Police Release ID Of Motorcyclist, 28, Killed In Poughkeepsie Crash
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie man was killed on Sunday after his motorcycle was hit by a car on Route 9, north of Spring Road, around 5:40 p.m., according to the Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department.
Investigators with the department's Traffic Enforcement Unit are investigating the accident that killed Brian Freer, 28, and closed the highway overnight, police said.
A preliminary investigation shows the accident occurred when a 2011 BMW 328i, being operated by an 18- year-old female from Cypress, Texas, was exiting a local business. As the driver was exiting the business, a 2003 Hon…
Police Officer Who Shot Ex-Spring Valley Man Indicted
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. -- An off-duty New York City police officer who shot and killed ex-Spring Valley resident Delrawn Small following a road rage incident on July 4, was charged Monday with second-degree murder, according to multiple reports.
Officer Wayne Isaacs, 37, is the first police officer in the state to be prosecuted by the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, since a 2015 executive order granted him the power to investigate police involved shootings, according to the New York Daily News.
According to witnesses, the confrontation began when Small, in a 2016 Kia, was cut off by Is…
Police: Man In Disabled Car In New Rochelle Had BAC Four Times Legal Limit
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- An intoxicated man in a disabled car on Interstate 95 near exit 16 was found to have a blood alcohol content at four times the legal limit, according to the New York State Police.
Troopers found David S. Rippel, 59, of Greenwich, Conn., at 1:08 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23 in a broken-down Lincoln Town car and realized he was intoxicated, state police said.
He was transported to the state police headquarters in New Rochelle, where his blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.32 percent, or four times the legal limit of 0.08 percent. During processing police also discov…
