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Dunkirk-Owings, MD
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‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says
A 35-year-old Maryland woman is facing a laundry list of charges after deputies say she swerved off the road, smelled like alcohol, and had an open bottle of vodka and a stash of pills in her car. According to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy on patrol conducted a traffic stop on Skinners Turn Road in Owings after watching a vehicle strike a curb and cross the white fog line several times. When deputies approached the driver, Dunkirk resident Tammy Carolyn Gaich, they “detected a strong odor of alcohol emitting from her person,” the sheriff’s office said. She submitted to Stan…
Brentwood, NY
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Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop
A Long Island man who drove high and drunk and crashed into a Suffolk police officer’s patrol car, nearly killing him, will spend a decade behind bars. Cody Fisher, 29, of Brentwood, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Suffolk County Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer and several related charge The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5. Suffolk County Police Officer Brendon Gallagher was conducting a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway between exits 58 and 57 when Fisher sped past in a 2021 Ford Mustang. When Gallagher tried to pull him over, Fish…
Garden City, NY
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Drunk Woman Crashes Onto
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Tracks In Garden City, Police Say
A Garden City woman is facing charges after police say she drove drunk, smashed through a fence, and landed her car on the Long Island Rail Road tracks. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Nassau Boulevard station in Garden City, according to Garden City Police. Christine Riordan, 43, had a passenger in her vehicle when she struck two parked cars in the lot before accelerating through the protective fencing and onto the tracks, police said. No injuries were reported. The incident forced a suspension of service on the Hempstead Branch as MTA crews worked overnight to …
Stafford, VA
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Stafford DUI Suspect Botches ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ Sobriety Test, Sheriff Says
A Virginia woman who plowed her pickup into a telephone pole tried to prove she wasn’t drunk by reciting "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Spoiler: it did not work. Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, to Harrell Road and Forbes Street after multiple callers reported a Ford F-150 off the road and into a pole. When deputies first arrived, they found the truck in a ditch and the driver insisting she was fine. “I’m just a bad driver,” she told deputies. Stafford County Sheriff But the signs were obvious, according to deput…
Stafford, VA
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Booze
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: Virginia Man With 3 DUIs Found Asleep At Wheel, Stafford Sheriff Says
Arthur Bailey found himself in a familiar position in Virginia over the weekend. Bailey, 47, is facing several charges after being found passed out behind the wheel along I-95 on Sunday morning, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called shortly before 7 a.m. on Sept. 14 to the area of Courthouse Road and the I-95 overpass, where there were multiple reports about an unconscious driver. Upon arrival, they found a Chevrolet sitting through multiple green lights with Bailey inside. Officials noted that the vehicle "was in drive with nothing stopping it from rolli…
Fredericksburg, VA
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100 MPH Jeep Chase Through Spotsylvania Ends In Drunken Crash, Arrest. Sheriff Says
A Virginia sheriff's deputy’s attempt to stop a reckless driver turned into a 100 mph chase through the county before ending in a crash, authorities said. The pursuit began around 2:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, when a deputy spotted a gray Jeep driving recklessly near Massaponax Church Road and Smith Station Road, according to the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office. When the deputy tried to pull the driver over, he sped off — pushing speeds near 100 mph as he fled down Smith Station Road, investigators said. The driver’s run came to an end when he lost control and crashed off-road near Smith Stati…
Stafford, VA
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‘Bar-Hopping’ DUI Driver Left Pedestrian In Roadway After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says
A Virginia woman who admitted she was “being drunk” after bar hopping is accused of plowing into a pedestrian before trying to lie her way out of it. The driver, 23-year-old Olivia Correa, of Stafford, was arrested after the crash on Garrisonville Road near Salisbury Drive around 12:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies on patrol found a man lying in the roadway and quickly called for Fire and Rescue. Just yards away, they spotted a vehicle with visible collision damage and even a handprint on the hood, officials said. The victim wa…
Stafford, VA
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Stafford Home Smashed By Drunk Driver Who Nearly Hit Resident Inside: Sheriff
A drunk driver from North Carolina is behind bars in Virginia after he lost control of his pickup and smashed through a home — narrowly missing a resident inside. Alexandros Brownlee, 35, was arrested after the crash on Huff Drive in North Stafford around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Brownlee’s pickup truck slammed into a Mercedes and then into a home, uprooting a tree and destroying a light post before he tried to flee the scene, leaving behind plenty of evidence for investigators to follow. When deputies arrived, they fo…
Fredericksburg, VA
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Driver Crashes Into Yard, Then Tries To Bite Deputy In Spotsylvania: Sheriff
What started as a midday DUI stop in Virginia ended with a 33-year-old man behind bars after attempting to bite a Spotsylvania County Sheriff's deputy. John Morrow is facing charges after allegedly attempting to take a bite out of crime after putting deputies through their paces on Saturday afternoon. According to the sheriff's office, deputies were called at around 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 6 to the 8300–8500 block of Courthouse Road, where there were reports of a driver who had driven through a yard before coming to rest in the grass outside a nearby home. Upon arrival, they fo…
Stafford, VA
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Man Slams Car At McDonald’s, Drives Over His Own Lawn In Botched Stafford Getaway: Sheriff
A late-night McDonald’s run turned into a bizarre chain of blunders when a 47-year-old Virginia man smashed into another car, failed his great escape, and then drove across his own front lawn before stumbling toward his front door in front of deputies, officials said. The bizarre chain of events began around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, when deputies were called to the McDonald’s on Ferry Road for a hit-and-run, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The victim told investigators she was waiting in the drive-thru for a late-night snack when a Toyota rear-ended her car. T…
Leesburg, VA
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Two Kids Hurt After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Virginia School Bus: Sheriff
An allegedly intoxicated West Virginia man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a crash involving a Loudoun County Public School bus, authorities announced. Thomas Allen Broomall, 49, of Charles Town, West Virginia, is facing charges following a crash that sent one to the hospital, according to investigators. Deputies from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office were called shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 to the 34000 block of Leesburg Pike, where there was a reported crash involving Broomall and the school bus. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said that one man was taken …
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Man Caught Drunk Driving With Child In Car On Taconic Parkway In Mount Pleasant, Police Say
A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving drunk with a child in his car on the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County, police said. The incident happened in the Town of Mount Pleasant on Sunday, Aug. 31 at around 6:45 p.m., New York State Police said on Wednesday, Sept. 3. At that time, a trooper stopped a southbound vehicle for a traffic violation and identified the driver as 40-year-old Jose A. Aliaga-Velasquez of Port Chester. Authorities said he showed signs of being drunk, and a 15-year-old child was also inside the car. Aliaga-Velasquez was then arrested and bro…
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