New City, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Drove Drunk In Hudson Valley With 3-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say Woman Drove Drunk In Hudson Valley With 3-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say
Woman Drove Drunk In Hudson Valley With 3-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say A woman is facing a felony charge after being busted driving allegedly intoxicated with her 3-year-old child in the car in the Hudson Valley, state police announced. New York State Police troopers on patrol in Rockland County stopped a vehicle on I-87 in the town of Clarkstown after the driver allegedly committed multiple vehicle and traffic violations. The traffic stop was conducted at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1 in Clarkstown. According to police, during the stop, it was determined that the driver, Rockland County resident Kristina Khan, age 23, of Spring Valley, was found t…

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by Zak Failla
Clifton Park, NY
Police & Fire
Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Area Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Vehicle, Police Say Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Area Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Vehicle, Police Say
Traffic Stop Leads To Discovery Of Area Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Vehicle, Police Say A 40-year-old woman was arrested in the region after police said she drove drunk with a child in the vehicle. State troopers pulled a vehicle over for a traffic violation in the Saratoga County village of Schuylerville shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, according to New York State Police. When a trooper spoke to the driver, identified as Elisha Novak, of Gansevoort, they smelled alcohol on her breath and observed signs of impairment, police said. She was given roadside sobriety tests and arrested. Police said when Novak provided a breath sample, she tested as having a…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Flanders Man Driving Drunk With Three Kids In Car Nearly Crashes Into Cruiser, Police Say Flanders Man Driving Drunk With Three Kids In Car Nearly Crashes Into Cruiser, Police Say
Flanders Man Driving Drunk With Three Kids In Car Nearly Crashes Into Cruiser, Police Say A Long Island man with three children in his vehicle was charged with DWI after he narrowly avoided hitting a New York State trooper head-on. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 8 p.m., Sunday, March 27 in Riverhead. The incident took when a trooper was traveling eastbound on Hubbard Avenue in the town of Riverhead when a 2007 Honda Pilot traveling westbound crossed over into the eastbound lane and into the path of the trooper, said Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim, of the New York State Police. The trooper and the driver of a vehicle traveling behind the police vehicle drove up on…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of DWI With 4-Month-Old In SUV After Long Island Expressway Crash Woman Accused Of DWI With 4-Month-Old In SUV After Long Island Expressway Crash
Woman Accused Of DWI With 4-Month-Old In SUV After Long Island Expressway Crash A 28-year-old woman was arrested after police said she drove on the Long Island Expressway while impaired and crashed an SUV carrying her 4-month-old daughter. The Suffolk County Police Department said the crash happened near Exit 53 in Brentwood at about 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20. Rachel Meyer, of Huntington Station, was driving a 2009 Subaru Forester west on the highway when she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the median, SCPD reported. Highway Patrol officers found Meyer unconscious in the Subaru and determined that she was under the influence of drugs, police said.  …

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
29-Year-Old Patchogue Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk With Infant In Vehicle 29-Year-Old Patchogue Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk With Infant In Vehicle
29-Year-Old Patchogue Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk With Infant In Vehicle A mother on Long Island was arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her infant child in the backseat, law enforcement authorities said. Patchogue resident Maria Carballo, age 29, was stopped shortly after midnight on Saturday, March 19 by deputies from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office for failing to maintain her lane on North Ocean Avenue, south of the Long Island Expressway. During the subsequent stop in Patchogue, it was determined that Carballo was allegedly intoxicated, and in the back of her vehicle, there was a 10-month-old infant in a car seat. Police said that Carballo was arr…

