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Vehicular Manslaughter
Police & Fire
Man ID'd As Victim In Fatal Crash In Region, Driver Charged
A 28-year-old man from the region has been identified as the victim of a single-vehicle fatal crash in which the driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter. The collision occurred in Greene County at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, on Route 54 in the town of New Baltimore. According to Capt. Joel Rowell of the Greene County Sheriff's Office, an investigation into the fatal crash found that a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee being operated by 43-year-old Columbia County resident Evan Kravitz of Hudson was headed southwest on CR 54 when the vehicle went off the roadway and stru…
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Hudson Valley Man Admits To Manslaughter In Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Girl, 11
A Hudson Valley man faces years in prison after admitting to manslaughter in a drunk-driving case that killed his 11-year-old passenger in a four-vehicle crash. Orange County resident Yeraldo Roa, age 35, of Port Jervis, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter on Friday, Oct. 4, in a case where he was found to be driving at twice the legal limit. According to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, Roa admitted that he was intoxicated when he caused the death of an 11-year-old girl who had been a passenger in his car. Court documents show Roa admitted that on S…
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Community Rallies To Support Family Of Hudson Valley 17-Year-Old Killed In Crash
The community where a 17-year-old Hudson Valley boy who was killed in a single-vehicle crash goes to school and lives is showing their support and honoring his life by helping his family "in any way possible." Earlier Report: New Fatal Crash Update: 17-Year-Old Victim From Minisink Valley HS ID'd, Driver Charged Orange County resident Jack Braun of Slate Hill, a hamlet of Wawayanda, died in Sullivan County around 1:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 22, on Route 17 West in Mamakating. Three passengers were also severely injured. All attended Minisink Valley High School in Orange County, ac…
Police & Fire
New Fatal Crash Update: 17-Year-Old Victim From HS In Hudson Valley ID'd, Driver Charged
New York State Police have identified the high school student killed in a crash and charged the driver of the vehicle. The crash occurred in Sullivan County around 1:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 22, on Route 17 West in Mamakating. The student killed, and the passengers attended Minisink Valley High School in Orange County, according to the district's superintendent Brian C. Monahan. Original report - Minisink Valley High School Student Killed, 3 Injured During Crash In Region According to New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel, a preliminary investigation revealed that a 2014 …
Police & Fire
Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Hudson Valley Crash
An allegedly drunk driver from Connecticut has been charged in a fatal wrong-way crash in Westchester. The crash happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, about a half mile south of King Street, according to Westchester County Police. Original report - 1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook Several 911 calls reported that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car. Arriving officers found that one of the vehicles, a Toyota Camry, was fully engulfed…
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Salon Crash: Alleged Drunk Driver Who Killed Off-Duty Cop, 3 Others In NY Charged With Murder
An alleged drunk driver who crashed his SUV into a New York nail salon, killing four people, including a police officer, was charged with murder. Long Island resident Steven Schwally, age 64, of Dix Hills, was formally indicted on four counts of second-degree murder, plus 24 other felonies and nine misdemeanors, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Aug. 1 District Attorney Raymond Tierney said Schwally had just left a liquor store and was intoxicated when he crashed his SUV into Hawaii Nail & Spa, located in Deer Park on Grand Boulevard, going nearly 80 miles per hour on Friday, June 28…
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Drug Dealer Linked To Fatal Overdose In Hudson Valley Gets Prison Time: Here's His Sentence
A 47-year-old Hudson Valley drug dealer who sold a dangerous drug concoction connected to a fatal overdose will spend years in prison, officials announced. Putnam County resident William Mancusi III of Kent was sentenced to nine years in state prison for selling a dangerous combination of heroin and fentanyl on two occasions, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Tuesday, May 14. Earlier Report - Drug Dealer From Kent Convicted After Being Linked To Fatal Overdose: 'Career Criminal' According to Tendy's office, the events leading to Mancusi's sentencin…
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Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Death Of Area Man While Driving High On Marijuana
