Former East Hanover Police Sgt. Driving Drunk Learns Fate For Fatal Crash: Prosecutor
A former police sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, June 17, for killing a man while driving drunk last October, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at 10:58 p.m., officers responded to a crash on Route 23 North after a 2021 Ford F-150 was traveling south in the northbound lanes of travel and struck a 2005 Toyota Camry traveling north, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant
The Ford F150 was operated by Keith Gunther, a 42-year-old Wanaque resident, who was a police…
DWI Spring Valley Driver Kills 4-Year-Old Girl, Seriously Injures 3 Others Leaving Park: Cops
A 4-year-old girl was killed and three others, including two young boys, were seriously injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed into a group of pedestrians near a park in Rockland County, police said.
The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, on Old Nyack Turnpike near 142 Old Nyack Turnpike, according to Spring Valley Police. The victims were leaving the park when a black vehicle jumped the curb and hit them as they walked along the sidewalk.
Police said 41-year-old Axel Lopez-Santiago, of Spring Valley, was found wedged in his vehicle, which had become disabled after…
Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car On Taconic In Pleasant Valley, Police Say
A Queens man was arrested for driving drunk with a child in the car after a traffic stop on the Taconic State Parkway, authorities said.
The arrest happened on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at approximately 10:48 p.m. in Pleasant Valley, according to New York State Police.
A Trooper from SP Poughkeepsie stopped a 2020 Acura that was heading south on the parkway for "multiple violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law."
The driver, identified as Donny J. Peralta Parra, 32, of Queens, "exhibited signs of intoxication." Police said he “failed” standardized field sobriety tests administered at the sce…
Drunk Pickup Driver Charged In Deadly Lake Success Pedestrian Crash: Cops
A Long Island man is facing multiple charges after a woman was struck and killed while crossing the road Friday night, June 6, authorities said.
The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025, near 430 Lakeville Road in Lake Success, according to the Nassau County police.
Police say the 61-year-old woman was trying to cross the street when she was hit by a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado traveling south, operated by Rajvir Singh Bharaj, of North New Hyde Park.
The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where a doctor pronounced her dead.
Detectives say the driver, …
