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Watch Officer Recognized By MADD Expertly Arrest Orange County Driver Suspected Of DUI In NJ Watch Officer Recognized By MADD Expertly Arrest Orange County Driver Suspected Of DUI In NJ
Watch Officer Recognized By MADD Expertly Arrest Orange County Driver Suspected Of DUI In NJ Footage of a New Jersey police officer once recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is going viral as she arrests a motorist suspected of driving under the influence. The 1-hour and 5-minute video shared by Transparency Bodycam shows Red Bank Officer Grace Maggiulli responding to a crash at Maple Avenue near the intersection with E Bergen Boulevard on June 3, 2024. At the scene, one driver explains to Maggiulli he'd been rear-ended while at a red light by a 2023 Chevrolet, which she'd later learn was being operated by New York resident Gustavo Gonzalez, 24, of Monr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Duo Nabbed After Fleeing Traffic Stop In Hudson Valley: Police Duo Nabbed After Fleeing Traffic Stop In Hudson Valley: Police
Duo Nabbed After Fleeing Traffic Stop In Hudson Valley: Police Two men from Westchester County face charges after fleeing a traffic stop and leading authorities on a pursuit through multiple counties in the region, police said.  Yonkers resident Martin Gjurashaj, age 45, and Tuckahoe resident Daniel Curanovic, age 27, were both arrested on Friday, Aug. 16 in connection with an incident in Sullivan and Orange counties on the same day, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 20. According to authorities, at around noon on Friday, state troopers received a report of a grey convertible sedan driving at a slow speed and failing …

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by Ben Crnic
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Hudson Valley Man Driving High Sentenced After Crash Paralyzed Teen Hudson Valley Man Driving High Sentenced After Crash Paralyzed Teen
Hudson Valley Man Driving High Sentenced After Crash Paralyzed Teen A Hudson Valley man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to driving high on pot and causing a crash that paralyzed a teen. Orange County resident Chauncey Smith, age 23, of Pine Bush, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 16, to three to nine years in prison in connection with the Monday, August 14, 2023 crash, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. The teenage victim, who was paralyzed as a result of the crash, spoke at sentencing about the impact the defendant’s crimes had on his life, Hoovler said. Smith admitted to the police that he had smoked marijuan…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Details Released After Justin Timberlake Nabbed For DWI In Hamptons New Details Released After Justin Timberlake Nabbed For DWI In Hamptons
New Details Released After Justin Timberlake Nabbed For DWI In Hamptons Singer Justin Timberlake has been released without bail after being held overnight on Long Island for alleged drunk driving charges. Clear here for a new, updated story - Mug Shot Released From Justin Timberlake's Overnight Stay In Hamptons Jail For DWI Charge Timberlake, age 43, of Franklin, Tennessee, was arrested around 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, after he was stopped driving a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Avenue, according to the Sag Harbor Village Police. Police said Timberlake failed to stop at a stop sign and for "failing to maintain his lane of travel." An investigation dete…

