Crime & Safety
Woman Drove Drunk With Child in Car, Police Say
Nikol Calantoni, 43, of Pen Argyl, was arrested on charges of DUI and endangering the welfare of children on Dec. 17.
A Pen Argyl woman who was determined to be driving while intoxicated did so while she had a 5-year-old passenger in her vehicle, Hellertown police announced Wednesday.
In a press release, police said that Nikol Calantoni, 43, of the 100 block of East Laurel Avenue, Pen Argyl, was stopped on Dec. 17 at the eastbound on-ramp to I-78 at Route 412, after she was allegedly observed driving erratically.
Police said Calantoni was operating a silver Ford Explorer at the time, and that she was stopped at 6:21pm.
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After stopping Calantoni, police said "it was determined that (she) was incapable of safe driving due to being intoxicated."
A subsequent test determined her blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to be .11 percent, they added. The legal limit for motorists in Pennsylvania is .08 percent.
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Police said Calantoni was processed at the Bethlehem DUI Center and was subsequently arraigned on a charge of endangering the welfare of children, because she had a 5-year-old passenger in her vehicle at the time of the stop.
Calantoni was later released on $2,500 unsecured police, according to police.
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