Blog Posts in February, 2011
Posted on Feb 25, 2011 By Karen
A Yorktown woman had a BAC of more than five times the legal limit when she hit another vehicle and attempted to leave the scene, Carmel police said today. The 25-year-old had a BAC of 0.42 percent ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By Karen
A Garrison man got the maximum prison sentence - 2 1/3 to 7 years - for causing a head-on collision in Cortlandt that killed a man from Peekskill and injured five passengers inside. The sentence was ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By Karen
A man was arrested for DWI after a hit-and-run crash. Officers tried to pull over a car being driven erratically when the driver struck a Nissan and then fled the scene, police said. The police ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Karen
A 43-year-old woman has been charged under Leandra's Law after she was accused of DWI with her son in the car, police said. She is due back in Stony Point Town Court on March 17 to answer one felony ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2011 By Karen
A Point Lookout man was sentenced to two to six years in prison for killing a schoolteacher after pleading guilty to DWI in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach in October 2009. He also pleaded guilty to ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2011 By Karen
The State of New York is increasing the penalty for using a cell phone while driving. Even though using a cell phone while driving has been illegal for years, starting on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2011 By Karen
A Riverhead man was arrested for DWI after he crashed his car and fled the scene in Southampton, Town Police said. The man arrested hit a Toyota Highlander stopped at a red light and then attempted to ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2011 By Karen
A Connecticut man was pulled over shortly before midnight when a White Plains police officer said he was seen talking on his cell phone while driving on Westchester Avenue. When he attempted to pull ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2011 By Karen
Troopers charged three with DWI Tuesday night and earlier today in Westchester and Putnam counties , state police said. A Mohegan Lake man was charged with misdemeanor DWI on Route 6 in Cortlandt, ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 By Karen
Troopers have charged 22 motorists with DWI during traffic stops and investigations in Westchester , Rockland and Putnam counties, state police said. Some of those motorists included a Connecticut ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2011 By Karen
Two men were arrested for DWI after they crashed their vehicles six hours apart. Suffolk County police said that a 43-year-old man from Northport was driving northbound in a southbound-only portion of ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2011 By Karen
A Yorktown man was driving drunk even after his license had been suspended six times. He was stopped for speeding Sunday on Route 202 by Officer Anthony DiPietrantonio, police said. The officer ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2011 By Karen
Putnam Deputies William Meyer and Jonathan Cihanek were on patrol on Monday when they stopped Thomas J. Walsh of North Salem for a traffic violation. They then determined his license was revoked and ...
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