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New City, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Twice Legal Limit Had Child In Car On Palisades Parkway In Clarkstown:
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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…
Greenburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Sleeping Man In Plow Blocks Elmsford I-287 Ramp, Found Nearly 3 Times Over Legal Limit:
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A Putnam County man was nabbed on DWI charges after being found asleep in an idling tractor with a plow, blocking an exit ramp on Interstate 287 in Westchester, police said. The arrest resulted from an incident on Saturday, Feb. 15 at just before 6:30 p.m., when police found a man sleeping inside a tractor with a plow that was blocking the I-287 Eastbound Exit 3 ramp leading to Sprain Brook Parkway in Elmsford, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Upon arrival, troopers found the red 2024 Yanmar tractor running, obstructing the roadway. The driver, later identifie…
Warwick, NY
News
Drunk Driver In Head-On Crash While 2.5 Times Over Legal Limit In Warwick 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…
Groton, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Found Blacked Out On Groton I-95 Ramp With BAC 4 Times Legal Limit For 2nd OUI: Police
A Connecticut man is facing multiple charges after being found passed out behind the wheel of an SUV, blocking an off-ramp on I-95 in Groton and causing significant traffic delays, according to state police. Avi Patel, 25, of Waterford, is charged with illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs (second offense) and improper parking following the incident on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, Connecticut State Police said. Troopers were called to the northbound off-ramp at Exit 88 just after 7 p.m. for reports of a gray Hyundai Santa Fe stopped in the middle of the …
Wilton, CT
Police & Fire
Speeding Tesla Driver Charged With DUI In CT: Cops
A drunken Danbury woman is facing charges after police stopped her for speeding over the weekend in Wilton, authorities said. Leticia Duarte Goncalves was behind the wheel of a black Tesla Model Y heading north on Danbury Road near Old Mill Road at a high rate of speed when police stopped her around 2:40 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, Wilton police said. Goncalves, 24, failed Standardized field sobriety tests and was taken into custody. Chemical testing revealed blood alcohol levels of 0.1289 and 0.1306, both well above the legal limit of 0.08, police said. She was charged with DUI unde…
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
Route 6 Erratic Driver Was DWI In Yorkstown, Authorities Say
A 31-year-old man faces drunk driving charges after he was allegedly seen driving erratically on a busy Northern Westchester road, police said. Peekskill resident Oscar Morocho Villa was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 18 following a traffic stop on Route 6 in Yorktown, Yorktown Police announced on Tuesday, Dec. 24. According to the department, just after 6 p.m. on the day of his arrest, officers were alerted of an "erratic" driver traveling west on Route 6. Police soon found the car and saw it commit several traffic violations, the department said. An officer then pulled the vehic…
Manahawkin-Stafford, NJ
Police & Fire
Bodycam Footage Shows DUI Arrest Of Stafford School Superintendent George Chidiac (
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Newly released bodycam footage showed the aftermath of a crash and the DUI arrest of the superintendent of the Stafford Township School District, authorities said. George Chidiac of Bayville was arrested after crashing into a utility pole on Sunday, Oct. 27, according to an arrest report. Berkeley Township police responded to reports of a power outage and a loud explosion on Chelsea Drive near Mill Creek Road at around 12:20 a.m. Police said Chidiac, 52, was walking away from his gray Kia Forte that crashed off Chelsea Drive when officers arrived. He told the office…
Lancaster, PA
News
Pregnant PA Mom 3X Legal Limit In DUI Crash Killing Her 11-Year-Old Son Sentenced: DA
A Lancaster mother who killed her teenage son while driving drunk with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit has been sentenced to nine to 22 years in state prison, authorities announced Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Jennifer Cheri Johnson, 39, of the 600 block of 4th Street, was found guilty on Dec. 4 following a three-day bench trial. The charges stem from a February 2021 crash in Manheim Township that killed her 11-year-old son, seriously injured two others, and left her unborn child unharmed, as Daily Voice previously reported. Eyewitnesses reported Johnson was driving e…
Bethesda, MD
Police & Fire
Mercedes Driver Charged In Deadly High-Speed Street Race Involving Bethesda Man, Police Say
A high-speed street race involving a Mercedes convertible ended in tragedy and criminal charges after a crash killed a District man earlier this year, Montgomery County police say. Owen Roland Kirill Fowler, 25, of Bethesda, was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 27, and charged with gross negligent manslaughter by vehicle in connection to the Saturday March 9 crash that killed 30-year-old Jobani Alfredo Cruz, authorities said. The collision happened at approximately 12:19 a.m. in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Quincy Street, police said. Investigators determined Fowler, driving a white 2012 Mer…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Forks Township Mom Charged With 4th DUI, This Time With Child On Halloween: Police
A Forks Township mom with three prior DUI convictions is accused of driving drunk for a fourth time on Halloween, with her 5-year-old son unrestrained in the front seat, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Jessica Blair Turtzo, 42, was stopped on Sullivan Trail and Zucksville Road on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at 8:16 p.m., during a DUI enforcement detail, Forks Township police said. The officer reported smelling alcohol and burnt marijuana coming from the car, and Turtzo allegedly admitted to drinking shortly before driving. Her son was found in the front seat without a booster or proper…
