New Hyde Park man arrested in Old Westbury for violating Leandra’s Law

Christian Araos

A New Hyde Park man was arrested in Old Westbury on Friday on charges he drove drunk with two children in his vehicle, Nassau County police said.

Authorities said they pulled over Geo Jossy, 31, northbound on Glen Cove Road around 10:35 p.m. on suspicion he was driving while intoxicated, and in conducting a traffic stop found his one-year-old and three-year-old children in the vehicle. 

Jossy was then placed under arrest without incident, police said.

Police said the children were released at the scene to their mother, who was also in the vehicle at the time, officers said. 

Jossy was arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Saturday on two counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated with his blood alcohol content in excess of .08 and four other vehicle and traffic violations, police said.

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