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Monday, dec 2
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Tesla Driver Busted For Aggravated DWI, Driving Too Slow, In Westchester
A Westchester resident was busted by police with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit after he was spotted driving a Tesla excessively slow with a flat tire. Officers on patrol shortly before 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 on Post Road in Scarsdale spotted Xuanmin Chen, 40, driving south on the roadway “at a very low rate of speed” with a flat right front tire. He eventually stopped in the parking lot of the Scarsdale Congregational Church. Police said that while speaking with Chen during the traffic stop, officers detected the odor of alcohol on his breath and his “eyes were…
Police & Fire
Man Three Times Legal Limit Charged In Westchester Crash That Injured Teens
A 32-year-old man three times the legal blood-alcohol limit injured three teens in a crash in Northern Westchester on Friday, Oct. 26, state police said. Troopers were dispatched to Croton Avenue, in the town of Cortlandt at approximately 7:05 p.m., for a two-car motor vehicle collision with injuries. An investigation determined Putnam Valley resident Kevin Singleton was traveling south on Croton Avenue, and entered the northbound lane with his 2013 Ford F150. Singleton struck a northbound 2017 Honda Civic occupied by the three teens, causing injuries to each. The vehicle overturned in t…
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Man Driving Wrong-Way On I-87 In Westchester Faces Aggravated DWI Charge, Police Say
A Westchester motorist was busted with a blood-alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit during an early morning wrong-way driving incident on I-87 in the area. New York State Police troopers were dispatched to a stretch of I-87 in Ardsley at approximately 2:39 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 1, where there was a report of a potential wrong-way driver on the interstate. Investigators said that they located a vehicle being driven by Aldrin Gastelu Chuquihuac, who was driving in the opposite direction of travel on the interstate. During the subsequent traffic stop with Chuquihuac, troopers said that…
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Motorist Who Hit I-684 Guardrail Multiple Times Convicted Of Aggravated DWI
A motorist who hit a guardrail on I-684 multiple times with a child in the car was convicted in a jury trial of aggravated driving while intoxicated, a Class E felony, on Thursday, Aug. 23. Clayton Edmonds, who seven prior convictions, was driving from the Saw Mill Parkway onto I-684 on Nov. 22, 2017, when three calls for erratic driving were made to Westchester 911, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy said. Edmonds proceeded to hit the guardrail on I-684 multiple times and swerved across all lanes of traffic, Tendy said. Members of the Westchester County Police and New York State…
Police & Fire
Police: Westchester Man Found Slumped Over In Mercedes Facing DWI Charges
A disoriented man who was found slumped over in his Mercedes with the engine running, allegedly drunk in Westchester, is facing a series of misdemeanor charges after police officers needed to wake him up while he was behind the wheel. A Scarsdale Police officer on patrol shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Sunday morning spotted a 2013 Mercedes Benz 4DSD stopped on the southbound side of Palmer Avenue, with the driver slumped over in the driver’s seat with the key sitting on the center console. Police said that the officer approached the vehicle and found that the windows were down and the motor wa…
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Wanted Westchester Man Busted For DWI With Infant, Child In Car, Police Say
A wanted Westchester man driving with a blood alcohol content nearly double the legal limit with a 6-year-old and 9-month old child asleep in the car without safety belts is facing a series of charges after being busted in Scarsdale during an early morning speeding stop. While on patrol shortly before 4 a.m. on Monday morning, a Scarsdale police officer stopped White Plains resident Javier Galeno Morales, 31, for speeding on Post Road after he drove through a red light at the intersection of Olmsted Road. During the stop, the officer reported that Morales stated he had several beers in Whit…
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Teen Drunk Driver Involved In Area Crash Had Child In Car, Police Say
A teenager was busted by state police for allegedly drinking and driving with a minor in the back of the vehicle following a crash in Dutchess County. New York State Police troopers were dispatched to Halls Corner Road in Dover at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night, where there was a reported crash. The subsequent investigation into the crash determined that 17-year-old Dover resident Jorge Guzman had been operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol with a child under the age of 16 in the car. Troopers arrested Guzman, who was charged with a felony count of aggravated drivin…
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Off-Duty Cop From Westchester Gets Prison Time For Crash That Killed Friend
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - An off-duty New Rochelle police officer who was drinking before he crashed his vehicle last year, killing his best friend, has been sentenced for his role in the fatal incident. Harry Kyreakedes, 28, has been sentenced to a term between two and a half and seven and a half years in state prison after pleading guilty in October to a felony charge of first-degree vehicular manslaughter and aggravated driving while intoxicated. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. said that at approximately midnight on Jan. 2, Kyreakedes was out drinking with fri…
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Man Charged With Felony DWI After Crash Near Roma Building
A 57-year-old Ossining man was charged with felony DWI following a car accident on Saw Mill River Road in Yorktown Tuesday. Chrstopher Walsh was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of .18 percent or more, a felony, driving while intoxicated, a felony and following too closely. Walsh was charged with felony DWI due to a prior conviction in 2014. On Tuesday afternoon, police received a report of an erratic driver. After being unable to locate the vehicle, they received a report of a car accident on Saw Mill River Road and eventually located Walsh at…
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