LI Dad Charged With DUI
By MEREDITH TRAINA | wpix.com

3:17 p.m. EST, November 21, 2009
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (WPIX)—
A Long Island man is under arrest after driving drunk with his 5-year-old daughter in the back seat.

Ivan Llagzha, 36, is charged with DUI and endangering the welfare of a child.

Cops spotted him driving erratically on South Ocean Avenue in Patchogue at around 2:40am Saturday. He was stopped by Highway Patrol's specialist drunk driving team.

The officer said Llagzha was drunk behind the wheel of his '97 Honda and that his daughter was in the car without a car seat.

The little girl has been turned over to her mother. Her father was reported to child protective services, authorities said.