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Hit-Run Crash: Greenport Man Drove Drunk With 3 Kids In Car In Riverhead, Police Say Hit-Run Crash: Greenport Man Drove Drunk With 3 Kids In Car In Riverhead, Police Say
Hit-Run Crash: Greenport Man Drove Drunk With 3 Kids In Car In Riverhead, Police Say A man has been accused of driving drunk with three children in the car after a hit-and-run crash on Long Island. The incident happened around 8:10 p.m. in Riverhead. Greenport resident Juan L. Arevalo-Lopez, age 22, crashed a white Honda Civic on Old Country Road before fleeing the scene, according to  Riverhead Police Department. Responding officers found Arevalo-Lopez to be intoxicated while his 1-year-old daughter, and two boys -- ages 9 and 10 -- were inside the vehicle, said police. Arevalo-Lopez was charged with: Driving while intoxicated, under Leandra's Law;  Three cou…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say
Drunk Driver Traveling Wrong Way On Sunrise Highway Slams Into Ambulance, Police Say A Nassau County man was arrested for DWI after hitting an ambulance while driving in the wrong direction on the Sunrise Highway (Route 27). Joaquin Cabrera, 57, of Baldwin, was arrested following the crash around 2:24 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 13, in Baldwin, said the Nassau County Police. The Nassau County Police Department Ambulance was traveling eastbound on Sunrise Highway near the intersection of Grand Avenue while responding to an aided call with its emergency lights activated. The ambulance was then hit by a 2006 Hummer being driven by Cabrera eastbound in the westbound lane of the highway…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Long Island Man Nabbed For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Pedestrian, Police Say Long Island Man Nabbed For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Pedestrian, Police Say
Long Island Man Nabbed For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Pedestrian, Police Say A Long Island man has been arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian last month. Daniel Gianotti, 22, of Elmont, was arrested on Tuesday, March 10, for the crash that occurred on Sat., Feb. 22, in Elmont, said the Nassau County Police.  According to detectives, a 41-year-old woman was attempting to cross the Hempstead Turnpike to Evans Avenue, when she was was struck by a gray 2012 Honda Civic that was making a left turn from Hempstead Turnpike onto Evans Avenue.  The driver, later identified as Gianotti, allegedly fled the scene without attemp…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Driver Arrested Following County-To-County Police Chase On Meadowbrook State Parkway Driver Arrested Following County-To-County Police Chase On Meadowbrook State Parkway
Driver Arrested Following County-To-County Police Chase On Meadowbrook State Parkway A Hempstead man was arrested following a police pursuit that began in Nassau County and ended in Suffolk County all the while ramming a vehicle on the Meadowbrook State Parkway. The incident began around 9:38 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, when New York State Police responded to a call of an ongoing incident on the parkway, said Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim, spokesman for the department. Once on the scene, troopers saw a Toyota Tundra purposefully ramming an Audi on the parkway, southbound in the town of Hempstead, Ahlgrim said. Responding troopers, assisted by the New York State Parks Police, a…

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by Kathy Reakes