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Andreas woman charged with DUI

An Andreas woman faces charges after an incident in Tamaqua on June 3.

Police were alerted to a possible drunken driver at 12:40 p.m., as a gray Volkswagen Jetta was traveling Route 209 in an erratic manner.The caller was able to provide a license plate number.Officers found the car in the parking lot at the former Jamesway Plaza. Christine Tandy, 49, of Andreas was in the driver's seat.Tandy seemed to be under the influence of drugs and in need of medical assistance. She told the officer she was on her way to a dialysis treatment.She failed field sobriety tests and was transported to Schuylkill Medical Center South in Pottsville, where she refused to have blood drawn, telling the officer she already "had four DUIs."She was admitted to the hospital due to her medical condition.She has been charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance/DUI refusal.