Pleasant Valley, NY (WRGB) — A routine roadside assist on the Taconic State Parkway in Pleasant Valley turned into a drug and DWI arrest after a New York State Trooper stopped to help a vehicle that had run out of gas, according to New York State Police.

On April 17, 2026, at about 5:54 p.m., a trooper assigned to the New York State Police Poughkeepsie barracks stopped to assist a disabled 2017 Nissan on the Taconic State Parkway northbound near mile marker 54.6. Police determined the vehicle had run out of fuel.

The driver was identified as 31-year-old Melissa Cammarata and the front-seat passenger as 35-year-old Pauline Seng, both of Ridgewood, New York. While speaking with Cammarata, the trooper noticed signs of intoxication. State Police performed a field sobriety tests, which she failed, and she was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

During a subsequent inventory of the vehicle, State Police recovered about 134.2 grams of cocaine, about 10.4 grams of ketamine and about 9.0 grams of MDMA. Seng was then taken into custody, and police said she was found to be in possession of numerous Adderall pills at the time of her arrest.

Both women were taken to the Poughkeepsie barracks for processing, where police said Cammarata submitted to a chemical breath test that showed a blood alcohol content of 0.17%.

Cammarata was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance (narcotic drug), a class B felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (intent to sell), a class B felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree (ketamine), a class C felony; criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a class A misdemeanor; criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree (scales), a class A misdemeanor; operating a motor vehicle with 0.08% or more of 1% alcohol in blood, an unclassified misdemeanor; and driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.

Seng was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance (narcotic drug), a class B felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (intent to sell), a class B felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree (ketamine), a class C felony; criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class D felony; three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, class A misdemeanors; and criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree (scales), a class A misdemeanor.

Both were arraigned in the Town of Pleasant Valley Court and released. They are scheduled to return to court April 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m.