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by Kathy Reakes
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911 Call Leads Troopers To Greenwich I-95 Wrong-Way Driver 911 Call Leads Troopers To Greenwich I-95 Wrong-Way Driver
911 Call Leads Troopers To Greenwich I-95 Wrong-Way Driver A 911 call led Connecticut State Police to apprehend a wrong-way driver from New York in Fairfield County who was allegedly driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The incident occurred in Greenwich around 1:40 a.m. on Friday, March 22 on I-95 near Exit 3. According to Connecticut State Police, as troopers were dispatched to the location, Troop G desk personnel began observing DOT highway camera images and identified a red vehicle stopped on the shoulder south of the Exit 3 entrance ramp.  On the cameras, desk personnel saw the red vehicle begin traveling in reverse on the ri…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Woman Rescued By Police After Driving Into Pond, Issued 50 Tickets, Cops Say Hudson Valley Woman Rescued By Police After Driving Into Pond, Issued 50 Tickets, Cops Say
Hudson Valley Woman Rescued By Police After Driving Into Pond, Issued 50 Tickets, Cops Say A Hudson Valley woman who allegedly fled from state police while driving under the influence and drove into a pond was rescued by a trooper. The incident took place in Orange in the town of Newburgh on Friday, Sept. 15 on Route 9W. According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, troopers spotted a 2014 Cadillac traveling north on Route 9W in the town of Newburgh in violation of numerous traffic laws.  The trooper attempted to stop the car, but the driver identified as Melissa D. Branagan, age 38, of the town of Newburgh, failed to comply and fled from the trooper initi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Charged With DUI After Almost Hitting Oncoming Cars In Wilton Woman Charged With DUI After Almost Hitting Oncoming Cars In Wilton
Woman Charged With DUI After Almost Hitting Oncoming Cars In Wilton A Northern Westchester woman was been accused of driving intoxicated after allegedly swerving and almost hitting oncoming traffic in Fairfield County. The incident took place in Wilton on Friday, May 19 on Ridgefield Road. Wilton police conducted a traffic stop after receiving a report of a vehicle swerving over the double-yellow line and almost hitting oncoming traffic, said Wilton Police Capt. Gregg Phillipson. The driver, Northern Westchester resident Cynthia Gleason, age 61, of North Salem, was given a field sobriety test which she failed, Phillipson said. Gleason was arrested an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Drunk Restaurant Patron Refuses To Pay Bill, Hits Fence During Getaway In Hudson Valley: Police Drunk Restaurant Patron Refuses To Pay Bill, Hits Fence During Getaway In Hudson Valley: Police
Drunk Restaurant Patron Refuses To Pay Bill, Hits Fence During Getaway In Hudson Valley: Police Things did not work out well for a drunk man who left a Hudson Valley restaurant after refusing to pay his bill and then hit a fence while driving away, police said.  The incident happened in Putnam County on Thursday, April 20 just before 2 p.m., when police in Carmel received a report that a possibly intoxicated man had just left a local restaurant after refusing to pay his bill and had struck a fence with his vehicle while trying to drive away, according to Carmel Police Lieutenant Michael Bodo.  Officers were then able to obtain a description of the man's vehicle and found it …

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by Ben Crnic
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Trooper Injured After Being Hit On Tappan Zee Bridge By Alleged Drunk Driver From Westchester Trooper Injured After Being Hit On Tappan Zee Bridge By Alleged Drunk Driver From Westchester
Trooper Injured After Being Hit On Tappan Zee Bridge By Alleged Drunk Driver From Westchester A New York State Police trooper is recovering after his patrol vehicle was struck by an alleged drunk driver on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The crash happened at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, as the trooper was parked on the southbound shoulder running radar checks, according to State Police. That’s when his marked police vehicle was reportedly struck from behind by Westchester County resident Linda Kramer, age 50, of Tuckahoe. The trooper was taken to Montefiore Nyack Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. He has since been released from the hospital and …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk Crashes Into House, Police Say Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk Crashes Into House, Police Say
Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk Crashes Into House, Police Say A Hudson Valley woman was arrested after allegedly running off a roadway, hitting a utility pole and then a house while driving under the influence. The Ulster County incident happened around 10:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5 in Saugerties. Officers responded to 6 1st St., for a report of a Jeep into a house. Upon arrival investigating officers established that a 2003 Jeep had left the roadway, struck a utility pole, then veered off the pole, coming to rest against a private residence, according to Chief Joseph Sinagra of the Saugerties Police. The residence sustained minor damage…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Irate BMW Driver Threatens Cops, Breaks Cell Door In Westchester Irate BMW Driver Threatens Cops, Breaks Cell Door In Westchester
Irate BMW Driver Threatens Cops, Breaks Cell Door In Westchester An irate BMW driver became combative with police officers in Westchester attempting to help him after he got a flat tire during an off-road rage incident. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department located a driver on the side of the road removing things from the trunk of his BMW 5-Series on Mamaroneck Road near the Harvest Drive intersection at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16. Police said that the officers confirmed that the driver, Mount Vernon resident Raeshone Foote, age 34, had a flat, and was having trouble getting a tow truck company to get an assist. When one tow t…

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by Zak Failla
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Northern Westchester Man Charged With DUI Following Crash, State Police Say Northern Westchester Man Charged With DUI Following Crash, State Police Say
Northern Westchester Man Charged With DUI Following Crash, State Police Say A Northern Westchester man was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after losing control of his vehicle and hitting an embankment. Christopher Sweeting, age unavailable, of Yorktown, was arrested around 11 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 15 in Cortlandt, following the crash on Bear Mountain Bridge Road, said. Trooper AJ Hicks. According to Hicks, Sweeting was traveling across the Bear Mountain Bridge Road when he crossed the center line and hit an embankment near Route 9. Sweeting, who was injured, was transported to Westchester Medical Center, he added. He was charged with DUI and issue…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Arrested Months After Head-On DWAI Crash In Area Woman Arrested Months After Head-On DWAI Crash In Area
Woman Arrested Months After Head-On Dwai Crash In Area Blood analysis results indicating the presence of Fentanyl and other drugs led to the arrest of an area woman nearly six months after she struck a pickup truck head-on, injuring herself and the other driver, police said.  Ulster County resident Stephanie A. Mower of Saugerties, 35, was seen swerving between lanes in her vehicle by a witness, according to Saugerties police, before she reportedly crossed over Route 32 from the northbound to the southbound lane at approximately 1:12 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, colliding with a pickup truck.  Both drivers were brought to an area hospital…

