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Drunk Woman With Child In Car Crashes On Capital Region Roadway, Police Say Drunk Woman With Child In Car Crashes On Capital Region Roadway, Police Say
Drunk Woman With Child In Car Crashes On Capital Region Roadway, Police Say A woman from the region is facing DWI charges following a car crash in the region involving a child. The Schenectady County incident happened at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the town of Duanesburg. Elizabeth Taylor, age 43, of Duanesburg, was driving on Mariaville Scotch Church Road when she went off the roadway and crashed, according to New York State Police. At the time of the incident, Taylor had a passenger under the age of 15 in the car, troopers said.  Neither of them was injured. No other cars were involved in the crash. Troopers arrested Taylor on suspicion of drivi…

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by Michael Mashburn
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DWI Crash: 23-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Nabbed After Losing Control Of Car, Police Say DWI Crash: 23-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Nabbed After Losing Control Of Car, Police Say
DWI Crash: 23-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Nabbed After Losing Control Of Car, Police Say A 23-year-old woman was charged with driving while intoxicated and without a license after crashing her car in the region, police said. Ulster County resident Rosa M. Morales, of Lake Katrine, was charged on Thursday, Aug. 31 in the town of Esopus. According to Ulster County Sheriff's Sgt. Collin Reynolds, around 6:30 p.m. deputies responded to a one-car rollover crash on Mill Brook Drive. An investigation found that Morales was driving in an intoxicated condition and struck an embankment which caused the car to overturn, Reynolds said. It was also discovered that Morales was driving with…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Drunk Driver Arrested, Hospitalized After Crash In Northern Westchester: Police Drunk Driver Arrested, Hospitalized After Crash In Northern Westchester: Police
Drunk Driver Arrested, Hospitalized After Crash In Northern Westchester: Police A 55-year-old Hudson Valley man found himself going to the hospital with drunk driving charges after he was injured in a crash in Northern Westchester, police said. The arrest resulted from an incident on Monday, Aug. 28 around 6:20 p.m., when Yorktown Police responded to a two-car crash on Saw Mill River Road in the area of Birdsall Drive, according to the department.  Arriving officers conducted an investigation into the collision and determined that the driver of one of the cars involved, 55-year-old Putnam County resident Christopher Conlan of Mahopac, had failed to yield the right…

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by Ben Crnic
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Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Driving Drunk At 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Driving Drunk At 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Driving Drunk At 3 Times Legal Limit, Police Say A Hudson Valley man is behind bars for allegedly driving drunk at three times the legal limit. Orange County resident Jorge L. Tapia-Ramirez, age 46, of Middletown, was charged around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20 in the town of Wallkill. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, of the New York State Police, the department received multiple 911 calls reporting an erratic driver in a white 2019 Chevrolet Express van on I-84 in Wallkill. When troopers arrived on the scene they stopped the van and identified Tapia-Ramirez. While being interviewed by troopers it was determined that he was impaired by al…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Charged With DWI After Hitting Car In Hudson Valley Becomes Combative With Cops Man Charged With DWI After Hitting Car In Hudson Valley Becomes Combative With Cops
Man Charged With DWI After Hitting Car In Hudson Valley Becomes Combative With Cops A Hudson Valley man charged with DWI after hitting a car allegedly became combative with cops and attempted to damage equipment. The incident took place in Orange County on Sunday, June 11 around 10:25 p.m. in the city of Newburgh. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, of the New York State Police, troopers from the Montgomery barracks responded to Lake Drive in the city of Newburgh to assist the city of Newburgh Police with a two-car collision.  Troopers spoke with the driver of a 2019 Acura, identified as Kaleem T. King, age 30, from the city of Newburgh. King was traveling west on Lak…

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by Kathy Reakes
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DWI Crash: Driver Was Nearly Four Times Legal Limit During Hit-Run Wreck In Region, Police Say DWI Crash: Driver Was Nearly Four Times Legal Limit During Hit-Run Wreck In Region, Police Say
DWI Crash: Driver Was Nearly Four Times Legal Limit During Hit-Run Wreck In Region, Police Say A 54-year-old man from the region is facing DWI charges after allegedly causing a hit-and-run crash on a local roadway while heavily intoxicated Troopers in Saratoga County were called at around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, May 27, with reports of a hit-and-run crash in Milton, on Northline Road. There were no reports of injuries stemming from the wreck. According to New York State Police, troopers eventually located the suspect vehicle in the town of Saratoga, on East West Road. The driver, Stephen Sewall, of Milton, was arrested on suspicion of DWI.  Troopers said testing revealed he had…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Traveling 103 MPH While Drunk, State Police Say Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Traveling 103 MPH While Drunk, State Police Say
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed Traveling 103 MPH While Drunk, State Police Say A Hudson Valley man was nabbed for allegedly speeding at 103 mph while drunk on I-84. Orange County resident Maycholl Perdodma, age 23, of Wallkill, was busted around 5 a.m., Sunday, May 21, by a trooper who clocked him at 103 mph in a 2019 Jeep Cherokee in a 65 mph zone in Montgomery, said Trooper Steve Nevel. The trooper stopped the vehicle and while speaking with the trooper it was determined that Perdoma was impaired by alcohol and was arrested.  He had a blood alcohol content of .12 percent and was charged with DWI. Perdodma was released on an appearance ticket returnable to the…

