An Upstate New York woman is facing three felony charges after state police said she crashed her vehicle while driving with three young children and had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit.
Bianca T. Mann, 32, of Candor (Tioga County), was arrested Saturday after New York State Police at Owego responded to a report of a crash in the town of Candor. When a trooper arrived at the scene, a pickup truck was found unoccupied and resting against a set of trees.
The trooper learned that a passerby had given the driver and three children a ride to Dandy Mini Mart following the crash. The trooper located Mann at the store and observed that she displayed characteristics associated with impairment.
Mann was asked to perform standardized field sobriety tests, which confirmed impairment, according to state police. The three children, ages 9, 6, and 1, were turned over to a sober third party.
Mann was arrested and transported to State Police Owego, where her reportable blood alcohol content measured .22%, according to authorities. The legal limit in New York is .08%.
She was charged with three counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child passenger less than 16 years old, a class E felony commonly known as Leandra’s Law. Mann received one count for each child in the vehicle.
Mann was processed and issued appearance tickets to Candor Town Court for Feb. 16.