DWI charges against Canandaigua council member

At around 7:00 p.m., Karen White, a 64-year-old council member for Canandaigua was parked on South Main Street when an officer approached her and conducted a DWI investigation. The officer found an open wine bottle located on the floor of the car. Her blood alcohol content was 0.8 percent. She was charged with driving while […]

Man Charged with DWI

Joseph Sharpe II is facing DWI charges after his vehicle struck a pole early Sunday morning on Country Club Road. At approximately 1:00 in the morning, Sharpe was driving his 2011 Toyota Tacoma on the northbound lane of Country Club Road, when he suddenly lost control of his car for unknown reasons. The Toyota then […]

Drunk hit-and-run results in DWI charges

On Tuesday, July 5th ,a 29-year-old man drove drunk into a Brewster police car and tried to flee. After they chased the suspect, Edy Perez of Wingdale, down Main Street, state police said there was a “brief struggle,” and Perez was arrested. At the time of the accident, Perez had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 percent, which […]

Suspected drunk NYPD cop facing charges for hitting 2 pedestrians

A New York Police Department officer is currently facing charges in Manhattan after striking two individuals in an apparent drunk driving accident, an article of Daily News reported on May 8. On May 7, 32-year-old officer Jean Verdesoto rolled his vehicle into a crosswalk at W. 206th St. and Tenth Avenue in Inwood. Police stated two […]

School bus driver charged with DWI after crashing with students aboard

56-year-old Mary Coletti of Cortlandt Manor was arrested for driving while intoxicated after the school bus she was driving side-swept a telephone pole at around 7:00 a.m. on May 11, The Huffington Post reported. The school bus, carrying 35 students, was heading to Walter Panas High School from the Lakeland School District when the incident took place. […]

Man charged with DWI after driving the wrong way

A man was charged with a felony count of first degree reckless endangerment, and misdemeanors DWI and aggravated DWI for driving the wrong way while intoxicated on the Hutchinson River Parkway, Lohud reported on April 27. At 3:27 a.m., authorities begun receiving reports about a car driving south down the street’s northbound lanes. The driver eventually U-turned […]

Ossining man arrested for DWI

A 39-year-old Ossining man has been arrested after a wrong-way car crash that happened on Friday night, February 28, according to a report by The Beacon Review. Just after 10:30 p.m., 911 received calls from several drivers reporting a Chevy Tahoe heading north in the southbound lane of Route 9A. According to the authorities, Neil Prabhu […]

NY’s Super Bowl Sunday anti-DWI campaign led to 1,390 tickets

The New York State Police said 1,390 tickets were issued as a result of their Super Bowl Sunday STOP-DWI campaign, Armonk reported on February 7. The campaign, which aimed to discourage, identify, and arrest impaired speeding, and aggressive drivers, started at 12 p.m. on February 1 and lasted 12 hours until midnight. State authorities set up […]

Stamford man charged with DWI over Bear Mountain Bridge Road crash

34-year-old Wuillian Moran of Stamford, Connecticut is facing drunk driving charge after a three-vehicle crash that happened on Bear Mountain Bridge Road at around 9:20 p.m., Sunday, August 2, according to a report by The Journal News. Moran was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox southbound when his car allegedly crossed the double yellow line, struck a […]