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WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested Jeremy R. Mulroy, 27, of Davis Place, on charges he endangered a child while drunken driving on Wednesday.

Mulroy was arraigned by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license an failure to obey red traffic signal. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.

According to the criminal complaint:

Police stopped Mulroy when he was spotted failing to stop at a red traffic signal at Dana Street and South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard just after 11:30 p.m.

A 4-year-old boy was in the rear seat not fastened in a child safety seat, the complaint says.

Police alleged in the complaint Mulroy had an odor of an alcoholic beverage and his eyes were bloodshot and glossy.

Mulroy submitted to a breath test with the result showing he had an alcohol level of .122 percent, the complaint says.

An adult driver in Pennsylvania is considered legally intoxicated with an alcohol level of .08 percent.

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By Times Leader