A Hudson Valley woman has been sentenced to prison for killing an area man while high on drugs. Related story: ID Released For Person Killed In Head-On Pleasant Valley Crash Dutchess County resident Camay Pryce, age 35, of Poughkeepsie, was sentenced for vehicular manslaughter on Thursday, March 21 to serve 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison. According to Sinead McLoughlin of the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office, Erin T. Clancy, age 50, of Stanford, was killed around 5:50 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Pleasant Valley. Troopers responded to Route 44 near Bro…
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'We Are Disappointed': DPW Worker Sentenced For Hit-Run That Killed Westchester Teen
A former public works employee has been sentenced for his role in a hit-run crash that killed a beloved 16-year-old boy in Westchester. Former Yonkers Public Works Department worker Stephen Dolan, age 46, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 14 to one and a half to four and a half years in prison for vehicular manslaughter in connection with an August 2022 crash that killed 16-year-old Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett of Yonkers, according to a report by ABC News. Earlier Report - DPW Worker Charged For Fatal Hit-Run Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Stepinac HS Student On the da…
Obituaries
Support Swells For Family Of Beloved Northern Westchester Father Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver
Just days after a beloved father from Northern Westchester was killed in a crash caused in the region by an alleged drunk driver that also injured his young son, a community has already raised thousands to support his family. Cortlandt Manor resident Joe Stubblefield, age 52, was killed in a crash in Putnam County on Saturday, Nov. 11 around 9:45 p.m. on Route 9 near Stone Ridge Road, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Earlier Report - Man Killed, Child Injured After Car Veers Into Oncoming Lane In Putnam County: Police According to authorities, he …
Police & Fire
Northern Westchester Man Killed, Child Injured After Car Veers Into Oncoming Lane: Police
A 56-year-old drunk driver from the Hudson Valley faces charges after crossing into the oncoming lane and hitting another car head-on, killing a 52-year-old Northern Westchester man and injuring a young child, police said. New, updated report: Support Swells For Family Of Beloved Cortlandt Manor Father Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver The incident happened in Putnam County on Saturday, Nov. 11, around 9:45 p.m. on Route 9 in Philipstown near Stone Ridge Road. According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle driven by 56-year-old Dutchess County resident Marcos Mart…
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Passenger Dies In Fiery Drunk-Driving Crash Near Capital Region College, Police Say
A suspected drunk-driving crash near a college campus in the region claimed the life of a 47-year-old woman. The fiery wreck happened just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in Schenectady, on Eastern Avenue. The scene was two blocks away from Union College. According to Schenectady Police, 31-year-old Gregory Mitchell, of Scotia, was driving while intoxicated when he crashed into a parked car on Eastern Avenue near Degraff Street. The impact ignited a fire and trapped his passenger, Jacqueline McCole, of Scotia, inside the vehicle. By the time members of the Schenectady Fire Departme…
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Woman High On Crack Sentenced For Crash That Killed Surgeon In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley woman has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter for a head-on crash that killed a local vascular surgeon while she was high on crack cocaine. Orange County resident Ezzial Williams, age 38, of Newburgh, was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison on Tuesday, May 23. As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, Williams was driving on Route 32 in the Town of Cornwall on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in excess of the posted speed limit when she crossed over the double yellow line and crashed into the vehicle being drive…
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Woman Who Killed Surgeon In Hudson Valley Crash Pleads Guilty, DA Says
A 38-year-old Hudson Valley woman who was high on cocaine when she crashed into an area vascular surgeon, killing him, has pleaded guilty. Ezzial Williams, of Newburgh, pleaded guilty in Orange County Court to vehicular manslaughter on Tuesday, Feb. 14, right before a trial was to begin, said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Under the plea agreement will be sentenced to three and one half to seven years in prison, which is the maximum permitted under law, when she is sentenced on Tuesday, April 25. As alleged in documents filed and statements made in court, Williams…
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Hudson Valley Man Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter While Driving Drunk, Police Say
A man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after crashing a Chevrolet Corvette and killing a 37-year-old woman while allegedly drunk. The Putnam County crash took place around 11 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 in Carmel on Croton Falls Road near McLaughlin Drive. According to Lt. Michael Bodo, of the Carmel Police, when officers arrived on the scene they found discovered a white Chevrolet Corvette with heavy damage after running off the road and striking a tree. A female passenger, a 37-year-old resident of New York City was unresponsive and was pronounced dead a…
