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Drunk Driver Nabbed For Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Police Say Drunk Driver Nabbed For Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Police Say
Drunk Driver Nabbed For Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Police Say A Hudson Valley woman was charged with alleged DWI at more than twice the legal limit when police responded to a hit-and-run crash. The incident occurred in Rockland County around 9:15 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11, on South Little Tor Road in New City. According to Clarkstown Police, the crash involved a blue Jeep Wrangler that sideswiped another vehicle while turning onto South Little Tor Rd. and continued driving. When officers arrived on the scene, they spotted the Jeep swerving into oncoming traffic, presenting a significant danger to the public, the department said. Police said efforts to s…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Caught After Crashing In Northern Westchester, Police Say Drunk Driver Caught After Crashing In Northern Westchester, Police Say
Drunk Driver Caught After Crashing In Northern Westchester, Police Say A drunk driver faces both charges and injuries after crashing in Northern Westchester, police said. The incident happened on Tuesday, Feb. 7, around 2 p.m., when officers responded to a one-car crash in Yorktown near the intersection of Strang Boulevard and Oakside Road, according to Yorktown Police.  After arriving at the scene of the crash, police determined that the driver, 56-year-old Jeffrey Brideau of Poughquag, had been traveling while intoxicated and had unsafely moved out of his lane before crashing.  Brideau was arrested for driving while intoxicated and traffic offense…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Area Man Convicted Of DWI By Jury Area Man Convicted Of DWI By Jury
Area Man Convicted Of DWI By Jury A Hudson Valley man has been convicted of DWI and traffic offenses after turning off his headlights while driving to avoid being seen by police. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced that Allan Jones, age 27, of Warwick, was convicted by a jury on Monday, Jan. 31. During the trial, prosecutors argued that on Monday, Dec. 27, in the Town of Warwick, Jones drove a vehicle in a reckless fashion while turning off his headlights in an effort to avoid detection by the police. Officers were eventually able to stop Jones’s car, which struck a police vehicle in the process, the DA…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Shots Fired At Trump's Mar-A-Lago As Connecticut Woman In Jeep Breaches Security Shots Fired At Trump's Mar-A-Lago As Connecticut Woman In Jeep Breaches Security
Shots Fired At Trump's Mar-a-lago As Connecticut Woman In Jeep Breaches Security A 30-year-old Connecticut woman is in custody after the rented Jeep she was driving breached a security checkpoint at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Hannah Roemhild of Middletown, Connecticut, a graduate of Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, has been identified as the woman. The incident began about three miles away at the Breakers Hotel where Roemhild started acting irrationally and dancing on top of her vehicle, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. Roemhild then got in her Jeep, resisting an attempt by a Florida Highway Patrol tro…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Driver Charged After Large Gravel, Stone Fall From Truck, Causing Route 22 Closure, Police Say Driver Charged After Large Gravel, Stone Fall From Truck, Causing Route 22 Closure, Police Say
Driver Charged After Large Gravel, Stone Fall From Truck, Causing Route 22 Closure, Police Say A driver is facing multiple charges after police say a significant amount of large gravel and crushed stone fell from his dump truck, leading to the closure of a stretch of Route 22. The incident caused the closure of the southbound lanes from the Citgo station at McDougal Drive in North White Plains to the Townhouse Diner on Castle Heights Place in White Plains for about an hour-and-a-half starting around 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26.  After North Castle police officers and state Department of Transportation workers combined to clear the debris, one lane reopened shortly after 6 a.m…

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by Joe Lombardi