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Feds Want States To Lower Blood Alcohol Thresholds For DWI

Jake Thomas — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:21 +0000

If this goes through many will be happy, and many will be unemployed as most business experts feel bars and taverns will be out of business in short order with a few exceptions. Federal safety experts want states to lower the threshold for DWI from .05 blood alcohol content to .08 blood alcohol content. See [...]

Troy Man Pleads Guilty To Driving A Backhoe Drunk

Jake Thomas — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:39:22 +0000

Years ago country music legend George Jones was busted for driving a riding lawnmower drunk in Florida after some binge drinking with his buddy Johnny Paycheck.He actually sang about it years later and the story is legendary in Nashville circles. Locally, a man did something much more dangerous. 44 year-old Jesus O’ Farril of Troy [...]

Dennis Drue Faces 52 Felonies In Indictment

Jake Thomas — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:57:02 +0000

52 felonies and a total of 59 was the tally of charges facing Dennis Drue, a 22 year old Siena student in relation to the December Northway accident that resulted in the death of 2 Shen students. Saratoga County DA James Murphy said that blood tests indicated that Drue’s alcohol level was over the legal [...]

Clifton Park Students Killed By Driver Under The Influence – Shenendehowa Students Wear Green

Kevin Richards — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:42:16 +0000

On Saturday Night December 1, 2012 tragedy struck Clifton Park High School students on their way home from a UAlbany game. Seniors Chris Stewart and Deanna Rivers, both 17 and athletes at the Shenendehowa High School, died in the crash. Reported by YNN, the Northway (I-87) accident was caused by another vehicle driven by Dennis [...]

Albany Area Man Arrested For DWI After A Hit And Run Accident

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:49:54 +0000

A man was arrested on Sunday evening, September 30, 2012, after he was allegedly involved in a hit and run accident. In a press release form the East Greenbush Police Department, 46 year old Nicholas Damopoulos was seen by police, pulling into his Schodack home, after it was reported that his car had allegedly hit [...]

Randy Travis Arrested for DWI

Billy Dukes — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:01:20 +0000

Randy Travis was arrested late Tuesday night (Aug. 7) on suspicion of DWI following a car accident in Texas. The country singer suffered minor cuts and bruises after crashing his car, according to TMZ. His vehicle was the only one involved in the accident. He is still in custody as of Wednesday morning.

Randy Travis Naked During DWI Arrest, Witnesses Say

Billy Dukes — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:00:37 +0000

More details are now available regarding Randy Travis‘ arrest in North Texas on Tuesday night. As previously reported, the singer was nabbed for suspicion of DWI, as well as retaliation and obstruction, after he allegedly crashed his car and “verbally threatened” a police officer. Reports are now surfacing that Travis was naked at the time of his arrest, which came just before midnight.

Log Bay Day Leads To A Slew Of DWI Arrests

Jake Thomas — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:14:58 +0000

Log Bay Day is famous in the north country and Lake George. Log Bay sits on Lake George but is in the town of Fort Ann in Washington County. Apparently the hundreds of boaters who hang out in the bay all day like to drink. Way too much in some cases. The day has historically [...]

Man From Altamont Arrested For DWI And Drug Charges

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:58:27 +0000

According to The Albany County Sheriff’s Department is, a 21 year old man from Altamont was arrested on charges of DWI and drug possession. Alexander Knapp was arraigned in the Town Of Guilderland and sent to The Albany County Correctional Facility. In a story that I saw on CBS 6 Albany, Knapp was allegedly found [...]

Westerlo Man Arrested For DWI After He Crashed his Car

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:31:38 +0000

Two people saw a man was driving his vehicle erratically on Route 85 in Westerlo on Saturday evening, June 23, 2012. They both made a call to 911. In a story from News 10 ABC, two drivers saw 42 year old Philip J. Winters of Westerlo, allegedly drive his car off the road and into [...]

Troy Man Allegedly Drove Drunk With A Flat Tire And With Children In His Car

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:35:44 +0000

A person that was driving on Pawling Avenue in Troy called the police about another car that was being driven erratically. In a story that I read in the Times Union, Aaron Beach was pulled over after being spotted driving on Spring Avenue. The Troy Police officers also noticed that he had a flat tire, [...]

Colonie Man Arrested After He Was Seen Driving The Wrong Way

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:51:02 +0000

A Colonie man was driving on Route 4 in East Greenbush, after he was spotted driving on the wrong side of the road by East Greenbush Police. This happened on Sunday morning, June 17, 2012 at about 3:00 a.m. In a press release from the East Greenbush Police Department, 24 year old Joshua Nolan from [...]

New York Lawmakers Push For Harder DWI Laws

Jake Thomas — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:28:40 +0000

State Senator Hugh Farley as well Assemblymen Jim Tedisco and Steve Mclaughlin are trying to put more teeth in New York State’s DWI laws. These guys are pushing hard for a new law that basically says “three strikes and you’re out” when it comes to DWI arrests. Currently people with 5 , 6 and in [...]

A Drunk Guy Gets Busted For Calling Troopers For A Ride

Jake Thomas — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:30:53 +0000

The intent was probably good. The execution was WRONG! I know we all hear that we aren’t supposed to drink and drive. It is true, we shouldn’t do it. We have been told that we should call for a ride when we have one too many, and that’s true too.A Claverack man identified as 26 [...]

Driving A Golf Cart When You're Drunk Can Get You A DWI

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:07:34 +0000

A man from Columbia County was driving a golf cart on Thursday night, but he wasn’t on a golf course. In a story from The Post Star, 25-year-old Craig C. Turczyn from Germantown made a very bad decision on Thursday night when he allegedly took the golf cart from the Finch Paper Company in Glens [...]

Hudson Falls Man Gets Sixth DWI Arrest In Nine Years

Jake Thomas — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:14:56 +0000

I can’t wrap my head around this one. How can someone get 6 DWI’s in 9 years and not be serving a sentence? This story could have ended tragically last night. The Warren Country Sheriff’s Department got a call alerting them that a car was driving north in the southbound lane of the Northway. [...]

Drunk Woman Violated Leandra's Law In East Geenbush

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:41:28 +0000

A 26-year-old woman that was driving a van in East Greenbush, when an East Greenbush Police Officer saw the van weaving on Troy Road. From a press release from the East Greenbush Police Department,on Friday night, the officer pulled the van over, which was being driven by Myranda Rai Tuner from Oswego, N.Y. When the [...]

A Rensselaer Man Was Missing Parts Of His Car And Got A DWI

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:29:24 +0000

There was a car missing some of its body parts in the middle of Troy Road in East Greenbush. The 2001 Hyundai Sonata had its grill, fenders and front bumper, including the license plate torn off. According to a press release from the East Greenbush Police Department, the driver, Paul A. DiDonna of Rensselaer, was [...]

Clifton Park Man Rolled Car While Driving Drunk

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:39:49 +0000

A 22-year-old Clifton Park man crashed his car on Friday night on Lake Shore Drive, in the Hampton Lake Town Park in East Greenbush. In a press release from the East Greenbush Police Department, Stephen M. Frost was driving drunk when he crashed his car through a guard rail, rolled his car over a chain [...]

Albany Area Woman Goes To Jail After Her Third DWI

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:19:27 +0000

A woman was driving a 2008 Jeep on Sunday afternoon, when East Greenbush Police saw her weaving on Columbia Turnpike. From a press release from the East Greenbush Police, they then pulled over 43-year-old Kristine M. Gould from Schenectady. She was given standard sobriety tests proving that Gould was intoxicated. A datamaster test was also [...]