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St. Cloud Woman Arrested for DWI with Infant

By Morgan Brickley

A woman in St. Cloud, Minn. was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of hitting a pedestrian with her car while in a parking lot, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. The woman was allegedly driving drunk, and had an infant in the car with her. Police were dispatched for a verbal disturbance, which escalated to a physical altercation. En route to the scene, police stopped a silver car driven by Maria Elena Carrillo, 34, who had left the parking lot. Carrillo was arrested for second-degree DWI, second-degree DWI test refusal and suspicion of a hit-and-run. She faces more severe charges than she might otherwise because Carrillo has a prior DWI charge and had an infant in the car with her at the time of the incident, according to Sgt. Orth of the St...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).