Patchogue mom faces Leandra's Law charge after driving drunk on LIE with tot in SUV, police say

A Patchogue woman violated Leandra's Law early Tuesday when she was driving drunk on the Long Island Expressway with her 2-year-old daughter as a passenger, Nassau County police said.

Highway Patrol officers stopped Tiffany Alicea, 28, of 151 Maple Ave., for speeding in a Dodge sport utility vehicle on the eastbound LIE in Plainview at about 1:20 a.m., according to a news release.

Officers determined during the traffic stop that Alicea was intoxicated and arrested her, police said.

Alicea's daughter was taken from the scene by her father, police said.

Alicea was arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony under Leandra's Law; endangering the welfare of a child; driving while intoxicated; two counts of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle; driving with a suspended registration; and multiple traffic violations, police said.

She was held pending a bail of $7,000 bond or $3,500 cash and her license suspended. She was represented by Legal Aid, which does not comment on cases.

Under Leandra's Law, driving drunk with a passenger age 15 or younger is a felony. The law was passed in 2009 after Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed in an DWI accident after the minivan in which she was a passenger crashed in Manhattan.

With Ellen Yan