Cops: Mastic woman charged in wrong-way DWI

A Mastic woman driving the wrong way on the Long Island Expressway was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated early Wednesday morning in Holbrook, a spokesman from the Suffolk Sheriff's Department said.

A deputy sheriff driving westbound near Exit 60 saw Jacqueline Vaughan-Moscatiello, 46, headed eastbound in the westbound lane in her Suzuki sport utility vehicle at 12:55 a.m., turned on his emergency lights and siren and attempted to make a traffic stop, the spokesman said. Instead, the spokesman said Vaughan-Moscatiello swerved to the HOV lane - and continued eastbound.

The deputy pursued her and forced her to stop near Exit 61, Patchogue-Holbrook Road.

Sheriffs said they believe Vaughan-Moscatiello entered the LIE headed in the wrong direction at Exit 59 in Lakeland.

She was charged with DWI and is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in First District Court in Central Islip.