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Drunk Amazon Driver Flips Delivery Van After Smashing Utility Pole in NY: Police
A drunk Amazon delivery driver crashed his van in New York, escaping with minor injuries and criminal charges, police said. Abel Negash, 28, was dropping off packages in Homer on Wednesday, May 20 when he drove the van into a National Grid pole on State Route 41A and careened off the road around 9:15 p.m., New York State Police said. The vehicle then rolled onto its passenger side, according to investigators. Negash, of Syracuse, was able to exit the van before first responders arrived, police said. He was treated on the scene by ambulance personnel for a hand laceration but not hospitalize…
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Fatal Hit-Run: Man Admits Hitting Woman, 73, While Drunk In Hudson Valley, DA Says
A man has pleaded guilty in connection with a drunk-driving crash that killed a 73-year-old pedestrian near a Rockland County library over the summer, prosecutors announced. Suffern resident Angel Mendoza-Raymundo, 30, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 7, to second-degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in connection with the August 2025 incident, which happened in Suffern, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Friday, Jan. 9. The charges stem from a Saturday afternoon crash on Aug. 16, 2025, when Mendoza-Raymundo was dr…
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Man Pleads Guilty In DWI Crash That Killed 4-Year-Old, Injured 2 More In NY
A man has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in a horrific drunk-driving crash that killed a young child and seriously injured two other pedestrians in Rockland County earlier this year, prosecutors announced. Axel I. Lopez-Santiago, 42, of Spring Valley, pleaded guilty before Rockland County Court Judge Kevin Russo to three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, one count of second-degree manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault, felony driving while intoxicated, and reckless driving, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II said on Monday, Nov. 24. The …
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Trooper Accused Of Drunken Driving After Wrong-Way Crash In NY, Cops Say
This story has been updated. A New York State Police trooper was arrested after a series of off-duty crashes in Westchester County, authorities said. The incident happened on Sunday, Sept., 21 just before 5 p.m. in Cortlandt, when troopers responded to a reported hit-and-run crash near Roa Hook Road and Route 9, New York State Police announced on Monday, Sept. 22. According to investigators, a 2021 Toyota SUV hit another car stopped at a red light and left the scene. Witnesses told police the SUV continued south in the wrong lane on Route 9, striking additional vehicles before …
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Saratoga Man Killed In Tavern Crash Will Save Lives Through Organ Donation: 'He Is Pure Light'
A Ballston Spa man who has been in a coma since being struck by a car outside a Saratoga County tavern is expected to be taken off life support in the coming days, as loved ones rally to honor his life and legacy. Joshua “Josh” Soden, 30, was hit by a vehicle outside Bentley’s Tavern in Malta on Monday, Sept. 8, according to a GoFundMe organized by family friend Brianna Falvey. Soden was pinned beneath the car and rushed to Albany Medical Center, where he suffered two cardiac arrests and has remained unconscious on life support. GoFundMe/Brianna Falvey The driver, identified by Saratoga…
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Drunk Driver Found Sleeping In Car On I-95 In NY Almost Hits Cop After Waking Up:
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A driver from New Jersey is accused of passing out drunk behind the wheel in an active work zone on Interstate 95 in Westchester County, NY, then nearly hitting a trooper as he tried to drive away, police said. The incident a little before 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, in the town of Pelham, according to New York State Police. Troopers said they found Ramiro Efrain Tarcoguaman, 27, of New Jersey, unresponsive inside a 2013 Chevrolet stopped in the northbound center lane. Officers broke a rear passenger window to reach him, at which point he allegedly shifted into drive, forcing a tr…
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Drunk Driver Hits Pole, Flips Car Outside Dunkin’ In Region, Police Say
A Saratoga Springs woman was arrested after allegedly driving drunk and causing a rollover crash in Malta late Monday night, Aug. 25. The crash happened around 9:45 p.m. on state Route 67 west of Route 9, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators determined that Alyssa Joly, 25, was driving while intoxicated when she left the roadway, struck a light pole, and overturned in the westbound lane, police said. Her vehicle came to rest in front of a Dunkin’ restaurant. Joly was also speeding and failed to stay in her lane before the crash, according to police. She was cha…
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Driver Was Nearly 4 Times Legal Limit On I-87 With Child In Car In NY, Police Say
A man was arrested after police said he was driving nearly four times the legal limit with a child in the car on Interstate 87 in Westchester. The incident happened on Sunday, Aug. 10, around 6 p.m., when troopers on patrol saw a 2015 Ford drifting onto the right shoulder of Interstate 87 in the town of Greenburgh, New York State Police said on Monday, Aug 18. After pulling the vehicle over, police said they identified the driver as 36-year-old Edgar J. Torres Flores of Mount Vernon and noticed signs of impairment. Torres Flores failed standardized field sobriety tests and was later f…
