NEW CANAAN, CT — A 50-year-old New Canaan woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she was accused by New Canaan police of driving drunk on vanilla extract.

The incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. when officers were dispatched to the intersection of Grove and Pine streets on a report that a woman, later identified as Stephanie Warner-Grise of Park Street, was sitting in her vehicle in the intersection with her eyes closed.

"Upon speaking with Warner-Grise officers detected an odor of vanilla coming from her breath, her speech was slurred and she was unable to answer basic questions," wrote Lt. Jason Ferraro in a statement. "In addition several empty bottles of pure vanilla extract were located inside the vehicle."