PLEASANT VALLEY – Two occupants of a disabled vehicle on the Taconic State Parkway were arrested after a State Trooper pulled over to help them on Friday evening, just before 6 p.m. The vehicle had been traveling north when it ran out of fuel in Pleasant Valley.
The driver, Melissa Cammarata, 31, of Ridgewood, New York, showed signs of intoxication, according to the trooper, failed the field sobriety tests, and was charged with DWI.
When the trooper searched the car, they found approximately 134 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of ketamine, and nine grams of MDMA.
The passenger, 35-year-old Pauline Seng, also of Ridgefield, New York, was found in possession of an undetermined amount of Adderall pills, and she was also arrested.
Cammarata and Seng were processed at Troop K Headquarters, where Cammarata registered a BAC of .17% on the breathalyzer.
Cammarata was charged with:
- Three felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Felony criminal sale of a controlled substance
- Misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Misdemeanor criminal use of drug paraphernalia
- Misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle with 0.08% or more of 1% alcohol in blood, an unclassified misdemeanor
- Misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated
Seng was charged with:
- Three felony counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Felony criminal sale of a controlled substance
- Three misdemeanor counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance
- Misdemeanor criminal use of drug paraphernalia
Both Seng and Cammarata were arraigned in the Town of Pleasant Valley Court and released. They are scheduled to return to court on April 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m.
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