STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities allege that a 40-year-old woman from Annadale was under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested with a child in the car in Rossville.

Officers allegedly caught Lynda Lohse of Alexander Avenue “in the driver’s seat of a 2021 Nissan Rogue with the key in the ignition and the engine running” on May 5 around 5:30 p.m. on Rossville Avenue near Woodrow Road, according to the criminal complaint and police.

The complaint alleges that Lohse “operated said vehicle while intoxicated,” with a child less than 17 years old as a passenger in the backseat.

The defendant had an odor of alcohol on her breath and watery and bloodshot eyes, her speech was slurred and she was unsteady on her feet, the complaint alleges.

Lohse was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child, driving while intoxicated, acting in a manner injurious to a child less that 17 years old and driving while ability impaired by the consumption of alcohol.

She has been released on her own recognizance and is due back in Criminal Court on June 23, according to public records.

Attorney Andrea Ferrante, who is representing Lohse, said, that “my client maintains her innocence and looks forward to her day in court.”

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