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Know Them? Duo Wanted On Several DWI, Drug Warrants In Dutchess County, Police Say
Two men known to frequent Northern Westchester who are both wanted on several warrants in Dutchess County are being sought by New York State Police. Gerson Miranda, also known as Jose Angel Marroquin Hernandez, and Juan Luis Bay are wanted in Wappinger on charges that include driving while intoxicated, criminal possession of a controlled substance, and falsifying business records, State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 8. Investigators said the two are known to frequent the Peekskill area. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact State Police Troop K Communications …
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Wrong-Way Driver Caused NY Route 9 Crash That Seriously Injured 2, Police Say
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a wrong-way crash that left two people seriously injured in Westchester earlier this summer, police announced. The collision happened in Peekskill at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 8, when emergency crews responded to a report of a crash involving entrapment on Route 9 South near the Louisa Street off-ramp, the Peekskill Police Department announced on Friday, Aug. 1. According to the department, officers arrived to find a Toyota 4Runner and a Honda Civic with heavy front-end damage. Both drivers suffered serious injuries and wer…
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Drunk Driver Hits, Injures 3 Kids In Region, Police Say
Three children were hospitalized after a suspected drunk driver hit them in Albany, police said. The crash happened just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, near Lexington Avenue and Second Street, according to Albany Police. An investigation found that the driver, 36-year-old Melvin Robinson, was heading south on Lexington when he struck the juveniles, who were reportedly in the roadway, police said. Two of the victims, ages 12 and 13, suffered leg injuries. The third, also 12, was treated for injuries to his head and stomach. All three were taken to Albany Medical Center with non-life-thre…
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Drunk Man Crosses Into Opposite Lane, Causes Multi-Car Crash Injuring Several In Dutchess:
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A 33-year-old man is facing felony charges after allegedly causing a multi-vehicle crash while intoxicated on Route 9 in Dutchess County that left a woman seriously injured and sent three young people to the hospital, police said. The crash happened around 9:23 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, near 107 Route 9 in Fishkill, New York State Police said on Thursday, July 24. Investigators say Beacon resident Timothy C. Henion, age 33, was driving a white 2000 Chevrolet 2500 pickup southbound when he crossed into the northbound lane and struck three vehicles. The first vehicle hit was a 2011 Chev…
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I-87 Crash Turns Into Brawl, Then Woman Caught Drunk With Kids in Car In NY, Police Say
An Orange County woman is facing felony DWI charges after allegedly crashing on I-87 in Westchester and getting into a physical fight with another driver with two children in her car at the time, police said. The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, when troopers were sent to Interstate 87 southbound in Yonkers for a report of a two-car crash and a physical altercation between the drivers involved, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, July 15. Troopers say the crash involved a Volkswagen Atlas driven by Kaitlyn Slicker-Abulteen, age 35, of Warwick. Before of…
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Hopewell Junction Man Found Passed Out Behind Wheel After Driving Wrong Way Guilty Of DWI: DA
A Dutchess County man has been found guilty of driving drunk after allegedly traveling the wrong way up a Taconic Parkway exit ramp and later being found unconscious behind the wheel in Putnam County, prosecutors said. Nicholas Nappi, age 33, of Hopewell Junction, was convicted of driving while intoxicated following a bench trial on Tuesday, July 8, before Judge Robert Nachamie in Putnam County Court, Putnam District Attorney Robert Tendy announced on Thursday, July 10. Nappi’s arrest stemmed from an incident on October 11, 2024, when a concerned 911 caller reported a vehicle driving …
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Repeat Offender Almost Hits Patrol Car, Gets DWI Charge In NY: Police
A man with prior DWI convictions is facing felony charges after allegedly pulling out in front of a marked police vehicle while intoxicated in Westchester, authorities said. The incident happened around 12:35 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, when a City of Rye Police Department sergeant was driving east on Locust Avenue near Theodore Fremd Avenue, according to the department. According to police, a 2014 Nissan Sentra suddenly pulled out from a parked position directly in front of the sergeant’s patrol car, prompting a traffic stop. The driver, identified as Mario R. Monroy, age 45, o…
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Drunk Woman Kicks, Spits On Officers After Long Island Crash: Police
A Massapequa woman allegedly assaulted police officers after crashing her car while drunk in Plainview, Nassau County police announced on Saturday, July 5. Jamy Castillo, 21, was driving a 2010 Honda Pilot south on Floral Avenue when she struck a guardrail at 2:25 a.m., according to officers from the Eighth Precinct. When police arrived, they determined Castillo was intoxicated and took her into custody. She was complaining of neck pain and was transported to a hospital in a Nassau County Police Department ambulance, authorities said. During the transport, Castillo reportedly became combat…
