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Riverhead GOP chair faces DWI charge after alleged crash spree
The chairperson of the Riverhead Town Republican Committee was charged with driving while intoxicated after allegedly crashing into multiple parked vehicles and damaging property over Memorial Day...
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Suffolk sheriff announces summerlong crackdown on drunk driving
This summer, Andrew McMorris would have been 17 years old. But the bright-eyed child from Wading River was killed when he was 12 in 2018 after a drunk driver in an SUV plowed into his Boy Scout troop,...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man charged with felony DWI under Leandra’s Law after crash
Police charged a Riverhead man with felony DWI under Leandra’s Law Friday after he crashed along Main Road with a 7-month-old in the car. According to police, Phillip Majeski was driving a Chevrolet...
View ArticleCops: Driver arrested under Leandra’s Law after attempting to flee scene of...
An alleged drunken driver attempted to flee the scene of a crash Sunday night while driving with two minors, according to Riverhead Town police. The driver, Angel G. Ordonez Guitz, was arrested under...
View ArticleCops: Eight DWI arrests made over Labor Day weekend
Riverhead Town police arrested eight people over Labor Day weekend as a result of increased Stop-DWI enforcement, officials announced in a press release Tuesday morning. According to police, increased...
View ArticleBlotter: Flanders man arrested for DWI, Riverhead man cited for reckless driving
Southampton police arrested a Flanders man for driving drunk in his hometown on Saturday. Cristhofer Palomequecardenas, 20, was pulled over after a police officer observed him speeding at night with...
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Riverhead man sentenced to 2 3/4 to 8 1/4 years in prison for fatal crash in...
A Riverhead man was sentenced Thursday to 2 3/4 to 8 1/4 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to second-degree manslaughter following a fatal crash last year that claimed the life of a...
View ArticleCops: Four injured after van driven by alleged drunken driver crashes into tree
One person was airlifted with serious injuries and three others were injured when a van driven by an alleged drunken driver collided into a tree on East Main Street early Tuesday morning, according to...
View ArticleMcMorris family, MADD honor Sen. Schumer for helping advance legislation to...
The McMorris family of Wading River recently joined Mothers Against Drunk Driving to honor Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-Brooklyn) for his efforts last year to help advance legislation to...
View ArticleScout camp bus driver, arrested for DWI last year, pleads guilty
The bus driver who was driving drunk last month when she twice crashed transporting youths home from the Baiting Hollow Scout Camp has pleaded guilty, court records show. Diane Juergens, 62, of Ridge...
View ArticleCalverton man indicted on upgraded charges for crash that injured another driver
A Calverton man who prosecutors said was driving drunk on the January evening he ran a stop sign on Route 48 in Mattituck and caused a crash that injured another driver was arraigned Tuesday on...
View ArticleRiverhead police officer injured on call by suspected impaired driver
A Riverhead Town police officer was injured after an impaired driver crashed into his police vehicle at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Wading River late Wednesday night, police said in a...
View ArticleDA: Off-duty Southampton police officer charged with DWI after crash
An off-duty Southampton Town police officer was charged with driving while intoxicated after allegedly rear-ending a vehicle in Westhampton, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney....
View ArticleCalverton man arrested for DWI following Mattituck crash
A 43-year-old Calverton man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a two-car crash that resulted in serious injuries and led to a prolonged closure of Route 48 in Mattituck Wednesday night,...
View ArticleCoram man charged with DWI after stealing vehicle in Riverside
A Coram man was arrested in Calverton Monday night after police say he was driving drunk in a stolen vehicle. Christopher Pappas, 41, is accused of stealing a running vehicle from the Shell gas...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead woman punched, bit sheriff deputy during DWI traffic stop
An intoxicated Riverhead woman allegedly assaulted a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office deputy during a traffic stop Thursday night. Daniela Pintado, 21, punched a deputy in the face and bit his index...
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Prosecutor: Camp driver had beer on bus, twice passed stop to pick up more...
The bus driver who was allegedly drunk last month when she twice crashed transporting campers home from the Baiting Hollow Scout Camp had an empty beer bottle near her seat on the bus, a prosecutor...
View ArticleCops: Woman arrested under Leandra’s Law after motorists assist in shutting...
A Greenlawn woman was arrested under Leandra’s Law after she was allegedly driving while intoxicated with a 10-year-old child in the car Monday, according to Riverhead Town police. The woman was...
View ArticlePolice: Man drove drunk with 2-year-old son in car
A man was arrested in Riverhead Sunday evening for driving drunk with his 2-year-old son in the vehicle, town police said in a press release. Denis Perez-Flores, whose age and address was not included...
View ArticleMaserati crashes into East Main Street restaurant
Riverhead police Friday night responded to an unusual motor vehicle accident: a 2017 Maserati had crashed into the Dark Horse Restaurant. A department release said Mark Szynaka, 61, of Riverhead, was...
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