Calverton 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 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 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 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...
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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 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...
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 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: 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...
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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,...
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