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Cops: Man drove drunk with child passenger, charged with felony DWI under Leandra’s Law
A man who failed to comply with the commands of an officer directing traffic last night was driving drunk with a 14-year-old passenger in his vehicle, Riverhead Police said.
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Cops: Calverton man drove drunk with 5-year-old passenger, charged with felony DWI
A Calverton man was arrested on a felony DWI charge under Leandra’s Law after a traffic stop on West Main Street Monday night, Riverhead Police said in a press release.
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Riverhead man sentenced on manslaughter, DWI charges in connection with fatal crash on Flanders Road in December
The Riverhead man who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in June in connection with a crash on Flanders Road Dec. 17 has been sentenced to 2 3⁄4 to 8 1⁄4 years in prison, Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced today.
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Driver in fatal Flanders Road crash pleads guilty to manslaughter and DWI charges
A Riverhead man who crashed his vehicle into a house on Flanders Road in December, killing his passenger, pleaded guilty today in Suffolk County Criminal Court to manslaughter and DWI charges, Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced this evening.
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Driver who crashed school bus carrying 10 Cub Scouts from Baiting Hollow camp last summer pleads guilty to multiple felonies
Prosecutors said the school bus driver had a blood-alcohol content of .30% — nearly eight times the legal limit for the holder of a commercial driver's license.
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Cops: Drunk driver in head-on crash on Sound Avenue had loaded gun
Police said the driver crossed a double-yellow line and crashed head-on into a westbound vehicle carrying five people. He was arrested on weapon possession, aggravated DWI and other charges, police said.
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Cops: Impaired motorist plows into police cruiser at accident scene, injuring officer
A Riverhead police officer working at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Wading River late last night was injured when a vehicle operated by an impaired driver crashed into his police vehicle, police said in a press release early this morning.
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Child injured in Flanders Road crash Thursday has succumbed to her injuries , State Police say
The child critically injured in a crash on Flanders Road Thursday morning has died, New York State Police announced this afternoon.
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Cops: Man drove drunk with 2-year-old child in vehicle
Riverhead Town Police report the DWI arrest of a man operating a vehicle on Sound Avenue last night with his 2-year-old son in the vehicle.
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Sentencing postponed a fourth time for drunk driver who killed Wading River Boy Scout in 2018
Thomas Murphy, 60, convicted in December on multiple felonies in the drunk driving death of Andrew McMorris, 12, of Wading River, is now due to appear in court on July 31.