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Driver With 14 License Suspensions Arrested In Suffolk County, Sheriff Says Driver With 14 License Suspensions Arrested In Suffolk County, Sheriff Says
Driver With 14 License Suspensions Arrested In Suffolk County, Sheriff Says A man was taken into police custody on Long Island after he was busted during a traffic stop for having 14 suspensions on his driver’s license, authorities announced. A Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputy stopped Lake Ronkonkoma resident Stephen Pilotte, 40, shortly after 11 a.m. on North Ocean Avenue in Medford when he committed a vehicle and traffic violation. According to the Sheriff’s Office, during the subsequent stop, a DMV computer check determined that Pilotte’s driver’s license was suspended 14 times, the last for failure to answer a summons in Nassau County. Pilotte was arrested and …

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by Zak Failla
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NY May End Suspending Driver's Licenses Over Traffic Tickets NY May End Suspending Driver's Licenses Over Traffic Tickets
NY May End Suspending Driver's Licenses Over Traffic Tickets Currently in New York, driver's licenses are automatically suspended if you forget to show up for an appearance in traffic court. And two-thirds of all license suspensions are due to unpaid tickets or failing to appear in court.  That would change under proposed state legislation.  A recent study by the Driven By Justice Coalition, a group of nonprofit criminal and economic justice advocates, found that most suspensions involve drivers who are minorities or poor. The suspension can become an otherwise avoidable entry into the criminal justice system, the coalition argues. Titled …

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by Jon Craig