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Long Island Man Driving Twice The Speed Limit Charged With DWI, Sheriff Says
A man driving more than double the posted speed limit was allegedly drunk when he was stopped on Long Island, authorities announced.
Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputies stopped Stony Brook resident Vernon Lewis, 55, shortly before 1 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, when he was spotted driving 80 mph in a posted 40 mph zone on Route 111 in Brentwood.
According to Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, during the speeding stop, deputies determined that Lewis was potentially intoxicated, and he was taken into custody.
At the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Contempt Bureau, Lewis submitted to a chemical b…
