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Driver Nabbed For DWI While En Route To Pick Up Drunk Friend In Westchester Driver Nabbed For DWI While En Route To Pick Up Drunk Friend In Westchester
Driver Nabbed For DWI While En Route To Pick Up Drunk Friend In Westchester A patron of a local bar in Northern Westchester called the wrong friend to come pick him up, police said.  The head-scratching incident began at around 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, when a Westchester County Police officer stopped a car driving erratically in Mount Kisco on Lieto Drive.  Upon talking with the driver, the officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath and saw an open beer can in the center console.  As the traffic stop went on, the officer learned the ironic truth: the man had driven from Ossining to Mount Kisco to pick up a friend who had…

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by Ben Crnic
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Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Westchester Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Westchester
Distraught Man Stopped From Jumping Off Bridge In Westchester A life was saved when police were able to talk a man down from jumping off a bridge in Northern Westchester.  In the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 3, around 1:12 a.m., police responded to a residence in Mount Kisco on Maple Avenue after receiving a report from a caller that their roommate had fallen and injured his hand before becoming upset and leaving the apartment, according to the Westchester County Police Department. Officers were then able to locate the man at a bridge on Lieto Drive, where he had climbed over a railing and was threatening to jump onto the Metro-North railr…

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by Ben Crnic