Drizzle Fog/Mist 45°
Tag:

Drug Recognition Expert

Police & Fire
These Are Ramapo PD's Newest Drug Recognition Experts These Are Ramapo PD's Newest Drug Recognition Experts
These Are Ramapo PD's Newest Drug Recognition Experts The Ramapo Police Department has two new drug experts, officers John Youngman and Marc Lieman. The two are the department's newest Drug Recognition Experts (DRE) after graduating from the International Cheif's of Police training program. Youngman and Lieman attended two weeks of classroom training in Batavia, and one week of hands-on training in Jacksonville.  A DRE is used to evaluate individuals who are believed to be impaired by drugs and is able to determine what drug category or categories of drugs a person is using.  Drivers intoxicated by alcohol are still a problem, but drug-impair…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
News
Area Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Crash Area Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Crash
Area Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Crash A 45-year-old Dutchess County man who was impaired by morphine when he crashed into another vehicle in 2015, killing a Kent woman, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison. Christopher Osborne Jr., 45, of Pawling, pleaded guilty in January to aggravated vehicular homicide for causing the crash that killed 63-year-old Jean Riccobon. Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy said the plea was with the consent and support of Mario Riccobon, the spouse of Jean Riccobon.  " In sentencing the defendant, the Court acknowledged the compassion of the decedent’s surviving spouse,&q…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes