Grandmother charged under Leandra’s Law

— Photo from Guilderland Police

Seldora J. Miller

GUILDERLAND — A Schenectady grandmother was charged on Saturday, Aug. 12, under Leandra’s Law.

Adopted in 2009, the law is named for Leandra Rosada, who was 11 when she was killed in a car that flipped on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City; the car was driven by a friend of Leandra’s mother who was speeding and thought to be drunk at the time of the crash. The law makes it an automatic felony to drive drunk with a child, 15 or younger, in the car.

On Aug. 12, at about 6:42 p.m., officers from the Guilderland Police Department stopped Seldora J. Miller who was driving a 2017 Kia Forte on French’s Mill Road for traffic violations, according to a release from the department; officers conducted field sobriety tests and found she was intoxicated.

Miller was driving with her 4-year-old grandson as a passenger, the release said.

Miller, 42, was arrested for Leandra’s Law, driving while intoxicated, aggravated DWI, endangering the welfare of a child, and various traffic infractions. Her blood alcohol content was .22 percent; the legal limit for driving in New York State is under .08 percent.

Miller was arraigned before Judge John Bailey in Guilderland Town Court and released to reappear at a later date.

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