2-year-old and a 2-month-old in the car, Suffolk County police said. Credit: SCPD
A Sound Beach woman has been charged with drunken driving after a witness saw her placing two children in and then taking them out of her car while illegally parked in a handicapped zone Saturday night in Miller Place, Suffolk County police said.
Holly Olsen, 24, was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years old or younger — a violation of Leandra’s Law — two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
According to a police report, a witness called police after she noticed what she called an apparently intoxicated woman taking children in and out of her car while it was illegally parked in a handicapped zone in front of a Stop & Shop.
Officers stopped Olsen’s Lincoln Navigator on Carlisle Road in Miller Place at 10:26 p.m. and found Olsen had a 2-month-old and 2-year-old inside.
Information about Olsen’s relationship to the children was not immediately available.
Olsen’s bail was set at $50,000 bond, or $25,000 cash at her arraignment Sunday at First District Court in Central Islip. The court also issued a temporary order of protection, though no further details were immediately available.
Her next court appearance is scheduled for Friday.
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