Cops: Wrong-way LIE driver faces DWI charges

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.

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

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