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Off-Duty Cop Accused of NY DWI in Pedestrian Death
Police officer hits pedestrian while driving drunk in NYC.
An off-duty police officer was arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter early Sunday morning in Brooklyn. Around 1:00 am, New York City cop Andrew Kelly struck and killed Vionique Valnord as she was trying to hail a cab after attending a wedding reception. Valnord was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Several passengers, including at least one additional police officer, were in Kelly's Jeep Cherokee at the time of the accident.
Officers responding to the scene detected alcohol on Kelly's breath and initiated an investigation. Kelly, 30, was booked for DWI in NY and released after posting $200,000 bond. A spokesperson with the police union refused immediate comment regarding the NYC drunk driving incident and the pedestrian death.
Valnord's father, a pastor at a Brooklyn church, delivered a Sunday morning sermon as scheduled.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Busted for DWI in New York
Track star at 1996 Atlanta Olympics arrested for drunk driving in Nassau County.
An athlete who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta has been charged with suspicion of driving while intoxicated in New York. Derrick Adkins was stopped in his Nissan sedan for drifting in his lane shortly before 2:00 am on August 29. He told the State Police officer he had consumed two glasses of wine at a bar. The officer had Adkins perform a field sobriety test and submit to a breath test. Adkins' blood alcohol content was reportedly .15%, nearly twice the .08% legal limit for intoxication.
Adkins won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles during the Atlanta games. He was a state champion hurdler during the 80’s, and he appeared in an ad campaign during New York City’s efforts to win the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
The former track star was arraigned on charges of NY DWI at the First District Court in Hempstead, New York.
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of August 28
Really odd drunk driving news – 'Vehicles'
Lawnmower and an Illinois DUI – Dennis Cretton of Belleville in southwest Illinois had his driver's license revoked for a drunk driving conviction. He though he could get around the situation by taking his yellow riding mower for a drunken spin to a local gas station for beer. He reportedly weaved through traffic and later tried to evade police while cans of Milwaukee's Best beer were spilling out of a 12-pack. Cretton, 49, was arrested for felony aggravated DUI in Illinois.
Lawnmower and a New York DWI – Randy M. Elliot of Conklin was stopped by police for drinking beer while operating a lawn mower on a public roadway. After registering a blood alcohol content of .28, three and a half times the legal limit, the 47-year old was charged with driving while intoxicated in NY.
Ambulance and Texas DWI – Lawrence Eugene Reyes Jr. of Richards took off with an ambulance while paramedics were attending to a patient inside a Bryan hospital. The 25-year old abandoned the ambulance, undamaged, a few miles away and he was apprehended a few hours later. He was booked in the Brazos County jail for public intoxication, theft and evading arrest. Charges of driving while intoxicated in Texas are being considered.
Backhoe and Ohio DUI – Robert Tite was charged with Ohio DUI a few months ago for driving a bulldozer through his neighbors yard. The 57-year old was stopped again for operating a piece of heavy equipment while intoxicated, this time for driving a backhoe into town. He rolled through a stop sign before pulling up in front of a business in the center of Wakeman. Tite, who appeared confused at the time of arrest, failed a field sobriety test and refused to submit to a breath test. He was booked at the Huron County jail for operating a motorized vehicle while intoxicated.
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83-Year Old Driver Chases Down DUI Suspect
Man chased drunk driver across two states.
Frank Canale, 83, and his daughter, Lori Canale-Smith, were headed to a wedding when they were rear-ended by a suspected drunk driver in a pick-up truck. The two then initiated a pursuit that started on Interstate 684 in New York and ended in the suspect's driveway in Danbury, Connecticut.
As the elder Canale drove, his daughter called police to alert them to a motorist driving under the influence. When the suspect stopped at his home, the two blocked him in until police arrived. By the time they finished police reports for two states, the pair had missed the wedding ceremony. Law enforcement officers arrested the truck driver and charged him with DUI and driving without a license.
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of July 10
Really odd drunk driving news – 'Parallel Multiples'
One Night, Two Vermont DUI Arrests – Raven Hoague, 26, was stopped for erratic driving and was charged with driving under the influence in Vermont. She was cited and released to friends. Hoague apparently got into a fight with her friends and she went back to her vehicle and drove again. She was arrested again and charged with her second VT DUI.
One Night, Two New York DWI Arrests – Joseph S. Kelley was charged with driving while intoxicated in New York after stopping at a local state police headquarters to ask for directions. His blood alcohol content was reportedly more than twice the legal limit for intoxication. Kelley was sent to a hotel to sleep off the alcohol, but he made the taxi driver stop at an ATM and then ran back to the police parking lot and took his SUV. He was stopped a second time in a nearby town and charged again for NY DWI.
One Night, Two Minnesota DWI Arrests – Police responded to a disturbance call just before 12:30 am. Raquel DeVito, who had left the scene but returned while the police were there, was investigated and charged with driving while intoxicated in Minnesota. She was released around 2:30 am but was observed driving again, in the scene of the original disturbance, at 3:17 am. DeVito was arrested again and placed in the Blue Earth County Jail.
