MINEOLA (AP) - A Long Island woman has been cleared of drunken-driving accusations after testifying that she was fleeing a man who was about to attack her.

Nassau County Judge Hon. George Peck found Donna Powell not guilty of all charges except for a minor traffic violation Friday in a non-jury trial.

The Northport woman, who's 48, admitted driving with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system last October. She said a man she met earlier in a bar tried to grab and grope her after pulling his car over in a wooded lot. She fled when he got out to relieve himself.

New York law says a person is justified in committing a crime if doing so avoids a greater harm.