Crime & Safety
White Plains Man Faces Felony Drunk Driving Charge
Police said the man had been convicted of driving while intoxicated within the last 10 years.
PORT CHESTER, NY — A vehicle and traffic stop yielded the accusation that a White Plains man was driving while more than twice the legal limit for alcohol. State police said, around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, troopers stopped a vehicle on Boston Post Road in the Village of Port Chester.
The driver of the car — Silvano A. Perez Garcia, 53, of White Plains — was found to be intoxicated, police said.
He was taken into custody, and at the New Rochelle barracks, his blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.20 percent.
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Additionally, Garcia had been convicted of driving while intoxicate within the last 10 years and was required to drive with an ignition interlock device.
As a result, he was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony, operating a motor vehicle with no ignition interlock device, a misdemeanor, and numerous vehicle and traffic violations.
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Garcia was turned over to a sober third party and released on appearance tickets returnable to the Village of Port Chester Court Dec. 6.
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