Blog Posts in December, 2010
Posted on Dec 31, 2010 By Karen
State police said today that troopers charged four motorists with DWI or DWAI during traffic stops in Putnam County. Anthony F. DeFilippo, 47, of Carmel was charged with first-degree DWAI, a ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2010 By Karen
Two motorists were charged with DWI in separate incidents Tuesday and Wednesday in Westchester and Rockland counties, state troopers said. Peter Chema, 25, of Pound Ridge was charged with misdemeanor ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2010 By Karen
In 2002 State Trooper Robert Ambrose was filling out an accident report while parked on the shoulder on the NYS Thruway in Yonkers. He was then hit in the rear and his vehicle was engulfed in flames. ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2010 By Karen
Ana Rios of Brentwood was arrested for DWI after she crashed her SUV into two parked vehicles in Central Islip and then fled the scene of the accident early Wednesday morning, Suffolk County police ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2010 By Karen
Joe Cruz of Riverhead was arrested for DWI after he was involved in an accident in Flanders on Thursday night, Southampton Town Police said. The 48-year-old had exited the parking lot of the Cabana ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2010 By Karen
A Miller Place man became the seventh alleged wrong-way driver to be accused of DWI in one month. Instead of alcohol, he was allegedly high on heroin , police say. Riverhead police say that on Tuesday ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2010 By Karen
Troopers charged two with DWI in Somers and North Castle , state police said today. James P. Fitzgibbon, 52, was charged with misdemeanor DWI around 9:30 p.m. Monday in Somers . Vincent M. Gallant, ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Karen
Huntington Station woman became the sixth alleged DWI to be driving the wrong way on a Long Island roadway in less than one month. Nassau County police say Bernadette Behensky was caught driving on ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2010 By Karen
Troopers charged four motorists with DWI or DWAI by drugs during recent traffic stops during investigations in Putnam and Westchester counties, state police said. A 35-year-old was charged with ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Karen
New York State Police say that a man allegedly driving while intoxicated crashed into a car and then fled the scene on the Southern State Parkway on Wednesday morning. Anthony Avella rear-ended ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Karen
A Mahopac man pleaded guilty to felony DWI. This is his second conviction in nine years. Peter Tully, 55, will lose his driving privileges but will avoid jail time. Tully admitted to driving while ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Karen
A Mahopac man pleaded guilty to felony DWI. This is his second conviction in nine years. Peter Tully, 55, will lose his driving privileges but will avoid jail time. Tully admitted to driving while ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Karen
Westchester County police arrested six people due to driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence of drugs over the weekend. Kishan Mavilla, 20, was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, at a ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By Karen
The man accused of hitting a pregnant Brooklyn mom in midtown with his car took the witness stand claiming he tried to help her - and he denied he was drunk. "I tried to bring the person out from ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2010 By Karen
A man who struck a "Karate Kid" pose to prove his sobriety was arrested on a drunk-driving charge after he needed a police officer to keep from falling to the ground, police said. Luis Interiano, 40, ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By Karen
A Yorktown man is due in Town Court Thursday to answer a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated, police said today. A 23-year-old was arrested. Thursday after passing through a checkpoint ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2010 By Karen
A Mahopac man with two previous convictions for DWI faces his third drunken driving arrest after crashing his car then running into the woods to avoid police, the Carmel police said today. A ...
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