FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: JULY 23, 2018
RE: PRESS RELEASE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: KINGSTON WOMAN CONVICTED BY ULSTER COUNTY JURY
Hailey McInerney, 26, an Ulster County resident, was found guilty of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, both class E felonies, following a jury trial on Thursday July 19, 2018 in Ulster County Court before the Hon. Richard Mott.
The case against McInerney arose on May 27, 2017, when she was stopped in uptown Kingston. After failing all roadside sobriety tests, McInerney registered a blood alcohol content of .20%, more than twice the legal limit. McInerney had previously been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated in 2014.
Sentencing is scheduled for September 2018.
The case was prosecuted by Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Timothy Lawson. The defendant was represented by Daniel Gaffney, Esq.