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Colonie woman BAC almost three times legal limit, also charged with child endangerment
COLONIE – A 42-year-old woman who has a day job of protecting children for New York State is now facing charges including aggravated DWI with a 14-year old in the front passenger seat known as Leandra’s law.
Under New York’s Leandra’s Law, a driver charged with DWI or DWAI-Drugs can face felony aggravated DWI charges if a child is in the vehicle . Leandra’s Law was named after Leandra Rosado, an 11-year-old girl killed in a 2009 car crash.
According to reports, on Thursday, March 6 at 7:21 p.m. Colonie police responded to the Towers of Colonie apartment complex on Sand Creek Road for a report of a vehicle that crashed into a building and left the scene. When officers arrived they located a gray 2017 Nissan Rogue with front-end damage at another building in the complex. Officers observed a woman, later identified as Michal P. Roberts-Contreras, of Colonie, standing outside of the vehicle looking at the damage…