One Night, Two Pennsylvania DUI – Curtis Maxwell, 56, was stopped for making an illegal u-turn and was eventually charged with suspicion of driving under the influence in Pennsylvania. Just hours later Maxwell was involved in an accident on the same road, near the same spot as the earlier arrest, earning him a second charge of DUI in PA.
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Judge Accused of Drunk Driving in New York
County Court Judge tried to evade a sobriety checkpoint in Albany area.
A Family Court Judge was arrested on suspicion of driving while ability impaired in Albany New York. Gerard Maney, 59, was seen making a u-turn as he approached an Albany County NY DWI checkpoint on the Green Island bridge. Green Island Police pursued Maney, who continued driving a mile and a half before stopping in Watervliet.
Maney reportedly smelled of alcohol and he failed several field sobriety tests. His blood alcohol content registered .07% on a breathalyzer, just below the legal limit for intoxication. Maney was charged with driving while ability impaired or DWAI, a traffic offense that can result in fines and points against one’s driving record. He was also charged with making an illegal u-turn on the bridge and failing to comply with police lights and siren.
Maney is scheduled for arraignment on July 7. He has been on the Albany County Family Court for 18 years, and was back on the bench the day after his arrest.
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Fort Drum to Prosecute NY DWI Cases in Military Court
Army soldiers will be subject to military justice rather than civil court.
Major General Michael Oates, commander of Fort Drum in northern New York, has decided to prosecute soldiers arrested for drunk driving in military, rather than civilian, court. The Army post has been publishing photos of soldiers accused of NY DWI for several months, though Oates said that effort has not deterred drunk driving enough.
Soldiers arrested for driving while intoxicated in New York will now be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Punishment can range from a reprimand to a full court martial. Oates also hopes to conclude the DWI cases more rapidly, stating that prosecution in civilian court can take too much time.
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of June 5
Really odd drunk driving news – 'Hitting Things'
Three items and one Nevada DUI – Anthony Lacerra refused to pull his motorhome over after striking two other vehicles. At one point he indicated that he was going to pull into a parking lot but continued on and struck a power pole. After he was eventually stopped, Lacerra claimed he was not driving, because his license had been suspended. Multiple witnesses confirmed he had been driving however and he was arrested for third-offense driving under the influence in NV. He was also charged with failure to maintain travel lane, hit and run, driving on a revoked drivers license, driving with expired registration and driving without insurance.
Six items and one Missouri DWI – In the space of one block, a drunk driver in Springfield, Missouri hit two vehicles, two trailers, a house and finally a pole. The suspect tried to run but police quickly found him and charged him with driving while intoxicated in MO.
Seven items and one New York DWI – Robert Prentice of Newfane hit a guard rail, a sailboat display, another vehicle and two trees. He then swerved onto a lawn and struck a house. Not deterred, Prentice drove off on three wheels and hit a sign before reaching his house. Responding police arrested Prentice for drunk driving in NY while he was trying to put his key in his front door.
Ten items and one New Jersey DWI – Police responding to an accident scene found that a motorist had struck four parked cars, three parking signs, a picket fence and finally two more parked cars. Witnesses were able to point to Timothy Kelly and his gold Ford Taurus as the single source of the damage. Kelly was charged with driving while intoxicated in New Jersey and failure to have valid insurance.
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of May 29
Really odd drunk driving news – 'Multiples in Parallel'
One car, two California DUI arrests – A Merced resident alerted police to a vehicle that had hit a concrete fence shortly after noon and was fleeing the scene riding on three flat tires. Responding police stopped the vehicle and questioned the driver, Sean Guevara. He admitted to having switched places with Nikki Munoz, who was driving at the time of the accident. Both were booked on suspicion of driving under the influence in California.
One car, two New York DWI arrests – Last winter, Lockport police investigating an accident found Christine L. Harris walking on the street and her car stuck in a snowbank. She was combative and denied driving at the time of the accident. While she was being booked for drunk driving in NY, her passenger, Paul E. Schuster, tried to maneuver the car into a driveway and became stuck. He too was charged with driving while intoxicated in New York.
One car, another two New York DWI arrests – New York State Police charged Aaron M. Stiles with DWI in New York after backing onto a road immediately in front of a patrol vehicle. Stiles reportedly had a blood alcohol level about twice the legal limit when he was ticketed. During the on-scene investigation, police learned that passenger Jeffrey J. Hutchins had been operating the vehicle before the two had switched places, because Hutchins was driving the wrong way home. Hutchins was charged with aggravated NY DWI for having a BAC of .22%.
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New York Considers Interlock Device for All DWI Cases
Even first offenders of NY DWI would be required to install the device.
Legislation was introduced yesterday calling for the mandatory installation of ignition interlock devices for everyone convicted of driving while intoxicated in New York. Senate bill S.27-b/A.7196-a would require the installation of ignition disabling devices in vehicles owned by DWI offenders who had a blood alcohol content at or above the legal threshold of .08%.
The bill's authors say that not enough has been done to reduce drunk driving in NY. They recite information from MADD claiming that ignition interlock devices have significantly reduced alcohol related accidents. The NHTSA statistics, however, reflect that the majority of those arrested for DWI never repeat the offense.
The proposed legislation passed the Senate Transportation Committee Tuesday and has not been debated by the full body. If passed, New York will become the eleventh state to require ignition interlock devices following a conviction for DWI.
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