Blog Posts in September, 2011
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Karen
Two drivers allegedly driving drunk were arrested after they were involved in separate crashes Saturday morning, Southampton Town Police said. One driver crashed his Honda into a mailbox and then fled ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Karen
Troopers charged two northern Westchester County women with DWI in separate investigations, state police said. A 62-year-old from Goldens Bridge was charged with felony DWI on Tuesday in Mount Kisco, ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Karen
A 29-year-old from Holbrook and his 33-year-old brother from Patchogue were arrested last week and charged with grand larceny (as a hate crime) scheme to defraud. They were also charged with operating ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Karen
A 52-year-old man from New City has been charged with DWI and faces prosecution under Leandra's Law, police said Monday. The enhanced charges he faces are related to DWI under Leandra's Law . The ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Karen
Two officers made an unprecidented arrest Saturday afternoon when they seized over half a million dollars worth of cocaine in upper Manhattan. The two officers (both assigned to the 34th Precinct) ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2011 By Karen
A suspect from New Rochelle is being charged now with felony escape after police said he removed the handcuffs and escaped through a smashed back window of the police car on Thursday night. He was ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Karen
A 55-year-old Eastchester man alerted a police officer to altercation was arrested for DWI, town police said. The man was arrested after he flagged down a police officer on Mill Road on Wednesday to ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Karen
A state trooper was injured Thursday night after he pulled over a car onto the shoulder of the Sprain Brook Pkwy and then the driver of another vehicle crashed into that police car. As a result, the ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Karen
Police arrested three people believed to be responsible for giving alcohol to minors at a party in Dix Hills before a 16-year-old girl was killed on the Northern State Parkway in April. The Dix Hills ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2011 By Karen
Since New York toughened its texting-while-driving law in July, the number of tickets issued by law enforcement has risen 43% through mid-September when compared to the year 2010. The statistics were ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Karen
A woman was arrested for felony DWI after she hit a fuel tanker which injured the driver. The crash caused a fuel spill which then prompted a five home evacuation on Sunday night, Nassau County police ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Karen
A 22-year-old Wappingers Falls man is being held on charges he stole two cars. His reason? It was that "the train doesn't go to Walmart," police said. He was arrested on a warrant Wednesday and ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2011 By Karen
A Mahopac woman was recently charged with DWI after police got a call reporting an erratic driver exiting the Taconic State Parkway, police said. Officers responded to that call early Sunday morning ...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2011 By Karen
A man and woman have been accused of robbing two people of over one thousand dollars in separate incidents, police said. Police charged a 44-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman with one robbery on ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Karen
Police say neighbors gave them information that led to the arrest Thursday night of a man on drug charges. Narcotic officers with a search warrant entered the suspect's apartment at late in the ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Karen
A man who police allege sold marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms faces criminal charges after a 6-month long investigation, Carmel police said. Two officers from the department's Special Conditions ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Karen
A drunken, off-duty police officer was arrested Wednesday after he hit and killed a man with his car in the Bronx , cops said. The 25-year-old driver hit the 22-year-old pedestrian in Wakefield at E. ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Karen
A former comptroller for a car dealership has been indicted on charges of stealing $838,000 from that business, the Rockland District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. The 49-year-old is accused of ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Karen
Troopers charged two motorists with DWI after traffic stops in Somers and Mount Pleasant, police said. A 21-year-old from Torrington, Connecticut, was charged with misdemeanor DWI early Tuesday ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Karen
An off-duty NYPD officer was killed when a driver who was DWI hit him, authorities said. The 25-year-old officer was driving on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island early Sunday when he was ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Karen
A man was found stabbed to death inside his home early Sunday, police said Sunday night. The 14-year-old girl called 911 to report that a man had broken into her house and stabbed her father. When ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Karen
A father-son altercation on Sunday turned tragic the father was found unresponsive and later died at a local hospital, Nassau County police said. Police responded to a home in Hempstead in the early ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Karen
A man has been arrested for DWI after an automobile accident in Laurel on Labor Day morning, Southold Town Police said. The Mattituck man was driving on Main Road when he left the roadway, hit a ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Karen
Freeport man was charged with vehicular manslaughter Friday night after he was involved in a fatal car crash, killing a 24-year-old female, Nassau County police said. The 44-year-old was involved in a ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Karen
A 52-year-old woman was charged with DWI after a two-car accident on Wednesday. She was driving on Route 306 when her vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and hit a car driven by a 29-year-old of ...
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