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Area Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Had Earlier DWI Charge, Police Say
A local woman who was arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area was arrested two months ago for DWI and was due to have her license suspended in several days.
Maggie DePerna, age 37, of Mahopac was charged on Saturday, June 26, with vehicular manslaughter, and two counts of DWI (she was reportedly driving drunk when arrested) in the hit-and-run death in Mahopac of James Crecco, of Carmel, on Friday, June 25, said the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
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37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home
This story has been updated.
A local woman has been arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area,
Maggie Deperna, age 37, was arrested Saturday, June 26, by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in connection to the crash that happened a day earlier in Mahopac.
She's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Sheriff's Office said.
The 61-year-old victim, identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep on Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route…