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by Zak Failla
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Nabbed Driving Drunk On I-84 With Two Kids In Vehicle, Police Say Woman Nabbed Driving Drunk On I-84 With Two Kids In Vehicle, Police Say
Woman Nabbed Driving Drunk On I-84 With Two Kids In Vehicle, Police Say A 30-year-old woman from the Hudson Valley was busted for allegedly drinking and driving the wrong way on I-84 with children in the car, state police said. Shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, New York State Police troopers from the Greenville barracks in Orange County were dispatched to a stretch of I-84 near exit 1 in Wawayanda, where there was a report of a wrong-way driver. According to police, the driver - later identified as Newburgh resident Rosalinda Lucero, age 30 - had multiple near-misses with several vehicles on the roadway before she could be tracked down by troopers.…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Nassau County Man Accused Of DWI With Child Passenger, Crashing Into Parked Vehicles Nassau County Man Accused Of DWI With Child Passenger, Crashing Into Parked Vehicles
Nassau County Man Accused Of DWI With Child Passenger, Crashing Into Parked Vehicles A Long Island man was arrested and accused of driving while intoxicated and crashing an SUV, with a 4-year-old passenger, into multiple parked vehicles. Christopher Stoger, age 41, of Island Park, was arrested for aggravated driving while intoxicated under Leandra's Law at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, according to the Nassau County Police Department. NCPD said Stoger was driving a 2019 Chevrolet SUV and struck a parked vehicle on Marina Place in the area of Long Beach Road in Island Park. He then fled the scene and struck two more parked vehicles on Marina Place at Waterford Road an…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Man Accused Of Driving Intoxicated With Child In Front Passenger Seat Suffolk County Man Accused Of Driving Intoxicated With Child In Front Passenger Seat
Suffolk County Man Accused Of Driving Intoxicated With Child In Front Passenger Seat A 37-year-old Long Island man was arrested after authorities said he drove while intoxicated with his 4-year-old child in the front passenger seat. William Coelho-Marques, of Brentwood, was arrested for driving while intoxicated under Leandra's Law in Farmingville on Sunday, Nov. 28, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office reported. Deputies saw a van failing to maintain its lane on North Ocean Avenue at about 1:40 a.m., the Sheriff's Office said. Authorities said deputies pulled the van over and found that the driver, identified as Coelho-Marques, showed signs of intoxication.  His chil…

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by Nicole Valinote
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Car Crashes Into Ambulance, Police Say Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Car Crashes Into Ambulance, Police Say
Hudson Valley Woman Driving Drunk With Child In Car Crashes Into Ambulance, Police Say A woman in the Hudson Valley was allegedly under the influence with a child in the car when she drove into an ambulance, New York State Police investigators announced. Troopers in Dutchess County responded to the intersection of US Highway 9 and MacFarlane Road in the town of Wappinger at approximately 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, where there was a report of a crash involving an ambulance. Police said that the investigation determined that Wappinger resident Constance Guy, age 38, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox when she made a left turn onto Highway 9 and struck an EMStar ambulance …

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Involved In Long Island Crash Had 2-Year-Old In BMW, Police Say Drunk Driver Involved In Long Island Crash Had 2-Year-Old In BMW, Police Say
Drunk Driver Involved In Long Island Crash Had 2-Year-Old In BMW, Police Say A driver involved in a two-vehicle Long Island crash was driving drunk with a 2-year-old in the car, police said. Nassau County Police say that on Friday, Oct. 8 at 5:25 p.m., a Fourth Precinct Police Officer on patrol in Inwood observed a crash eastbound at the intersection of Sheridan Boulevard and Bayswater boulevard.  The crash involved a blue 2006 BMW four-door sedan, which struck a 2003 Chevrolet SUV from behind, according to police. After interviewing the driver of the BMW, Andrew A. Thomas, age 30, of Jamaica, Queens, the officers smelled alcohol, according to police.  …

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 2-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 2-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say
Long Island Man Drove Drunk With 2-Year-Old In Vehicle, Police Say A 32-year-old man was charged after Long Island police said he drove a vehicle while drunk with a 2-year-old passenger in the back seat.  Jose Urquia Dominguez, of Roosevelt, was arrested in the incident that happened in Island Park at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, according to the Nassau County Police Department.  An officer on patrol saw a southbound 2007 Toyota failing to maintain lanes on Austin Boulevard in the area of the Long Beach bridge, NCPD said. The officer pulled the Toyota over on Austin Boulevard and Railroad Place, according to police. NCPD said investigato…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island School Bus Driver Found Drunk Slumped Behind Wheel, Police Say Long Island School Bus Driver Found Drunk Slumped Behind Wheel, Police Say
Long Island School Bus Driver Found Drunk Slumped Behind Wheel, Police Say A Long Island school bus driver was charged with allegedly driving drunk while children were aboard the bus. At around 4:50 p.m., Nassau County Police received a report of a woman slumped over the steering wheel of a school bus in Hempstead. Officers responded to South Franklin Street and Grove Street to perform a welfare check of the woman, where they found her slumped over the wheel with children aboard the bus, police said. As the officers attended to the driver, identified as Mercedes Parada, age 29, of Hempstead, it became clear she was intoxicated, police said. Parada was …

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by Kathy Reakes