Armed, Drunk Virginia Man Rams Car, Flees Cops In Wild Highway Chase: Police
A Culpeper man is behind bars after allegedly flashing a gun, fleeing from police, and smashing into another driver during a reckless highway pursuit, officials said.
Scott L. Wilks, 60, of Culpeper, was arrested after he allegedly sparked a fight at a business on the 700 block of Nalles Mill Road and then took off — armed and intoxicated — before crashing into another vehicle, the Culpeper Police Department said.
Police were called around 8:40 p.m. after a fight broke out between two customers. Things quickly escalated.
After the physical altercation, Wilks allegedly went to hi…
Woman Arrested After Hit-And-Run Critically Injures Bicyclist In Wyandanch: Police
A bicyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in Wyandanch, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, Aug. 2.
Bertha Dantant, 49, of Wyandanch, was arrested after fleeing the scene of a collision that left a man in critical condition, police said.
The crash happened when Dantant, driving a 2011 Toyota Camry, struck the northbound bicyclist as he was making a right turn from Lewis Street onto eastbound Irving Avenue around 10:07 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, according to police.
The victim, described as an adult male approximately 50 years old, was transported to Good Samaritan Hos…
VA Man Ignored Friends, Hit Tequila — Then Hit Tree Twice Fleeing Deputies: Sheriff
A Virginia man downing tequila shots at a bar and claiming he was having “a bad night” made things a whole lot worse for himself, deputies say.
German Alfaro, 23, of Woodbridge, is accused of getting wasted at Buffalo Mo’s early Friday, Aug. 1, before crashing his beat-up Honda Civic — not once, but twice — while leading Stafford County deputies on a bizarre drunk-driving chase.
It started around 2:10 a.m., when deputies were called to the bar on Wicomico Drive for a report of an intoxicated driver who had already driven into some bushes. When a sergeant showed up, they spotted the Civic — …
