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Brooklyn Man Faces Number Of Charges For Fatal Drunk Driving Crash

According to police, Steven Calandrillo, 25, slammed his car into a woman standing on the sidewalk at the corner of Shore Parkway and Bragg Street in Sheepshead Bay around 2 a.m. on Saturday.

2013/06/16

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Twelve Arrested At Long Island Sobriety Checkpoint

The DUI suspects ranged in age from23 to 52, the two men arrested for DWAI were Mathew Russo, 23, of Mount Sinai and John Emig, 26, of Islip Terrace.

2013/06/15

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Off-Duty Cop Charged With Drunk Driving

Off-duty NYPD officer Kelly Hughes, 24, was arrested around 9:30 a.m.

2013/06/10

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L.I. Man Facing Slew Of Charges For Driving Drunk With Child In Car

Suffolk County Police said Jose E. Amaya, 29, of Patchogue was spotted driving erratically and crossing a double yellow line while traveling eastbound on Montauk Highway near Lenox Avenue in East Patchogue.

2013/06/09

Ernesto Lezama (credit: Suffolk County Police)

L.I. Police: DWI Suspect Had Three Kids In Car

Ernesto Lezama, 42, was arrested Sunday night after an officer spotted him driving erratically and weaving around the road in Coram, police said.

2013/05/27

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NTSB Recommends Lowering Legal Limit To Reduce Drunk Driving Deaths

The National Transportation Safety Board said states should shrink the standard from the current .08 blood-alcohol content to .05 as part of a series of recommendations aimed at reducing alcohol-related highway deaths.

2013/05/14

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Study: Texting And Driving Kills More Teens Annually Than Drinking And Driving

More than 3,000 teens die annually from texting while driving, compared to about 2,700 for driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a study by Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park.

2013/05/09

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

LI Parents Push For Ignition Interlock Devices In All School Buses Amid Rash Of DWI Arrests

A public hearing held Thursday in Farmingdale took aim at what’s become a growing problem of school bus drivers operating their vehicles while intoxicated.

2013/05/02

Wilver Garcia-Lopez and Dorita DeGarcia. (credit: Suffolk County Police Department)

Suffolk PD: Huntington Station Couple Arrested After DWI Crash With Three Kids

The couple crashed into a home after leaving a baby shower, police said.

2013/05/01

Demonstration of Ignition Interlock Device - File / Photo: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images

Bill Seeking To Close Loophole In Leandra’s Law Progresses In State Legislature

The New York state law requires convicted drunk drivers to blow into a device that measures the driver’s blood alcohol level before the car can be started.

2013/04/20

Lloyd Williams was sentenced to 25 years to life for killing a man while driving drunk and high. (credit: CBS 2)

Maximum Sentence For Convicted Drunk, Drugged Driver On Long Island

A jury found Lloyd Williams guilty, handing down a rare depraved indifference murder conviction for a fatal DWI crash in Nassau County in June 2011.

2013/04/17

A car plowed into a home in Bellmore, Long Island on Saturday, April 6, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

Police: Drunk Driver Plows Into House On Long Island

According to police, Matthew Knee and a passenger were stuck inside the vehicle when Nassau County officers arrived at the scene on Saturday evening.

2013/04/07

A person walks the line during a drunk driving sobriety test - Dec 15, 2006 - Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Firefighter, Civilian NYPD Employee Charged With DWI

An FDNY firefighter and a civilian police employee were both arrested and charged with drunken while intoxicated this week.

2013/03/30

Thomas Vaughan mug shot (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Suffolk County Man Charged With DWI In Fatal Accident

Thomas Vaughan, 59, of Lake Grove has been charged with driving while intoxicated after he hit and killed a pedestrian in Lake Ronkonkoma around 2:30 a.m., police said.

2013/03/24

Danielle Ferrante mug shot (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Police: Mother With Twins In Car Charged With DWI

Danielle Ferrante, 31, was charged with DWI and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after police determined she was intoxicated.

2013/03/24

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