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 A Rochester woman accused of driving drunk twice in a three-hour span last weekend was also twice previously convicted of driving while ability impaired. 
 
 Catherine M. Butler, 26, faces misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charges after she was arrested twice early Saturday morning while driving on Buffalo Road in Gates while dressed in a zombie costume, said Lt. Jon Ballard of the Gates Police Department. 
 
 Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode said it appeared that Butler had attended a zombie Halloween party at a Gates bar earlier that night. 
 
 Butler was initially stopped on Buffalo Road near Howard Road, about 2 a.m. Butler was allegedly driving without headlights when she was stopped by a Gates police officer, Ballard said. 
 
 Butler was taken to the Gates Police Department and charged before a friend picked her up. 
 
 "Somehow, she ended up back in her car," Ballard said. 
 
 Butler was stopped for the second time less than three hours later — just before 5 a.m. — driving the same car on the same road, but this time near the Erie Canal and city border, Ballard said. 
 
 A different Gates officer had spotted Butler swerving in and out of the designated lane on Buffalo Road before pulling her over. She was wearing the same costume at 5 a.m., that she had worn when arrested hours earlier, officers said. 
 
 Ballard said that after an officer drove Butler to the police station to be processed, an officer drove her to her city residence following the second arrest. 
 
 Butler also had two previous DWAI convictions in the past eight years, according to Gates Police. She was convicted of DWAI in 2011, following an arrest in Brighton, and in 2006, following an arrest in Gates, Ballard said. 
 
 Butler had a valid driver's license following those convictions, he said. 
 
 Drivers charged with misdemeanor DWI in Gates are typically processed at the police station and released to a sober driver. Ballard said drivers facing felony DWI charges are typically arraigned within hours. 
 
 Butler, he said, was released to a sober driver early Saturday morning. She was returned to her home by police, in part because she did not have a history of bench warrants. Ballard said Butler did not have a significant criminal history outside the DWAI convictions. 
 
 She is now facing two counts of DWI, two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than .08 percent. She was also issued traffic tickets, including failure to maintain lane and driving without headlights. 
 
 Butler was issued appearance tickets and is scheduled to be arraigned in Gates Town Court on Nov. 18. 
 
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 Around 2 a.m. Sunday on Mosher Road, police say they stopped 37-year-old Carrie Gipson for driving in the wrong lane. A post on the police department's Facebook page said the officer thought he had stopped Hello Kitty, but it was Gipson.Gipson was arrested for OUI refusal and taken to the Cumberland County Jail.Gorham police said with Halloween approaching on Friday, officers will be out on the roads discouraging drunk driving.
– Time for that annual rite of fall: People arrested in costume after apparently having a little too much fun at the Halloween party. Two early entrants: Zombie: A 26-year-old woman dressed as a zombie in Gates, NY, got charged with DWI about 2am Saturday after driving without her headlights on, reports the Democrat and Chronicle. A friend picked up Catherine Butler from the station, but three hours later, she was again arrested and charged with DWI. Same road, same costume. Hello Kitty: In Gorham, Maine, a 37-year-old woman got stopped after driving in the wrong lane about 2am Sunday, reports WGME. Carrie Gipson was dressed as Hello Kitty, and police posted a photo of her headware, though it's not clear whether she was actually wearing the contraption while driving. In other Halloween-related arrests, the yellow Teletubby is accused of stealing leftover Chinese food.