Good to see the endangerment charge too. That should be standard when a
DUI has kids in the car.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070213scalia,0,5785450.story

Daughter of Supreme Court justice charged in DUI

By Angela Rozas
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 13, 2007, 7:32 PM CST

A daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was arrested
Monday night in Wheaton and charged with driving under the influence of
alcohol and child endangerment, Wheaton Deputy Police Chief Thomas Meloni
said.

Ann S. Banaszewski, 45, was stopped about 7:25 p.m. in a 1996 Ford
Econoline van near Gamon Road and Longfellow Drive after a citizen
reported a possible drunken driver was at the McDonald's restaurant near
there, Meloni said.

Three of Banaszewski's "small children" were in the van with her at the
time, leading to the child endangerment charge, Meloni said. He would not
disclose their ages. Meloni would also not disclose details of her
alleged intoxication, but said she submitted to a field sobriety test,
though he could not disclose its outcome.

"Probable cause was established to arrest and charge the driver with
DUI," Meloni said. Banaszewski was taken to the Wheaton Police Station,
where she was released on her own recognizance, Meloni said. A police
officer dropped her children at a family friend's home, a "common
practice" when someone is arrested with children, he said.

A court date has not been scheduled, he said. Meloni said police knew
Banaszewski was one of Scalia's daughters because of "previous contact
with the justice" and "common knowledge" in the Wheaton Police
Department.