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Woman Twice Legal Limit Had Child In Car On Palisades Parkway: NYSP Woman Twice Legal Limit Had Child In Car On Palisades Parkway: NYSP
Woman Twice Legal Limit Had Child In Car On Palisades Parkway: Nysp A New Jersey woman is facing felony charges after allegedly driving while intoxicated with a child in the car on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Rockland County, authorities said.  A 2019 Nissan driven by Bergen County resident Gina Jenkins of Montvale, age 39, was stopped on the parkway in Clarkstown on Saturday, March 1 at around 2:50 a.m. for alleged traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Sunday, March 10.  Jenkins was found to be impaired and taken into custody for DWI, police said.  Further investigation revealed that Jenkins had a child under 1…

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by Ben Crnic
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Drunk Driver In Head-On Crash While 2.5 Times Over Legal Limit In Orange County Learns Fate Drunk Driver In Head-On Crash While 2.5 Times Over Legal Limit In Orange County Learns Fate
Drunk Driver In Head-On Crash While 2.5 Times Over Legal Limit In Orange County Learns Fate A Hudson Valley man who admitted to causing a head-on Orange County crash while driving with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit will spend years behind bars, prosecutors announced.  Michael Falkena, age 42, of Sparrowbush, was sentenced in Orange County Court on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to three to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to first-degree vehicular assault, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Friday, Feb. 7. The charges stem from a multi-vehicle crash that happened on Dec. 28, 2023, on County Highway 1 in Warwick. According t…

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by Ben Crnic
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Salon Crash: Alleged Drunk Driver Who Killed Off-Duty Cop, 3 Others In NY Charged With Murder Salon Crash: Alleged Drunk Driver Who Killed Off-Duty Cop, 3 Others In NY Charged With Murder
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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by Michael Mashburn
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Westchester Man Drove Drunk With Two Young Daughters In Vehicle, Police Say Westchester Man Drove Drunk With Two Young Daughters In Vehicle, Police Say
Westchester Man Drove Drunk With Two Young Daughters In Vehicle, Police Say A Hudson Valley man has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk under Leandra's Law for having his two young daughters in the vehicle at the time he was stopped, State Police said. On Saturday, July 24, just before 5:00 a.m., State Police stopped a vehicle on I-87, in Orange County in the town of Newburgh, when the driver committed a vehicle and traffic violation. The driver of the vehicle, Richard A. Sarno, age 43, of Yonkers, was found to be intoxicated while traveling with his two daughters, ages 9 and 13, said Trooper Tara McCormick. Sarno was taken arrested and was found to be drivi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Driver Busted With BAC Nearly Triple Legal Limit In Area, State Police Say Driver Busted With BAC Nearly Triple Legal Limit In Area, State Police Say
Driver Busted With BAC Nearly Triple Legal Limit In Area, State Police Say A 40-year-old man with a previous DWI conviction was busted driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit in the area, New York State Police announced. Troopers on patrol at approximately 9:40 p.m. on Friday, July 16 on Route 30 in the town of Florida stopped Jamaica, Queens resident Nkrumah Caldwell after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation on I-90 near the Amsterdam exit. During the subsequent traffic stop, State Police said that Caldwell was found to be allegedly intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. 
Caldwell was taken into custody without inci…

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by Zak Failla
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Erratic Driving Stop Leads To Third Leandra's Law Arrest In Rockland In One-Week Span Erratic Driving Stop Leads To Third Leandra's Law Arrest In Rockland In One-Week Span
Erratic Driving Stop Leads To Third Leandra's Law Arrest In Rockland In One-Week Span A Rockland County woman is facing a felony DWI after being busted driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit with her child in the car late on Tuesday night. A Ramapo police officer on patrol on Tuesday, Nov. 27 conducted a traffic stop on a local woman when she was spotted driving erratically through town. During the stop, police said that it was determined that the woman was driving with a blood alcohol content more than two and a half times the legal limit with her 3-year-old daughter in the back seat. The 32-year-old woman - whose name has not been released by po…

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by Zak Failla