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by Christina Coulter
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Woman With History Of Crack Possession Rolls Over Vehicle On Drugs, Police Say Woman With History Of Crack Possession Rolls Over Vehicle On Drugs, Police Say
Woman With History Of Crack Possession Rolls Over Vehicle On Drugs, Police Say An area woman who managed to extricate herself from her rolled-over car after an accident was charged by police for driving under the influence of drugs.  According to Saugerties Police, a 911 caller reported that a vehicle had rolled over, trapping its driver inside, on Lauren Tice Road at approximately 12:27 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10. When police arrived at the scene, a vehicle was reportedly laying on its roof in the middle of the road and operator Julie Kogut, 41, was unharmed and outside the vehicle. Police said that Kogut had failed to negotiate a turn, lost control of her vehicle…

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by Christina Coulter
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Drunk Driver Violates Protection Order, Crashes Into Woods In Rockland, Police Say Drunk Driver Violates Protection Order, Crashes Into Woods In Rockland, Police Say
Drunk Driver Violates Protection Order, Crashes Into Woods In Rockland, Police Say An area man who crashed his vehicle while under the influence was also violating an order of protection at the time by driving with a woman who had a restraining order against him, police said.  Members of the Ramapo Police Department said that a 34-year-old Orange County man, from Warwick, who they did not name, crashed his vehicle into a wooded area in the vicinity of Sterling Mine Road and Eagle Valley Road around 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7.  Responding officers said that the man and his female passenger, who had a court-mandated stay-away order of protection against him, …

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by Christina Coulter
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Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say
Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say A man driving erratically became entrapped after his vehicular overturned in a two-vehicle crash, police said. It happened at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 in Rockland County on Route 9W in the area of Barmore Hill in Valley Cottage, the Clarkstown Police Department said. A 911 call was made by a witness who reported being followed by a white Toyota in a southbound direction on Route 9W, and that the Toyota had crossed over into oncoming traffic and struck a Honda sedan traveling northbound, said Norman Peters, the Clarkstown PD's public information officer and recor…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Woman Stopped On I-87 Drove Drunk With BAC Twice Legal Limit, Police Say Area Woman Stopped On I-87 Drove Drunk With BAC Twice Legal Limit, Police Say
Area Woman Stopped On I-87 Drove Drunk With BAC Twice Legal Limit, Police Say A traffic stop on the New York Thruway led to the arrest of an area woman who was allegedly driving with a  blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit, state police said. Troopers in Orange County stopped Harriman resident Heather MacMahon, 50, at approximately 7:50 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 5, in New Windsor when she committed several vehicle and traffic violations. According to police, during the subsequent stop, troopers determined that MacMahon was allegedly intoxicated and after failing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, a breathalyzer determined her blood alcohol content …

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by Zak Failla
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Pickup Truck Driver Had BAC Three Times Legal Limit In Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Police Say Pickup Truck Driver Had BAC Three Times Legal Limit In Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Police Say
Pickup Truck Driver Had BAC Three Times Legal Limit In Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Police Say A motorist was driving with a blood-alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit when his pickup truck crashed into a tractor-trailer in the area, police say. The crash happened around 6:40 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 on Route 32 in Ulster County, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said. A police investigation revealed that 23-year-old Robert T. Provost of East Durham, New York was operating a 2018 Toyota Tundra south on Route 32, when Provost crossed the double-yellow line in an easterly direction into the path of a 2018 Mack tractor-trailer traveling north, said police.…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Pleads Guilty In Nanuet Hit-Run That Left Three Seriously Injured Man Pleads Guilty In Nanuet Hit-Run That Left Three Seriously Injured
Man Pleads Guilty In Nanuet Hit-Run That Left Three Seriously Injured An SUV driver who was involved in a three-vehicle crash on Route 59 in Nanuet - leaving three seriously injured - while he had drugs and alcohol in his system has pleaded guilty to his role in the crash. Rohan Brijlall, 42, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a violent felony, the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Sept. 9 in connection to the crash on Oct. 15 last year. When he is sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 3, Brijlall is expected to receive a sentence of four years in state prison. Brijlall admitted that on the day of the crash, shortly aft…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Charged With DWAI After One-Car Crash In Westchester Woman Charged With DWAI After One-Car Crash In Westchester
Woman Charged With Dwai After One-Car Crash In Westchester A Westchester woman who was in possession of crack cocaine was among 16 drivers in the Hudson Valley busted for alleged impaired driving over the weekend. Troopers from the New York State Police barrack in Cortlandt were called to Washington Street in Peekskill, where there was a report of a one-car crash. While investigating the crash, it was determined that the driver, Mount Vernon resident Normajean Wilke, 43, was under the influence of drugs and in possession of crack cocaine and she was arrested. Wilke was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and driving while un…

