Driver accused of DWI with kids in car

WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Livingston County woman is accused of driving drunk with two children in her vehicle early Friday morning in the Town of Wethersfield. Wyoming County Sheriff’s deputies stopped 33-year-old Laurie Bownds on Route 362, where she was allegedly driving southbound in the northbound lane.

At the traffic stop, deputies say they located an open alcohol container and marijuana inside the vehicle. According to the sheriff’s office says Bownds failed a roadside sobriety test, and was taken into custody for DWI. Bownds had three passengers in her car, including a four-year-old child and eight-year-old child.

Bownds was taken to the Warsaw Police Department, where she took a breath test. Bownds was charged with two counts of Aggravated DWI- child in vehicle, DWI, DWI with .08% or higher, consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle, failed to keep right and unlawful possession of marijuana.  She was taken to Wyoming County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bail or $25,000 bond.