The three children were not wearing seat belts or sitting in a child safety seat
ROSELLE PARK -- A Middlesex County woman was driving drunk with three unrestrained children in the car when she was pulled over last week for driving the wrong way on a borough road, police said.
Katherine Bracamonte, 30, of Avenel. (Roselle Park Police Department)Katherine Bracamonte, 30, of the Avenel section of Woodbridge, faces charges of driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child.
She was pulled over shortly before noon on Feb. 15 after Officer Kyle Snyder saw Bracamonte driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of W. Westfield Avenue at Faitoute Avenue, police said.
Bracamonte had three children under the age of seven in the vehicle, police said. The kids were not wearing seat belts or in child safety seats, police said.
Bracamonte also faces motor vehicle summonses including driving while intoxicated, consumption of an alcoholic beverage within a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, driving the wrong way on a highway and failure to use a car seat or restraint for a child under 8 years old.
She was later released into the custody of a family member pending a future court date.
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