CT Woman Charged With DUI After Hitting Car At Restaurant, Fleeing

A 33-year-old Connecticut woman has been charged with alleged DUI and other crimes, including fighting with police, after she struck another vehicle and fled the scene.

A Milford woman was nabbed for alleged DUI after hitting another vehicle at a restaurant and leaving.
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Kathy Reakes

07/08/2024 3:50 p.m.

New Haven County resident Uniese Rivera, age 33, of Milford, was charged on Sunday, July 7 in Milford.

According to Milford Police, an officer spotted a vehicle driving erratically on Bridgeport Avenue and stopped the car.

The driver, identified as Rivera, was found to be intoxicated, the department said. Around the same time, dispatch received a call that the same vehicle had struck another vehicle in the Pit Stop Café parking lot before fleeing East on Bridgeport Avenue.

Rivera was arrested and charged with:

DUI
Failure to obey a traffic signal
Interfering with an officer
Evading responsibility.

Police said when Rivera was transported to Police Headquarters, she failed to cooperate with officers during the booking process.

She was released on a $500 bond.

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