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Speeding 22-Year-Old Nabbed In Wilton For DUI, Driving On Suspended License, Police Say
A speeding 22-year-old Fairfield County man was charged with allegedly driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license.
Pedro Jesus Aguilar Madrid, of Stamford, was stopped on Thursday, Nov. 23, in Wilton driving a Ford Fusion for driving 68 mph in a 30 mph zone, said Wilton Police.
During the stop, Madrid was found to be under the influence of alcohol, said Lt. Anna Tornello, of the Wilton Police.
Tornello said in addition, Madrid's driver's license was suspended, due to a previous DUI arrest.
He was charged with:
Speeding
DUI
Operating while under suspension
Madri…
As Officer Hangs On, Wanted Man Drives Off, Crashes During Escape Attempt In Massapequa: Police
A Long Island police officer is recovering after a wanted man allegedly fled a traffic stop and crashed as the officer stood on the vehicle’s running board.
The incident happened at around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, July 20, in Massapequa, according to Nassau County Police.
Dennis Zvonki, age 43, of Bay Shore, was initially pulled over for speeding in a van on Sunrise Highway near Loudon Avenue.
When the officer instructed him to put his vehicle in park, Zvonki refused, police said. That’s when the officer stepped onto his running board and reached through the window in an attempt to place the va…
'Prominent Bulge' In Worcester Woman's Pants Was Hidden Drug Pouch: Police
A woman from Central Massachusetts thought she could cleverly hide a bag of drugs in her pants when officers pulled her and another man over for driving with an expired inspection sticker last month. That woman, according to police, thought wrong.
Joan Ruiz, of Worcester, left Mario's Showplace in Webster with Carlos Marcano-Garcia, also of Worcester, around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, Webster Police said on Facebook.
One officer followed the vehicle, driven by Marcano-Garcia, as it turned onto Thompson Road. It was during that time that the officer noticed the car had an expired insp…
Lowell Driver Found Waist-Deep In Swamp Water After Crashing Into Multiple Cars: Police
A "habitual traffic offender" crashed into three vehicles, sending one of the car's occupants to the hospital, before running away from police through the woods and into a swamp, officials say.
Carlos A. Rodriguez, of Lowell, reportedly smelled of alcohol while police arrested him on Sunday, April 2 after a dramatic hit-and-run incident, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
Rodriguez, 33, was heading west on the Pike in a Cadillac XTS sedan around 5:27 p.m. when he crashed into two cars, a Toyota RAV 4 SUV operated by a 62-year-old man from Utica, New York…
Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities
Over a month after 47-year-old Jason Smith of Levittown was run over and killed in the parking lot of a Bristol McDonald's, authorities say they found the driver responsible.
Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, New Jersey, was arrested Friday, March 10, and charged with homicide, driving on a suspended license, and related counts, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.
Prosecutors say Smith and Dietrich had already been involved in a "driving incident" about a mile away before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5.
Police …
Drunk Driver Slams Into Popular Newburgh Ice Cream Shop, Police Say
A popular Hudson Valley ice cream shop is temporarily closed after an alleged drunk driver crashed his Infiniti Q70 into the building.
The incident took place in Orange County around 4:55 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Mary Janes Dairy Bar in the town of Newburgh.
When the town of Newburgh Police officers arrived on the scene they found a 2015 Infiniti Q70 had crashed into the building on the south side, going through the wall and coming to rest in the building, said Lt. Peter Talarico, of the Newburgh Police.
The driver, Shayane Reynolds, age 29, of Poughkeepsie, was heading nort…
Trio Nabbed In Mahopac For Stealing Mail, Checks, Credit Cards: Police
Three suspects have been charged with stealing mail out of mailboxes in the Hudson Valley, as well as possessing stolen checks and credit cards, police said.
On Thursday, Dec. 1, just after midnight, police were contacted by a resident who spotted a suspicious vehicle stealing mail in Carmel in the area of West Lake Boulevard (Route 33), according to Carmel Police.
Police were then able to locate the vehicle in Mahopac on Route 6N and pulled the vehicle over. Inside, police identified the driver and two passengers as:
Vitaliy Lutso, age 27, of Brooklyn;
Tetiana Alive-Yol…
24-Year-Old Man Busted Driving Stolen Truck In Wawarsing, Police Say
An out-of-state man was caught driving a stolen truck in the Hudson Valley, authorities said.
State police in Ulster County stopped the vehicle at around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, as it drove south on Highway 209 in the town of Wawarsing.
While talking with the driver, 24-year-old Jonathen Wright, of Newaygo, Michigan (located in Western Michigan just north of Grand Rapids), troopers determined that the 2001 GMC 3500 had been reported stolen from Newport News, Virginia.
Wright also had a suspended license out of Michigan, police said.
He was arrested on a felony charge of possessing sto…
