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Police Issue 110 Tickets During Crackdown On Drag Racers, Speeders In Westchester
A team of law enforcement departments issued more than 110 tickets in a group effort after receiving numerous complaints from residents about speeders, drag racing, and excessive noise.
The group, including the Yonkers Police Department, the Westchester County Police, and the New York State Police, teamed up on Saturday, May 16, to patrol local roadways, parkways, and highways to address the problem, Det. Lt. Dean Politopoulos of the Yonkers Police Department said.
Politopoulos said the team issued a total of 112 summons to violators for a range of offenses including everything from sp…
Oops! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son
Thanks to a dash cam video shared on Instagram, Port Authority police arrested a West Milford father and son who they said fled a drag-race crash in the Lincoln Tunnel earlier this year.
Chadwick Quinones, 25, and his father, Fred Ordine, 44, both of Hewitt, were each speeding through the tunnel in their Corvettes when the collision with an SUV occurred around 10 p.m. Feb. 9, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Rodrigues said.
Both fled after the crash, but Quinones returned an hour and a half later and admitted that he was involved, she said.
Based on information available at the time, Rodr…