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by Kathy Reakes
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38-Year-Old Nabbed For DWI Twice In 3 Hours In Hudson Valley: Police 38-Year-Old Nabbed For DWI Twice In 3 Hours In Hudson Valley: Police
38-Year-Old Nabbed For DWI Twice In 3 Hours In Hudson Valley: Police A man was arrested twice in three hours for alleged drunk driving by state police in the Hudson Valley. The first stop took place in Orange County around 4:15 a.m., Sunday, May 14 when troopers from the Montgomery barracks observed Tito Vinza-Vinza, age 38, of the city of Newburgh, drifting into the opposite lane. During the stop, Vinza-Vinza, who was driving a gray 2007 Ford F150 east on Broadway, refused to provide a blood alcohol content test when troopers determined he was driving under the influence of alcohol, said Trooper Steven Nevel. He was charged with DWI and issued an appe…

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by Kathy Reakes
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24-Year-Old Drunk Driver Crashes Into Pole In Northern Westchester, Police Say 24-Year-Old Drunk Driver Crashes Into Pole In Northern Westchester, Police Say
24-Year-Old Drunk Driver Crashes Into Pole In Northern Westchester, Police Say A drunk driver was caught and sent to the hospital after crashing into a telephone pole in Northern Westchester, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, May 10 just after 3 p.m., when a Yorktown officer was patrolling in the area of Broad Street and Saw Mill River Road (Route 35) and saw a vehicle that had veered off the road and into a telephone pole, according to Yorktown Police.  The officer then conducted an investigation and determined that the driver, 24-year-old Timothy Rishel of Yorktown Heights, had been driving while intoxicated with an open container inside th…

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by Ben Crnic
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Leandra's Law: Child Was In Car When Drunk Driver Crashed In Capital Region, Police Say Leandra's Law: Child Was In Car When Drunk Driver Crashed In Capital Region, Police Say
Leandra's Law: Child Was In Car When Drunk Driver Crashed In Capital Region, Police Say An alleged drunk driver is facing charges after reportedly crashing her car in the region with a young child inside, authorities said. Troopers in Rensselaer County were called just before 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, with reports of a single-car crash in Hoosick Falls on Ball Street, according to New York State Police. When they arrived, they determined that the driver, 45-year-old Helen Benn, of Rensselaer, was not injured. At the time of the crash, Benn had a child under the age of five in the vehicle, police said. The child was not injured and was picked up before troopers arrived on sce…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Drunk Driver: Man From Region Nabbed After Hitting Pickup Truck, Police Say Drunk Driver: Man From Region Nabbed After Hitting Pickup Truck, Police Say
Drunk Driver: Man From Region Nabbed After Hitting Pickup Truck, Police Say A man from the region who was allegedly driving drunk was nabbed after swerving off the roadway and hitting a parked pickup truck. The crash took place in Ulster County just before 5 p.m. on Monday, April 10, on Market Street in the village of Saugerties. When Saugerties police arrived on the scene, they found two pickup trucks that had sustained significant damage, said Chief Joseph Sinagra, of the Saugerties Police. An investigation by officers, which included interviews with several witnesses to the crash, established that 58-year-old Scott S Demarest of Saugerties was driving…

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by Kathy Reakes
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DWI Detail: Northern Westchester Resident Among 23 Charged DWI Detail: Northern Westchester Resident Among 23 Charged
DWI Detail: Northern Westchester Resident Among 23 Charged A total of 23 people were charged with driving while impaired/intoxicated in Dutchess County during St Patrick’s High Visibility Community Engagement campaign. Local law enforcement agencies collaborated in a joint effort to reduce the number of impaired drivers on Dutchess County roadways as part of a High Visibility Community Engagement Campaign that ran from Thursday, March 16 to Sunday, March 19.  The four-day effort resulted in the arrests of 23 persons for various DWI-related charges. The following persons were charged during the effort: Gog, Kristopher age 46,…

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by Joe Lombardi