Police: Levittown man drove drunk with daughter

A Levittown man was arrested Wednesday on felony charges of driving while intoxicated under Leandra's Law, Nassau County police said.

Baiju Bhavsar, 36, of 3857 Miller Place, was driving in an erratic manner at about 9:15 p.m., Eighth Precinct officers said. After stopping him, police said Bhavsar was driving under the influence of alcohol. Police also said his daughter, 8, was a passenger in the front seat.

Bhavsar was arrested, and his daughter was released to her mother, police said.

Bhavsar is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and several vehicle and traffic violations, police said. He was arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Under Leandra's Law, passed last November, the aggravated driving while intoxicated charge is a felony. The law was passed after the death of Leandra Rosado, 11, who was killed in a DWI accident after the minivan in which she was a passenger crashed on the West Side Highway in Manhattan.