Middletown-Lower Swatara, PA
News
PA Mom Charged After Infant Dies In Co-Sleeping Incident: Affidavit
An unresponsive infant was found at a Middletown home on the 200 block of East Main Street on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the same day Daily Voice obtained court documents on the case. The child, a 2-month-old girl, was pronounced dead at Hershey Medical Center after emergency responders performed CPR. Authorities allege the baby’s mother, 25-year-old Jenna Beachley, was intoxicated when she co-slept with the child, resulting in her death. Court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Nov. 26, detail the moments leading to the tragedy. Beachley rep…
Bethpage, NY
News
Drunk Driver Was Going Twice Speed Limit Before Head-On Bethpage Crash Killing Man, DA Says
Authorities released new details in an alleged drunk driving crash that killed an 82-year-old Long Island man. The wreck happened in Bethpage, near the intersection of Round Swamp Road and Winding Road , at around 7:20 a.m. Friday, June 28. Nassau County Police said 64-year-old Cheryl Bergenstock, of Bethpage, was more than twice the legal limit for alcohol when her Subaru Forester crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Toyota Corolla. Earlier Report: Fatal DWI: Woman Nabbed For Long Island Crash, Police Say The Corolla’s driver, 82-year-old Alan Goldsand, of Old Bethp…
Brentwood, NY
News
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…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Swerving Long Island Expressway Motorist Accused Of Going 105 MPH Charged With DWI
A motorist accused of riding at nearly twice the speed limit on the Long Island Expressway was allegedly driving while intoxicated. On Friday, Dec. 22, Suffolk County Sheriff's Office deputies working the DWI Enforcement Team observed Oscar Flores-Fuentes, age 28, swerving over the roadway lines near Exit 57 in Islandia while traveling at approximately 105 MPH in a 55-mile-per-hour zone. He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office added. Flores-Fuentes was arrested and transported to…
Yorktown, NY
Police & Fire
18-Year-Old Drunk Driver Nabbed After Crashing In Yorktown: Police
An 18-year-old woman has been hit with drunk driving charges after crashing her car while intoxicated in Northern Westchester, police said. The arrest stemmed from an early morning incident on Sunday, July 2 just before 6 a.m., when police in Yorktown responded to Granite Springs Road, where there had been a reported car crash. According to Yorktown Police, officers who arrived at the scene of the crash saw four people standing next to a vehicle that had been heavily damaged. After identifying the driver as an 18-year-old woman from Peekskill, an investigation found that …
Massapequa, NY
News
Drunk Driver Sentenced For Deadly Long Island Hit-Run Crash
A Long Island man will spend up to a decade behind bars for a March 2022 drunk driving incident, which killed a father of four. Jordan Solomon, aged 32, of Jericho, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 6 to up to 15 years in prison for charges related to a drunk-driving hit-and-run crash where he was found to have a blood alcohol level three times that of the legal limit, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. Earlier Report: Suspect Driving While Intoxicated Nabbed For Fatal Hit-Run Jericho Crash, Police Say On the night of March 15, 2022, Solomon was out celebrating …
Clifton Park, NY
Police & Fire
Capital Region Man Nabbed For DWI Twice In Same Day, Police Say
A man from the Capital Region was arrested not once, but twice in the same day for allegedly driving while intoxicated, authorities said. State Police in Saratoga County were called at around 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, with reports of a pickup truck off the roadway in Corinth, on Wilton Mountain Road. When they arrived, troopers found 37-year-old Jeffrey Nadeau, of Hadley, sitting in the driver’s seat of the truck, which had struck a utility pole, police said. He was arrested for suspected DWI and taken to a State Police facility in Wilton, where police said testing revealed a blood alco…
Clifton Park, NY
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Nabbed After Striking Stopped Car, Fleeing In Capital Region, Police Say
A Capital Region man is facing charges after allegedly driving drunk and hitting a stopped vehicle before fleeing the scene, authorities said. State police in Saratoga County were called at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, with reports of a two-car crash in Corinth on Stark Road. Investigators determined that a vehicle with two people inside was stopped on the shoulder when 52-year-old Matthew Kingsley, of Corinth, struck the car head on and then fled the scene, police said. There were no reports of injuries in the crash. Troopers located Kingsley and his vehicle a short time later, a…
Pittsfield, MA
Police & Fire
Man Drove Nearly Five Times Over Legal Limit During Morning Commute, Mass State Police Say
A 41-year-old man was busted driving on the Massachusetts Turnpike with a blood alcohol content nearly five times the legal limit, State Police said. State troopers in Middlesex County were called at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25 to assist with a motor vehicle stop after an erratic driver of a Chevy Cruze was stopped on Route 90 in Framingham. Police said that during the stop, it was determined that the driver, Worcester County resident Ryan Carey, of the Town of Douglas, was allegedly intoxicated, showing signs that included speech, bloodshot eyes, and the smell of alcohol …
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
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…
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
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…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Northern Westchester 27-Year-Old Accused Of Driving Drunk With BAC Three Times Limit
A man driving with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit was arrested during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley, State Police announced. Troopers on patrol on I-287 at 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 stopped a driver in Harrison after he committed a vehicle and traffic violation in front of them on the interstate. During the subsequent stop, police said that troopers determined the driver, Millwood resident Tyler Ferguson, age 27, was found to be intoxicated, and he was taken into custody without incident. At New York State Police Headquarters in Tarrytown, Ferguson…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Motorist Driving 88 MPH Charged With Aggravated DWI, Fleeing Deputy, Sheriff Says
