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Hit-Run Driver In Westchester Crash Had BAC Three Times Limit, Police Say Hit-Run Driver In Westchester Crash Had BAC Three Times Limit, Police Say
Hit-Run Driver In Westchester Crash Had BAC Three Times Limit, Police Say A hit-and-run driver's blood-alcohol level tested three times the legal limit after being located by police. The incident began around 8 p.m., Friday, May 8, when New York State Police out of Westchester responded to a report of a hit-and-run crash on Boston Post Road in Rye, said Trooper Tara McCormick. During the investigation, troopers located the vehicle that left the scene on I-95, near exit 14, in Rye.  When stopped, the driver of the vehicle, Ivan Rojas-Juarez, 29, of Willimantic, Connecticut, was found to be intoxicated, McCormick said. Rojas-Juarez was taken into custody, tr…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wanted CT Fugitive Who Cut Off Ankle Monitor Bracelet Likely Fled To NY, Police Say Wanted CT Fugitive Who Cut Off Ankle Monitor Bracelet Likely Fled To NY, Police Say
Wanted CT Fugitive Who Cut Off Ankle Monitor Bracelet Likely Fled To NY, Police Say Police are on the lookout for a Connecticut fugitive who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor bracelet and is likely to have fled to New York. The Connecticut State Police Eastern District Major Crime Squad at Troop E in Montville say Fernando Irizzary, 42, of Willimantic has an active and extraditable felony arrest warrant with charges for first-degree failure to appear. Irizarry was previously monitored with a court-ordered ankle bracelet and was awaiting trial for charges of threatening and inciting injuries to a person, police say. The warrant has a $250,000 cash bond attached. Police s…

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by Valerie Musson