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by Zak Failla
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Route 9W Reckless Driving Stop Results In DWI Charge For Rockland Woman, 44 Route 9W Reckless Driving Stop Results In DWI Charge For Rockland Woman, 44
Route 9W Reckless Driving Stop Results In DWI Charge For Rockland Woman, 44 A Rockland County woman was busted for alleged impaired driving after officers physically stopped her vehicle as she steered through a window in the middle of the afternoon, police said. The Stony Point Police Department received multiple emergency calls at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, from concerned residents describing an erratic driver on Route 9W near Main Street. Upon arrival, officers found several people attempting to stop a vehicle, one of whom was steering the vehicle through the window at a low speed. The officers pulled in front of the vehicle and physically stop…

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by Zak Failla
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Most Statewide Super Bowl Police Detail Tickets Issued In Hudson Valley: Here Are The Numbers Most Statewide Super Bowl Police Detail Tickets Issued In Hudson Valley: Here Are The Numbers
Most Statewide Super Bowl Police Detail Tickets Issued In Hudson Valley: Here Are The Numbers The New England Patriots prevailed over the Los Angeles Rams at the biggest football game of the year, but it was not a Super weekend for thousands of New Yorkers who were ticketed and arrested during the festivities. New York State Police issued 7,891 tickets and arrested 139 people for impaired driving during a Super Bowl Weekend impaired driving crackdown. The details started on Saturday, Feb. 2 and lasted through 4 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 4. Troopers also investigated 456 crashes, including 67 that resulted in injury and one death. During last year’s Super Bowl detail, troopers issued 7,73…

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by Zak Failla
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New City Man Nabbed For DWI Following Traffic Stop New City Man Nabbed For DWI Following Traffic Stop
New City Man Nabbed For DWI Following Traffic Stop A 36-year-old Rockland County man was nabbed for allegedly driving under the influence following a traffic stop. Julio Guaman-Dutan of New City was arrested around 4:14 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 by Rockland County Sheriff's deputies following a stop on Route 9W in West Haverstraw, the department said. Guaman-Dutan was stopped for violating several traffic laws, during the stop deputies found him to be intoxicated and was arrested, the Sheriff's Department said. He was charged with DWI and released on a summons to appear in court on Dec. 11. 

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by Kathy Reakes
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DWI Driver Charged After BMW Crashes Into Hudson Valley House, Killing Two DWI Driver Charged After BMW Crashes Into Hudson Valley House, Killing Two
DWI Driver Charged After BMW Crashes Into Hudson Valley House, Killing Two A drunk driver was charged with four counts of aggravated vehicular manslaughter in connection with a November crash into a home that killed two people, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Christopher Perrella, 32, of Vernon, N.J., was arraigned Tuesday in connection with the deaths of two women who were passengers in a BMW that Perrella had been driving and crashed into a house in Warwick on Nov. 4,  the DA's Office said. Perrella, who was also charged with several other counts including driving while his ability to operate the car was impaired by both alcohol and m…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Walden Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case Walden Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case
Walden Man Sentenced In Vehicular Homicide Case A former Walden volunteer firefighter who admitted to having a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit on the night he crashed into another car in Montgomery, has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison, according to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. Dennis Wilson, Jr., 32, of Walden, was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown in connection with the March 4, 2017, death of Jason G. Exley, 28, of Walden, said the DA's Office. Wilson, who pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in November, admitted that he drove his Jeep across the…

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by Kathy Reakes