Police: Man who sped past trooper was DWI

An Amityville man was drunk and driving with a suspended license late Monday when his speeding car passed a trooper on the Southern State Parkway in North Massapequa, State Police said.

Willie Davis, 49, faces felony charges of driving while intoxicated and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, plus traffic violations, police said. His arraignment information was not immediately available.

Police said his DWI charge is a felony because he had a previous drunken-driving conviction within the past 10 years.

Davis was driving a black Chevrolet Malibu eastbound on the parkway near the Bethpage State Parkway at 11:40 p.m. when he passed a patrol car "at a high rate of speed," according to a news release.

Troopers pulled over Davis' car and said they "detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage."

Davis failed sobriety tests and was arrested, police said, and they found that his license had been revoked.