Florida man arrested for DWI with a B.A.C. over triple the legal limit following a traffic stop on the Thruway.

15 June 2022
 
 
NEW YORK STATE POLICE 
Major Carla A. DiRienzo
Troop T Commander
 
 


 
PRESS RELEASE
 
 

Buffalo, NY – On June 15, 2022, at approximately 1:10 a.m., State Police stopped a vehicle on I-190 in the city of Buffalo for a vehicle and traffic violation.  The driver of the vehicle Joel Figueroa Vega, 49, of Kissimmee, FL, was found to be intoxicated.  He was taken into custody, transported and processed at SP Buffalo where his blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.25%. 

Figueroa Vega was charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated; an Unclassified Misdemeanor.  He was turned over to a sober third party and released on appearance tickets returnable to the City of Buffalo Court on July 15, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.

 

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