Folds collared on Leandra’s Law

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Isiah R. Folds

GUILDERLAND — Isiah R. Folds was arrested on Feb. 19 for driving while intoxicated with a child in his car — Leandra’s Law makes it an automatic felony on first offense to drive drunk with someone age 15 or younger as a passenger; it sets the blood alcohol content at .08.

The law, which was signed in 2009, is named for Leandra Rosado who was 11 that year when her friend’s mother, allegedly drunk, flipped the car they were driving in, killing Leandra and injuring six other children.

Folds was stopped on Route 20 near Stuyvesant Plaza for failing to indicate numerous lane changes, according to a release from the Guilderland Police; he had continued to drive for a quarter of a mile after the first attempt to stop him.

Following an investigation, Folds was found to be driving while intoxicated, the release said; he had a 10-year-old boy as a passenger in the car. Folds had a suspended license, the release says, and a test with a prescreening device showed a blood alcohol content of .10.

In addition to the felony charge, he was also charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, endangering the welfare of a child, failure to indicate a lane change, and failure to comply with a lawful order.

Folds is scheduled for Guilderland Town Court today, Feb. 25. 

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