Crime & Safety

Woonsocket Woman Accused Of DUI With Young Children In Car

Rhode Island State Police said the woman's blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit.

WOONSOCKET, RI — A Woonsocket woman faces driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs with a child passenger charges after Rhode Island State Police said she tested three times over the legal limit for alcohol.

State police said Annique Harushimana, 24, was stopped in Lincoln after police received several reports of an erratic driver with no lights on at about 11 p.m. Two children were in the car with her and police said her blood-alcohol tests came back at .277 percent and .271 percent — more than three times above the legal limit of .08 percent.

Police said the children were released into their father's custody.

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State police said New Shoreham police charged a New York City man, Sam Kretschmer, 50, with DUI on Block Island.

A Stonington, Connecticut man, David Miller, 65, was charged with DUI after being stopped on Route 6 in Johnston.

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A Providence man, Angel Cruz, 30, was charged with DUI after being stopped on I-95 in Providence.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Information for this article was supplied by the Rhode Island State Police Department. Patch follows a name removal policy for those listed in its published police reports.

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