A man driving with a blood alcohol concentration nearly triple the legal limit allegedly attempted to avoid a Sheriff's deputy while allegedly driving drunk while speeding on the Long Island Expressway. A Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol on the LIE in Brookhaven at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 15 attempted to stop Mastic resident Walter Healy when he was clocked driving 88 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. According to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, Healy, 49, drove in a reckless manner, followed other vehicles too closely, failed to maintain his lane of travel, and fa…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Motorist Who Drifted Between Lanes Charged With Aggravated DWI, Sheriff Says
A swerving Long Island driver was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit when he was stopped on Sunrise Highway, the Sheriff’s Office announced. Stony Brook resident Anthony Amato, 38, was stopped by a Suffolk County Sheriff’s deputy shortly before 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 when he was spotted drifting between lanes on the highway in Islip. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Amato was observed failing to maintain the lane he was driving in by drifting from the center lane into the right lane four times without using the proper signal. When he was…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Drunk Saddle Brook Driver Crashes Vintage Corvette, Registers 2X Limit
A Saddle Brook driver who crashed his 35-year-old Corvette in front of Hasbrouck Heights police registered more than twice the legal limit for alcohol on a breath test, authorities said. The officers were driving behind 66-year-old Thomas Kerrigan around 2 a.m. Sunday when he lost control of the 1984 Chevy, which hopped the curb and slammed into a pedestrian crossing signal at Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue, Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. Kerrigan, who wasn’t seriously injured, tried to get out but was ordered to stay in the car and turn off the ignition, Colaneri said. After failing a field…
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Driver On Probation Busted For Fourth DWI During Stop In Westchester
A Westchester County man on probation with three previous DWI convictions is facing a host of charges after being busted allegedly drinking and driving without a license in Scarsdale. An officer on patrol at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Weaver Street on Monday, Feb. 4 was alerted by a License Plate Reader that a 2013 Chevy Traverse that drove by had a “suspended or revoked” registration. It was determined that the car’s registration had been suspended due to an insurance lapse in October last year. During the subsequent traffic stop, the officer spoke to the driver, New Rochelle resident Dav…
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Busted By State Police With .21 Percent BAC, Police Say
A man driving drunk with a blood-alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit was arrested for his second DWI in Westchester, police said. New York State Police troopers stopped a vehicle on I-287 in Greenburgh shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, when the driver, Elmsford resident Alexander Ramos committed several vehicle and traffic violations. During the subsequent stop, troopers said that Ramos, was found to be intoxicated and he was arrested. At the New York State Police barracks in Tarrytown, a breathalyzer determined that Ramos’ blood alcohol content was .21 percent. Ramos was also …
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Motorist Busted For DWI After Stopping, Starting Car Repeatedly In Westchester, Police Say
A motorist was taken into police custody over the weekend after being busted driving with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit during a traffic stop, police said. An officer from the Scarsdale Police Department conducting traffic enforcement on Post Road shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5 stopped Bronx resident Ruben Alvarado Mendoza, 27, when he was spotted driving slowly and randomly accelerating in the roadway. When Alvarado Mendoza drove over a curb attempting to make a right-hand turn on Fenimore Road, the officer conducted the traffic stop. While speaking with A…
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
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…
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester Driver Busted With BAC Double The Legal Limit, Police Say
A 38-year-old man from Westchester was busted by police in Scarsdale driving with a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit over the weekend. An officer from the Scarsdale Police Department conducting a DWI, seat belt and vehicle safety checkpoint on the Heathcote Bypass at Secor Road stopped Mamaroneck Avenue resident Carlos Alvarez shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. When speaking with him at the checkpoint, the officer said that Alvarez had alcohol on his breath, and his eyes were bloodshot and glassy. There were also several empty beer cans in his trunk. Alvarez …
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Man Busted For Aggravated DWI After Wrong-Way Parking At Westchester HS
A 56-year-old driver who told police that he “only had a few glasses of wine” in White Plains was busted driving erratically with a blood alcohol content nearly triple the legal limit before coming to a stop at Scarsdale High School. Officers were called to Post Road near Burgess Road at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28. Upon arrival at the scene, police said that the units called found a 1998 Nissan parked in the middle of the driveway at the high school, facing the wrong direction. Prior to stopping at the high school, officers said that the Nissan was spotted driving erratical…
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