Traffic stop leads to Driving While Intoxicated arrest in Pawling

Pawling, New York – On November 11, 2015, New York State Police from the Dover barracks arrested James T. Wood, 62 years old, of Millbrook, New York, for Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a Misdemeanor.

Troopers stopped the vehicle Wood was operating on State Route 22 for failing to maintain its designated lane of travel.  Troopers interviewed the defendant and discovered that he was intoxicated at the time of the traffic stop.

Wood provided police with a breath sample that revealed a Blood Alcohol Content
of .18%, more than two times the legal limit of intoxication.  Wood was issued traffic tickets directing him to appear before the Town of Pawling Court on December 3, 2015.