Twin sisters charged with DUI in separate incidents 23 hours and 57 minutes apart

Police in Stonington, Connecticut, arrested twin sisters within 24 hours at the weekend, both for driving under the influence and hitting something with their cars.

On Saturday at 1:49am, police said Kathleen S. Murphy, 25, of 140 Latimer Point Road, backed into another car in the parking lot of Hootie’s Good Times Cafe in Pawcatuck. She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, unsafe backing, improper use of markers, driving without minimum insurance and failure to register a motor vehicle eligible for commercial registration.



Then on Sunday at 1:46am, police arrested Hannah R. Murphy, 25, also of 140 Latimer Point Road after they say she struck a road sign near and left the scene. She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, evading responsibility and failure to drive right. The sisters are slated to appear in New London Superior Court on June 17.

Police added that the car Kathleen Murphy hit early on Saturday was struck a short time later in the Hootie’s lot by a car driven by another alleged drunk driver. In that case Gerald M. Dunn, 56, of Pawcatuck was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and unsafe backing.