DANBURY — A 43-year-old local woman is facing drunken driving charges.
Lucy Araujo, of Town Hill Avenue, Danbury was arrested Sunday about 2:40 a.m. after police observed her swerving over the double yellow line on Lake Avenue and then drive off the shoulder of the road nearly striking a utility pole, police said.
Araujo was stopped on Lake Avenue in the area of Merrimack Street by the officer. She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, failure to drive to the right, and operating a motor vehicle in violation of driver’s license classification.
She was released on $500 bond with a court date Nov. 20 in Superior Court in Danbury.