YONKERS WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF OPERATING
A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a 21 year-old Yonkers woman was convicted of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

Stefanie Armento, 21, of 42 Gunther Avenue, Yonkers, New York, pled guilty to one count of Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor. Under the terms of the plea agreement, State Supreme Court Justice Troy K. Webber imposed a fine of $500, a six-month driver license revocation and ordered Armento to complete a state funded Stop DWI Program in Westchester County.

The incident occurred on March 26, 2006, when Officer Nelson Robles of Highway 01, observed Armento driving erratically along the Sheridan Expressway. The officer, according to court papers, said he witnessed the defendant roll through a stop sign at the intersection of East 177th Street and the Cross Bronx Expressway, and approach an accident on the Bruckner Expressway at Westchester Avenue at a high rate of speed narrowly missing the caution flares.

Officer Robles pulled Armento over at the corner of Pelham and the Hutchinson River Parkways, where the defendant was observed to have blood shot eyes, a strong smell of alcohol on her breath, and slightly slurred speech. Armento was placed under arrest when she failed to successfully complete coordination and breath analysis tests.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Brandon of the Criminal Court Bureau.