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E.R. woman arrested for drunk driving

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An East Rockaway woman was arrested in Bethpage at 12:45 a.m. on Dec 5.

Maureen Hamilton, 58, was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, driving the wrong way on a one way street and second degree Reckless Endangerment.

Police said that they received numerous complaints of a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway early Friday morning. After locating the vehicle, officers were forced to engage it head-on, stopping it between exits 7 and 8.

After the vehicle safely came to a stop, officers found Hamilton had been operating the vehicle while intoxicated. There were no reports of accidents. She was arraigned on Dec. 5.