Kevin Caceres, 25, was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated after police say he drove drunk early Sunday morning with his 9-month-old daughter in the car. (Nassau County Police Department)
A New York man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly driving drunk with his 9-month-old daughter in the car.
Kevin Caceres, 25, of Long Island, was driving after 2 a.m. early Sunday when Nassau County Police received a call that a 2010 Honda CRV had hit a tree in Valley Stream, WABC-TV reported.
A witness said the car's driver struck a tree, got out of the car, grabbed a car seat with the crying baby in it and ran off.
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Police discovered Caceres nearby and said he had "bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech and an odor of an alcoholic beverage from his breath."
The infant was taken to a hospital as a precaution, and was released into the custody of her mother.
Caceres, according to the New York Daily News, was charged with driving while intoxicated, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger.
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