Mahopac Woman Arrested On The NY State Thruway For DWI

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maggie Deperna of Mahopac was charged May 15 with one count of driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and one count of aggravated driving while intoxicated, also a misdemeanor. The charges brought by the New York State Police were incorrectly described in the original version of this report.

NEW BALTIMORE, NY —A Mahopac woman was arrested Saturday night for DWI when she was discovered to have a blood alcohol content of more than three times the legal limit, according to the New York State Police.

According to authorities, Maggie R. Deperna, 36, was pulled over by state troopers, who had received a report at 9:15 p.m. of an erratic vehicle traveling northbound on I-87 in New Baltimore.

Deperna was found to be intoxicated, and she was taken into custody and processed at SP Albany. There, Deperna's blood alcohol level was determined to be .27 percent, well above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

Deperna was turned over to a sober third party and released. She is due back in court on June 15 in New Baltimore.