A 44-year-old woman is facing charges after drinking and driving with her teenage daughter in the passenger seat, according to police, who said she also had marijuana in the car.
Officers pulled over Cynthia L. Buell on Monday night in the Moosup section of Plainfield after she swerved across the double yellow line into oncoming traffic on Main Street near the intersection of Lake Street, police said.
Buell told an officer she had been drinking, and police noticed an open bottle of beer in the center console of her Hyundai Accent, according to police. Buell's 15-year-old daughter was sitting next to her.
Police also found Buell with a marijuana pipe in her front pocket and less than half an ounce of marijuana in a glass jar in the car, according to police.
Buell was arrested and charged with failure to maintain a lane, driving under the influence, drinking alcohol while operating a motor vehicle, risk of injury to a minor, possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was released on $5,000 bond and is due in court Jan. 12.
