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Westbury Man Drives Drunk With 3 Children In Backseat, Crashes Into Tree: Police
A Long Island man was arrested after he allegedly drove drunk with an adult passenger and three kids in the back, crashing into a tree, police said.
The crash happened just after 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 1 in Garden City.
According to Nassau County Police, 41-year-old Ruben Gonzalez of Westbury was driving north on Cherry Valley Avenue while he was drunk.
He had a front passenger, a 37-year-old woman, and his three children in the back, ages 4, 9, and 11.
Police said that near the intersection of 10th Street, Gonzalez’s 2023 Cadillac Escalade went off the road and crashed into a t…
Levittown Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk With Child In Car
A Long Island woman has been accused of driving drunk with a young child in the car.
According to Nassau County Police, while on patrol in Levittown, an officer observed a black 2013 Kia Forte commit multiple vehicle traffic Infractions and conducted a stop on Ranch Lane near the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike on Friday, Oct. 27 at 9:20 p.m.
The investigation revealed the driver, Michelle Stanchfield, age 49, of 40 Levittown, with slurred speech, watery eyes, an odor of alcohol emanating from her breath and to be unsteady on her feet, resulting in positive results on the Standardiz…
Baby, 7-Year-Old Injured When Drunk Mom Crashes SUV In Shirley, Police Say
Two children, including a 7-month-old baby, are recovering from injuries sustained when their drunk mother crashed her SUV on Long Island, police said.
The incident happened at around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, in Shirley, on the Sunrise Highway Service Road near Maple Avenue, according to Suffolk County Police.
Investigators said Kimberly Diaz, age 27, of West Babylon, was driving a GMC Yukon eastbound on the service road when she lost control and crashed into a utility pole. No other vehicles were involved.
When Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol officers arrived, they determined tha…
Sobriety Checkpoint: 7 Charged During Overnight Detail In Patchogue
Seven people are facing charges after an overnight sobriety checkpoint at the start of the Memorial Day weekend on Long Island.
Authorities conducted the operation in Patchogue at the intersection of Waverly Avenue and North Service Road from around 11:10 p.m. Friday, May 26, until 2:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27.
A total of 523 vehicles went through the checkpoint, Suffolk Couty Police said.
One of the motorists, Robert Jimenez, age 43, of Ronkonkoma, was charged with Leandra’s Law, aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony offense, for having a 13-year-old…
Leandra's Law: Child Was In Car When Drunk Driver Crashed In Hoosick Falls, Police Say
An alleged drunk driver is facing charges after reportedly crashing her car in the region with a young child inside, authorities said.
Troopers in Rensselaer County were called just before 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, with reports of a single-car crash in Hoosick Falls on Ball Street, according to New York State Police.
When they arrived, they determined that the driver, 45-year-old Helen Benn, of Rensselaer, was not injured.
At the time of the crash, Benn had a child under the age of five in the vehicle, police said. The child was not injured and was picked up before troopers arrived on sce…
Man Caught Drunk With 2 Kids On I-95 In Mamaroneck, Police Say
A man was charged with DWI under Leandra's Law after he was found driving drunk in Westchester County with a young child and infant in the car, police said.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, around midnight, state police found a vehicle parked on the shoulder of I-95 in Mamaroneck and went to investigate it.
Inside the car, they found the driver, 26-year-old Martin E. Osorio Villatoro of Trenton, New Jersey, intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of over 0.13 percent, state police said.
They also found a five-year-old child and a three-month-old infant inside the vehicle as well.&nbs…
Riverhead Man Accused Of Driving Drunk, Crashing With 7-Month-Old In Pickup Truck
A local man has been accused of driving drunk with an infant in the vehicle after a crash near a busy Long Island intersection.
The crash happened in Riverhead at about 6:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and involved a black Chevrolet pickup truck and a gray Jeep Cherokee eastbound on Main Road near the intersection of Route 105, Riverhead Police said.
Upon police arrival, an investigation was conducted and the operator of the pickup truck, Phillip Majeski age, of Riverhead, was found to be intoxicated, and had a 7-month-old child inside the vehicle, according to police.
Majeski was char…