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Rollover Crash Injures 6 In NY: Teen Driver Charged With DWI, Police Say
A 19-year-old man is facing drunk driving charges after flipping an SUV carrying six people in Westchester on Independence Day, police said. The crash happened around the early morning hours of Friday, July 4, at the intersection of Boston Post Road (Route 1) and Bradford Avenue in Rye, the City of Rye Police Department said on Saturday, July 5. Officers responded to the scene and found a 2010 Acura MDX flipped onto its roof in the southbound lane. All six occupants, ages 18 and 19, had gotten out of the vehicle and reported only minor injuries. They were transported to Westchester Me…
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Officer Charged In Fatal DWI Crash On I-87 In Hudson Valley: AG
A former NYPD officer is facing a felony manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 87 in Orange County that left a motorcyclist dead, officials said. Kevin Richmond, age 43, of Highland Mills in Orange County, was arraigned Tuesday, June 17, in Newburgh City Court on a charge of second-degree vehicular manslaughter in connection with the July 2023 crash, which happened in Cornwall, the New York Attorney General’s Office announced on Tuesday. The charges stem from a deadly crash that happened just after midnight on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Prosecutors say…
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Drunk Driver Caught With 11-Year-Old Child In Car On Route 9 In Hudson Valley: Police
A 52-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he was caught driving drunk with an 11-year-old child in his vehicle during a late-night traffic stop in Westchester. The events leading to the arrest began at around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, when troopers stopped a 2006 Mazda traveling northbound on Route 9 in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Monday, June 2. The driver, identified as Manuel Daquile Maurquiso, 52, of Peekskill, showed signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests, ac…
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2 Drunk Drivers Caught With Kids In Car In 2 Dutchess County Incidents On Same Day: Police
Two drivers were arrested on felony DWI charges in separate incidents on the same day in Dutchess County after allegedly driving vehicles while drunk with children inside, police said. Middletown Woman Accused of Drunk Driving With Three Children The first incident happened at 2:44 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, when troopers responded to a report of a possible disturbance at the Mobil Gas Station on Route 9D in Fishkill, New York State Police announced on Monday, May 19. At the scene, officers encountered 30-year-old Orange County resident Mashiya Townsend of Middletown and a male partner.…
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Poughkeepsie Man Drove Drunk With 3 Kids In Car, Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit:
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A 42-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with three children in his vehicle in Dutchess County and registering a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit, police said. The incident happened on Friday, April 18, when a trooper pulled over a 2016 Acura on Old Post Road in Wappinger for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, April 22. Police said the driver, Jordan T. White, 42, of Poughkeepsie, showed signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests. Troopers then discovered that three children, ages 1, 8, …
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Erratic Drunk Driver From Dutchess Caught At Gas Station, Police Say
A 65-year-old man is facing a drunk driving charge after police said he was spotted driving erratically in Putnam County. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, when Kent Police officers observed a vehicle operating erratically on Route 52 near Ludingtonville Road, the department said on Thursday, April 3. Officers stopped the vehicle in the nearby Sunoco parking lot, where they identified the driver as 65-year-old George Miller of Stormville, police said. After administering field sobriety tests, police said they determined Miller was drunk and placed h…
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Widower Details Every Injury Late Wife Suffered In Area Drunk Driving Crash During Sentencing
Nearly a year after a wife and mother was killed in a head-on, drunk driving crash in the Capital Region, the man responsible is heading to prison. Matthew Monthie, 29, of Clifton Park, was sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in Albany County Court on Tuesday, March 4, following his conviction for manslaughter and related charges in the death of Shawna Marzhal. Monthie was driving westbound on Route 85 in Bethlehem when he crossed over the center line and struck the 53-year-old Marzahl in the eastbound lane early on May 1, 2024, according to prosecutors. Marzahl, of Selkirk, suffere…
