Recent Posts in DWI/Traffic Offenses Category
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Posted on Apr 14, 2012 By Karen
Troopers are planning a weeklong crackdown on use of cell phones and texting while driving , Major Michael Kopy, commander of Troop K, said today. The enforcement, dubbed "Operation Hang ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Karen
Police charged two Yorktown motorists with DWI after traffic. One 29-year-old man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DWI , driving without a license and driving with insufficient tail lamps, ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2012 By Karen
A local police officer was hit from behind by a motorist who was allegedly drunk at the time and unlicensed. The officer was stopped at a traffic light on Westchester Avenue, preparing to turn left at ...
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Posted on Feb 29, 2012 By Karen
Volunteers firefighters assisted a Carmel police officer subdue a person suspected of DWI on Monday night after he resisted arrest, police said. An officer was called to a one-vehicle accident ...
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Posted on Feb 29, 2012 By Karen
One 34-year-old suspect from Peekskill was charged with DWI after he struck three parked cars on Washington Street in Peekskill then drove away, police said. He was caught and charged with DWI, ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Karen
A 26-year-old Rye Brook resident was arrested twice in the same day after crashing his vehicle two times within a span of 9-hours, authorities said. He hit a guardrail on the Cross County Parkway exit ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Karen
Federal safety investigators are urging all states to impose total bans on cellphone use while driving (including using a hands-free device). The five-member NTSB would make an exception only if the ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Karen
An alleged drunk driver was arrested after he fled the scene of an accident with a bus that injured his passenger in, Suffolk County police said. The 21-year-old was driving westbound on Montauk ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Karen
Two people have been accused of DWI after person crasehd into the other in Southold, Southold Town Police said. One 24-year-old was driving northbound on Main Bayview when he hit another vehicle at ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Karen
A Dutchess County man was found to be DWI after being clocked driving at 100 mph on Interstate 684 south about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The trooper attempted to stop the 30-year-old but he did ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Karen
Four motorists were charged with DWI and DWAI in Rockland and Putnam counties, state police said. One 49-year-old from Brewster was charged with DWI , a misdemeanor, and refusing to submit to alcohol ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2011 By Karen
Two off duty police officers were arrested for driving while intoxicated in two separate incidents. One 26-year-old off-duty officer was arrested after he was involved in an accident with a parked car ...
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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 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 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 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 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 Aug 16, 2011 By Karen
A Mahopac man was DWI when his car nearly hit a police vehicle, police said. The officer was stopped on Route 6 on Tuesday in the early morning when a passing car nearly hit his cruiser, police said. ...
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Posted on Aug 5, 2011 By Karen
A man who crashed into an SUV on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in Commack told investigators he had snorted heroin before driving , New York State Police said. He made an unsafe lane change and struck ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2011 By Karen
A Westchester County police officer avoided a major collision with a driver travelling the the wrong way on the Bronx River Parkway on Monday, authorities said. The officer saw headlights coming at ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Karen
Two men in the same car are facing new felony DWI charges after a traffic stop this morning. An officer assisting NJ police with an unrelated case saw two cars speeding northbound on the Palisades ...
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Posted on Jul 17, 2011 By Karen
A motorcyclist was found to be DWI when he crashed his motorcycle during a race with another in Riverside, landing in the hospital Thursday night, Southampton Town Police said. His female passenger, ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2011 By Karen
Texting or using any handheld device while driving is against the law in New York State as of Tuesday. Officials from the NHTSA say 16% of deadly accidents in 2009 were linked to distracted drivers. ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 By Karen
A Commack man has been arrested, twice in four days, for driving while high on drugs on the Long Island Expressway. Suffolk County deputy sheriffs had charged a 33-year-old man on Saturday, and then ...
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