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Memorial Day Weekend Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint: 12 Charged In Patchogue

A dozen people were charged in an overnight sobriety checkpoint on Long Island at the outset of the Memorial Day weekend.

A dozen people were charged in an overnight sobriety checkpoint on Long Island at the outset of the Memorial Day weekend.

A dozen people were charged in an overnight sobriety checkpoint on Long Island at the outset of the Memorial Day weekend.

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The detail was held in Patchogue from around 11 p.m. Friday, May 24, until 2:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25.

Officers from the Suffolk County Police Department’s Highway Patrol Bureau SAFE-T Team conducted the joint operation with Suffolk County deputy sheriffs at Waverly Plaza.

 A total of 569 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The following were charged with driving while intoxicated:

  • Nadine Barbera, age 67, of West Islip
  • Domingo Lantigua, age 40, of Holbrook
  • Carlos Villa-Naranjo, age 29, of Patchogue
  • Gershon Jean Pierre, age 34, of Bay Shore
  • Jose Garces-Delgado, age 22, of Medford
  • Nehemias D. Garcia, age 38, of Coram
  • Marissa L. Crouse, age 29, of Utica

The following were charged with driving while ability Impaired by drugs:

  • Jamal Castma, age 22, of Bay Shore
  • Christopher Taveras, age 24, of Bay Shore
  • Armando Visbal, age 26, of Patchogue
  • Shania Langhorn, age 34, of Riverhead
  • Marissa L. Crouse, age 29, of Utica (who was also charged with DWI)

Those charged will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday, May 25.

The checkpoint was part of a holiday weekend enforcement crackdown targeting alcohol and drug-impaired driving.

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