Over the holiday weekend, Westchester County police arrested people on misdemeanor impaired-driving charges. Most were stopped on Saturday at a checkpoint where the Hutchinson River and Cross County parkways connect in Mount Vernon.
Arrested at the checkpoint:
• One 25-year-old was charged with driving while intoxicated and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He had 10 Ecstasy pills, police said.
• One resident of Tuckahoe was charged with driving while impaired by drugs, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. She had 10 Percocet pills, police said.
• One 34-year-old of Bridgeport, CT was charged with driving while impaired by drugs.
• One 22-year-old of Yonkers was charged with driving while impaired by drugs.
• A resident of the Bronx was charged with DWI and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation.
● A resident of Mount Vernon was charged with DWI on the southbound Bronx River Parkway in Scarsdale.
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After successfully handling hundreds of DWI, Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, and DWAI cases, Attorney Schuster has developed a multi-pronged approach to DWI defense that unfolds in several stages between intake interview, arraignment, and litigation approaching disposition or trial. During these phases Attorney Schuster, makes certain discovery demands and determines the strategic significance of engaging in pre-suspension and pretrial hearings. This litigation may include a hardship hearing, a refusal hearing if you refused to take a breath test, a Pringle hearing challenging the sufficiency of the accusatory instruments, a Dunaway hearing prior to trial challenging the probable cause of the stop, a Huntley hearing attempting to suppress statements made to law enforcement officers, and other forms of pre-trial litigation.
In certain cases, where these hearings would cause more prejudice than assistance to the defendant, Attorney Schuster's experience in negotiations become extremely valuable. Coupled with a vast knowledge of Court sanctioned drug and alcohol treatment alternatives, Attorney Schuster leverages the positive completion or progress in these programs into favorable dispositions and desirable case outcomes.
Not only have New York DWI arrests been prosecuted more aggressively than in years past, but the bureaucratic requirements placed on defendants through the Courts and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles have become increasingly complex. Attorney Schuster not only makes it a matter of professional honor to keep abreast of the latest statutory changes in New York DWI Law but also keeps abreast with the changes within and between all the administrative agencies and organizations that his clients may encounter, such as Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Treatment Alternatives to Safer Communities (TASC). Attorney Schuster carefully prepares you for what you will encounter from these agencies and what will be required of you to conclude your case as expeditiously and favorably as possible. This type of preparation of his clients for every encounter they will have with the system they face minimizes anxiety and maximizes results.
If your matter cannot be resolved through hearings, negotiation, or treatment alternatives, you can be certain that if it becomes necessary to litigate your case to verdict, Attorney Schuster has the resources, talent, and experience needed to produce winning results. Professional investigation, cross examination, expert testimony, and a working knowledge of the latest in forensic science are all brought to bear to fight for you at every step when trial is what your case requires.
If you have been charged with DWI, DWAI, or Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, Westchester County Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Schuster is the lawyer that you need in your corner. Call him or his staff immediately, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to protect your rights if you are charged with any of these offenses anywhere in the State of New York.
Westchester County Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Schuster has handled literally thousands of New York State Vehicle and Traffic Misdemeanors and Violations since 1995. Some of the more serious of these include Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, (which also can be charged as a Felony), Reckless driving, and Operating with a Suspended Registration. These offenses, of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic law, particularly Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, carry with them the possibility of incarceration, heavy fines, and long term impact on insurance, which often results in thousands of dollars of economic loss.