Posted on: July 07, 2025 10:25 AM

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DWI arrest with child passengers in Wappinger

On July 4, 2025, at approximately 11:10 p.m., a Trooper from the State Police Wappinger barracks (SP Wappinger) conducted a traffic stop on a Honda CR-V traveling southbound on Route 9 in the Village of Wappinger for multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations.

The operator, identified as Moises Centeno Vargas, age 49, of Fishkill, NY, exhibited signs of intoxication. Standardized field sobriety tests were administered, which Vargas failed. Further investigation revealed two children, ages 8 and 10, were also present in the vehicle.

Vargas was arrested and transported to SP Wappinger for processing, where he provided a breath sample with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.14%. The children were safely released to a sober third party.

From NYSP