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Targeted 4-Hour Detail Results In 23 Traffic Stops At Busy Mahopac Shopping Center Targeted 4-Hour Detail Results In 23 Traffic Stops At Busy Mahopac Shopping Center
4-Hour Detail Yields 23 Summonses In Mahopac Village Center Following complaints from residents and business owners, a targeted police detail at a busy Hudson Valley shopping center resulted in 23 traffic summonses over only four hours.  The enforcement campaign was conducted in Putnam County on Friday evening, May 17 at the Mahopac Village Center shopping center. According to Carmel Police, the detail was undertaken following complaints from residents and business owners concerning large gatherings of loitering vehicles in the parking lot and erratic driving.  The campaign was the second such effort to be conducted at the shopping center…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Driving Drunk At More Than Twice Legal Limit Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Driving Drunk At More Than Twice Legal Limit
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Driving Drunk At More Than Twice Legal Limit A 22-year-old Hudson Valley man is accused of driving while intoxicated at more than two times the legal limit. Troopers pulled a vehicle over on I-87 in the Albany County town of Bethlehem for vehicle and traffic violations at about 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 29, New York State Police said. Police said the driver, identified as Rockland County resident Cristian Agualema, of New City, was found to be intoxicated. He was arrested and tested as having a blood alcohol content of 0.19 percent, authorities said. Agualema was charged with aggravated DWI, State Police reported. Police said he wa…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Faces Impaired Driving Charge After Crash In Kent Man Faces Impaired Driving Charge After Crash In Kent
Man Faces Impaired Driving Charge After Crash In Kent A man was arrested for alleged intoxicated driving after hitting a car in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Putnam County around 1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16 in the town of Kent. Police responded to the Kent Center for a report of a man who had struck a car and was possibly intoxicated, the department said. The man, identified as Vincent Cobelli, whose age and hometown were not released by police, exited the center onto Route 52 in a black Dodge Ram before being stopped in the parking lot of the Lake Carmel Fire Department, police said. When stopped, Cobelli, appeared to have…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Teen Pleads Guilty In Connection To Fatal Crash Near Hudson Valley HS Teen Pleads Guilty In Connection To Fatal Crash Near Hudson Valley HS
Teen Pleads Guilty In Connection To Fatal Crash Near Hudson Valley HS A Hudson Valley teen has entered a guilty plea for his role in a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy and seriously injured a 17-year-old girl. Alan Mendoza, of New City, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide on Tuesday, Dec. 7, according to Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh. On May 6, 18-year-old Mendoza was driving on Congers Road in New City when his Mitsubishi Lancer crossed a double yellow line and struck two other vehicles, Walsh said.  Earlier report - Teen Charged In Connection To Fatal Crash Near Clarkstown North HS He then crashed th…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say
Weaving Driver Nabbed For DWI, Has License Revoked, Police Say A 37-year-old man was arrested for alleged DWI after numerous 911 callers reported a car weaving into oncoming traffic in Ulster County. Greene County resident James S. Hartley Jr., of the Town of Ashland, was arrested around 10:24 p.m., on Thursday, Feb. 25, in Saugerties, after police responded to the area of Kings High Way for a civilian complaint, said Chief Joseph Sinagra. According to Sinagra, Hartley was reportedly unable to maintain lanes and was weaving in and out of the oncoming traffic lane.  Officers located the vehicle on Route 212 in the area of the Speedw…

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by Kathy Reakes