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Drunk Driver 'Violently' Resists Arrest After Erratic I-684 Stop In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A traffic stop on Interstate 684 in the Hudson Valley led to a violent confrontation with an intoxicated Connecticut man who resisted arrest, authorities said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, when a Putnam County Sheriff's deputy saw a vehicle driving southbound near Exit 10 in Brewster that was allegedly unable to maintain its lane, the Sheriff's Office said on Wednesday, Dec. 18. After stopping the vehicle, the deputy identified the driver as 36-year-old Fairfield County resident Dimas Minero Argueta of Norwalk and noted that he appeared to be intoxicated, ac…
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Man Drove Drunk With Child In Pickup Truck At Hudson Valley Service Area: Police
A man is facing a felony charge under Leandra’s Law after allegedly driving drunk with a child in his vehicle at a Hudson Valley service area. The incident happened at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, when troopers in Rockland County patrolling the Ramapo Service Area observed a 2017 Nissan pickup truck parked with its headlights on. New York State Police said they found the driver, later identified as Genaro Garcia-Cortes, age 45, of the Bronx, apparently asleep in the driver’s seat with the keys in the ignition and an empty beer bottle in the cup holder. A 10-year-old girl and a fe…
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Man Who Traveled Across NY To Kill Ex-Wife's Partner Apprehended In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A man was apprehended in the region after authorities say he traveled hundreds of miles across New York to murder his ex-wife's partner. State Police troopers responded to a Columbia County 911 broadcast about the suspect on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The suspect, Andrew J. Case, age 41, of West Seneca, in Erie County, was located and arrested on Route 9 in the Columbia County town of Greenport, according to police. An investigation determined he was en route to Westchester County with three shotguns, police said. Case was charged with: Attempted murder, Attempted assault, Criminal use of a fir…
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Crash Update: 1 Critical, 1 Stable Following 2-Vehicle Drunk Driving Accident In Region
Two victims of an alleged drunk driving crash who were severely wounded remain in the hospital. The collision occurred in Greene County on Route 23 in Catskill at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10. According to Greene County Sheriff's Office Capt. Joel Rowell, responding deputies immediately began life-saving measures on the two seriously injured victims who were ejected from a motorcycle. They are 57-year-old Craig Sutherland and 50-year-old Charity Hogan of Quebec, Canada. Sutherland was airlifted to Albany Medical Center, where he currently remains in cr…
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Mom’s Meth-Fueled, Wrong-Way Crash Killing 9-Year-Old Son On NY Highway Was Murder, DA Says
A New York mother accused of causing a drug-fueled, wrong-way highway crash that killed her son has been charged with murder. On Long Island, a Suffolk County grand jury charged 32-year-old Kerri Bedrick, of Centerport, with second-degree murder and related charges on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Prosecutors said Bedrick was high on methamphetamine when a Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputy spotted her SUV speeding westbound in the eastbound lanes of the Southern State Parkway at around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. Earlier Report: NY Mom Accused In Wrong-Way Crash Killing Son Had License Suspend…
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NY Mom Accused In Wrong-Way Crash Killing Son Had License Suspended 56 Times
A New York mother accused of causing an impaired, wrong-way crash that killed her son has had her license suspended dozens of times, prosecutors said. Long Island resident Kerri Bedrick, age 32, of Centerport, pleaded not guilty to aggravated DWI and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Aug. 23. It came one day after an early-morning wreck on the Southern State Parkway in Islip that killed her 9-year-old son, Eli. Earlier Report: Update: Mom ID'd Following Alleged Drunk, Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Her Son In Islip New York State Police said Bedrick was driving an SUV…
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NY Judge Suspends Justin Timberlake's License Amid Drunk Driving Allegations
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake took time out of his European tour to face a New York judge in his alleged drunk driving case on Long Island. The former NSYNC frontman pleaded not guilty to one count of driving while intoxicated during a virtual appearance before Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on Friday morning, Aug. 2. Timberlake, age 43, of Franklin, Tennessee, was arrested shortly after leaving the posh American Hotel in Sag Harbor, around 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, after a night of drinking with friends, according to multiple news reports. He was held in jail overnight. Earlier …
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Man Accused Of Biting, Assaulting Deputy After Crash In Hudson Valley
A man has been charged with allegedly biting and assaulting a deputy attempting to arrest him following a crash in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County, in the town of LaGrange, at around 12 a.m. on Monday, July 29. According to Captain John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, Jordon A. Robin, age 27, of Poughkeepsie, was charged in connection with an auto accident investigation and subsequent assault. Watterson said that deputies responded to Titusville Road near Red Oaks Mill Road in LaGrange for a crash report. Robin was identifi…
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