Drunken Driving

Yankee Stadium (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

DWI Checkpoints Appear Near Yankee Stadium

Some Yankees fans were surprised to find four police DWI checkpoints set up in the vicinity of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Friday night, snarling traffic as fans tried to make their way home.

2013/04/28

Staged Accident Hits Point Home About Driving Drunk For L.I. Students

Students in Massapequa, Long Island, have been through a rare and sobering experience, as the football field was turned into the scene of a simulated deadly drunken driving accident.

2013/04/17

Prosecutors: Wrong-Way Driver Was Drunk When He Hit Van Full Of Teens

A tow truck driver from Baltimore has been hit with serious charges, after he allegedly drove drunk and caused a wrong-way crash into a van full of teenagers on the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens.

2013/03/25

3 L.I. Parents Busted For Driving Drunk Or High With Kids In Cars

Police arrested three parents on Long Island in recent days for driving while either high on drugs or drunk.

2013/03/23

A man undergoes a sobriety test at a drunk driving checkpoint - File / Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Nassau County DA: Week Before Thanksgiving Is Deadly For Motorists

In what is considered a very deadly week on the roadways, the Nassau County District Attorney has put out a warning to motorists.

2012/11/17

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Second New York City Police Officer In 3 Days Charged With Driving Drunk

A New York City police officer was arrested and charged with driving drunk in Queens Monday, police said.

2012/11/12

School Bus into Syosset home (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Parents Back Push For Interlock Ignition Devices On School Buses

Some parents on Long Island are encouraging lawmakers to pass a new law that would prevent school bus drivers from getting behind the wheel drunk.

CBS New York–2012/10/20

Off-Duty NYPD Officer Arrested, Charged With Driving Drunk

An off-duty New York City police officer has been charged with driving drunk after fleeing an accident.

CBS New York–2012/10/13

NY Driver Charged In NJ After Hitting Police Car

Two New Jersey police officers escaped serious injury when their cruiser was rear-ended early Sunday by an allegedly intoxicated New York motorist.

2011/05/15

NJ Man Faces Drunken Driving Charge In Fatal Crash

One man was killed and another faces drunken driving charges following a three-vehicle crash on the Garden State Parkway in central New Jersey.

2011/04/03

City Employee Arrested For Driving While Intoxicated

Police said Brian Baba, of the New York City Department of Sanitation, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:47 a.m.

2011/04/03

Hicksville Woman’s DWI Conviction Tossed Amid Crime Lab Woes

A New York judge has thrown out a defendant’s drunken driving conviction amid growing questions over the accuracy of results from the Nassau County crime lab.

2011/03/07

Police Arrest Lindenhurst Man For DWI

Three people are in the hospital after detectives said a drunken driver ran a red light crashing into two separate cars in Hempstead on Saturday morning.

2011/02/27

NJ Man Accused In Officer’s Fatal Crash Detained

Federal immigration authorities say a New Jersey man charged with drunken driving and vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty police officer must remain jailed even though he has posted bail.

2010/12/11