Crime & Safety

N.J. Woman Stopped For Speeding Charged With DWI In Tappan

Northvale resident pulled over on Washington Street.

A New Jersey woman stopped for speeding on Washington Street in Tappan Tuesday night was charged with drunken driving, according to .

Christina M. Williams, 43, of 439 Tappan Road, Nrothvale, NJ, was stopped for speeding in a 2008 Volkswagen Beetle at about 9 p.m. Police said that when a town officer questioned her, Williams appeared intoxicated and she then failed a field test.

Williams was taken to police headquarters in Orangeburg, where police said she refused to answer questions and refused to take a chemical breath test for alcohol. Police said Williams was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, speeding, and refusing the breath test, a violation. Williams was later released to a friend pending a March 14 hearing in Orangetown Town Court in Orangeburg.

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