Police & Fire
Man Charged With DWI In Connection To Crash That Killed 29-Year-Old In Region
State police have charged a man from the region with alleged vehicular manslaughter and DWI in connection to the death of a 29-year-old man. The incident took place in Sullivan County around 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13 in the town of Delaware on Jeffersonville North Branch Road. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, an investigation revealed that a 2017 Volkswagen Passat, driven by David Slemmer, age 62, from the hamlet of Callicoon was traveling northbound on Jeffersonville North Branch Road when for unknown reasons he crossed over into the southbound lane and struck a 2020 Chevrolet, operated …
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Three Women Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue
The identities have been released who three women who were killed after a crash involving a drunk driver in front of an event venue in New York, police said. At around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, May 21 on Long Island, a 2010 Lincoln Town Car with a driver and five occupants was struck in the eastbound lane of Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park by a 2012 Mercedes-Benz sedan occupied by only the driver, according to Nassau County Police. The incident happened in front of 214 Jericho Turnpike, the location of The Inn at New Hyde Park, a facility for events and weddings. (See…
Police & Fire
Three Female Passengers Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue, Police Say
Updated story: IDs Released For Three Women Killed In Crash Involving Drunk Driver Near NY Event Venue Three female passengers were killed after a crash involving a drunk driver that happened overnight in front of an event venue in New York, police said. At around 11:10 p.m. Saturday, May 21 on Long Island, a 2010 Lincoln Town Car with a driver and five occupants was struck in the eastbound lane of Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park by a 2012 Mercedes-Benz sedan occupied by only the driver, according to Nassau County Police. The incident happened in front …
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Man Enters Manslaughter Plea For Crash That Killed Hudson Valley Man
A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the connection with a crash that killed a man in Sullivan County. James Greco, age 52, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, pled guilty on Wednesday, May 11, to felony vehicular manslaughter, said Sullivan County District Attorney Meagan Galligan. According to Galligan, Greco was driving a pickup truck on Route 42 in the Town of Fallsburg on Friday, May 21, 2021, with oxycodone and fentanyl in his system, crossing a double yellow line and crashing into a vehicle driven by Jose Daniel Roldan-Roldan, age 29, of Spring Valley. Emergency responders t…
Police & Fire
Capital Region Man Charged In Fatal Crash In Rensselaer County
A Capital District man is accused of causing a DWI crash that left a man dead. Rensselaer County resident Dylan Densmore, age 26, of Poestenkill, was arrested Thursday, April 21, following the wreck on Highway 355 in Poestenkill, according to the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency crews arrived at the scene around 10:40 p.m. and found Densmore outside of his GMC pickup truck, along with a second man who was trapped inside his Honda Civic, police said. Both vehicles had suffered extensive damage. Medics rendered first aid to the driver of the Civic, but he later died at Samarita…
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Teen Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Girl In Hudson Valley
An 18-year-old man has been sentenced after he pleaded guilty to 17 charges in a Hudson Valley crash that killed a classmate and seriously injured other passengers in the vehicle. Joseph DeBellis, of Airmont, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 15, to six months of incarceration followed by five years of probation, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh. The crash happened at about 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2021, on Route 202 in Montebello when DeBellis, then 17, was a Suffern High School student. Earlier report: Girl Killed In Single-Vehicle Rockland Cra…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Homicide In Hudson Valley Crash
A Long Island man has admitted to vehicular homicide in connection with a crash in the Hudson Valley that killed one. Nassau County resident Ebraheem Chowdhury, age 24, of Elmont, pleaded guilty in Orange County Court to one count of vehicular manslaughter in connection to an August 2020 car crash that killed a passenger while the defendant was driving impaired by alcohol and marijuana, said the Orange County District Attorney's Office. According to the District Attorney's Office, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Chowdhury was impaired by the combined influence of alcohol and marijuana when he …
Police & Fire
Woman Charged After Boyfriend Hanging On To Hood Killed In Westchester Crash, Police Say
