Westchester Man Charged With Violating Protection Order

A Westchester man was nabbed for violating a protective order after getting pulled over and officers found the protected person in the vehicle.

A Yonkers man was arrested by Rockland deputies for violating a protective order.
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Kathy Reakes

12/19/2018 5:00 a.m.

Samuel Espinet, 35, of Yonkers, was arrested around 3:17 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, when Rockland County Sheriff's deputies pulled over his vehicle on Orangeburg Road for a traffic violation, police said.

When deputies ran a check of Espinet, they found that he was under an order of protection to stay away from the passenger in the vehicle.

He was arrested and charged with criminal contempt/disobeying a court order and aggravated unlicensed operation.

Espinet is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 8, 2019.

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