A New York woman driving while intoxicated has been charged after her boyfriend was killed in a crash as he was hanging to the hood of the car, according to police. Just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4 in Westchester County, officers responded to the north side of the Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety School off Stanley Place in Yonkers on a report of a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Upon arrival, first responders discovered that a 2012 Subaru Forrester had crashed through the Stanley Place access gate to the school property and struck a concrete barrier before impactin…
Police & Fire
Area Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash Had Earlier DWI Charge, Police Say
A local woman who was arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area was arrested two months ago for DWI and was due to have her license suspended in several days. Maggie DePerna, age 37, of Mahopac was charged on Saturday, June 26, with vehicular manslaughter, and two counts of DWI (she was reportedly driving drunk when arrested) in the hit-and-run death in Mahopac of James Crecco, of Carmel, on Friday, June 25, said the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. See earlier story: 37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront A…
Police & Fire
37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home
This story has been updated. A local woman has been arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area, Maggie Deperna, age 37, was arrested Saturday, June 26, by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in connection to the crash that happened a day earlier in Mahopac. She's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Sheriff's Office said. The 61-year-old victim, identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep on Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route…
Police & Fire
Alleged Drunk Driver Nabbed After Woman Killed In Hit-Run Crash In Area, Police Say
This story has been updated. A drunk hit-and-run driver was arrested after allegedly striking and killing a woman on a busy road while under the influence, New York State Police said. Troopers from the Wurtsboro barracks in Sullivan County responded to a stretch of Mamakating Road in Mamakating at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12, where there was a report of a pedestrian who was struck while walking with the flow of traffic. Police said that Bloomingburg resident Tamika Zambrano, age 39, was walking on the north shoulder of the road against the flow of traffic when a witness saw h…
Lifestyle
Community Rallies To Support Family Of HS Student Killed In Hudson Valley Crash
A community is coming out to support the family of a teen who was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. Suffern High School sophomore Jacqueline Zangrilli, age 16, died around 2:50 a.m., on Saturday, April 24, when the vehicle she was riding in struck a utility pole, according to the Ramapo Police. Following Zangrilli's death, a GoFundMe was set up to assist the family with funeral expenses. "Jacqueline was special in so many ways," said the GoFundMe. "She was an incredible daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, and friend. Jacqueline was full of life." As of Monday…
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash
The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester. The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill. An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said. The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police. The operator of the Acura, 32-y…
Police & Fire
Details Emerge On Fatal Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver
Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash State Police have just released new details on a fatal wrong-way crash involving a driver allegedly impaired by alcohol that happened overnight in Westchester. The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill. An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said. The Audi struc…
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26-Year-Old Sentenced For DWI Crash That Killed Woman Near Westchester County Center
The family of a 57-year-old woman was present in court as the drunk driver who killed her last year was sentenced to prison time for vehicular manslaughter. Elmsford resident Glen Robinson, 26, has been sentenced to a term of between two and six years in prison for hitting and killing Susan Benjamin-Bailey outside of the Westchester County Center last January. Robinson pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in January. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., said that shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 24 last year, Robinson was driving while intoxicated in White Plains,…
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Driver In Fatal Area Crash Caught Trying To Escape Out Of State, Police Say
An area resident who was charged with vehicular manslaughter after crashing into a utility pole and killing his passenger was arrested, then caught planning an escape to another state, said police. Ulster County resident Daniel Kellogg, of Saugerties, 22, reportedly crashed his 2000 Honda Accord into a utility pole on Route 9W in the area of the Sunoco at nearly 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22. Kellogg was extracted from the vehicle, treated by paramedics and ultimately release from Albany Medical Center. His passenger, 29-year-old David M. Mattison, of Kingston, …
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