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William Pena, 49, a 17-year veteran of the MTA and a father of a 14-year-old daughter, was killed in February 2014 after a stolen box truck driven by Domonic Whilby, 22, crashed into the bus he was driving in Greenwich Village. According to police, Pena was thrown from the driver’s seat and landed under the […]
DWI/Criminal
Registered Nurse Charged with Stealing Morphine Intended for Patients
Katherine Falzetta, 23, a Registered Nurse at the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Clinton, New York, was arrested in May 2013 for stealing morphine from patients not under her care. Falzetta appeared in Plattsburgh City Court before Judge Mark Rogers and was released on her own recognizance. She was charged with first-degree falsifying business records, […]
Suffolk County Police Sergeant Arrested for Stealing from Latino Drivers During Traffic Stops
A 25-year veteran of the Suffolk County Police Department in Long Island, New York was arrested in January 2014 for stealing $100 from an undercover Latino police officer pulled over during a traffic stop. Suffolk County Police Sergeant Scott Greene, 50, was caught on a hidden surveillance camera planted in the undercover car stealing the […]
Muslims Sue NYPD Over Secret Surveillance Program
Backed by the American and New York Civil Liberties Unions, New York Muslims filed a federal lawsuit in June 2013 against the New York Police Department (NYPD). The lawsuit claims that secret NYPD programs that monitor Muslims in the Northeast are invasive and unconstitutional. The NYPD instituted such surveillance programs after the September 11 terrorist […]
Studies: Driving Hung-over Just as Serious as Driving Drunk
According to the latest studies, driving while hung-over is just as dangerous as driving drunk. In research conducted by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, study participants had 10 drinks at night. The next morning, when their blood alcohol contents were zero, they took a one hour driving test. The participants had difficulty concentrating and driving […]
Driver Facing Numerous Charges after Brooklyn Car Accident
The driver responsible for a multi-car accident in Brooklyn that injured several people will face a variety of charges, according to ABC News. The accident occurred as the driver was attempting to evade police early Wednesday morning. The police car that had been chasing the suspect was also involved in the crash, as was another […]
Brooklyn Judge Arrested for DWI
A Brooklyn Supreme Court justice was arrested last week in upstate New York on suspicion of drunk driving. According to the NY Post, the judge failed a roadside sobriety test and also refused to agree to a blood test. The judge has a court date set for later this month. The Post did not provide […]
Port Authority Checkpoint Leads to 3 DWI Arrests
Earlier this month (the night of August 31, 2012 through the morning of September 1, 2012), the Port Authority set up a checkpoint on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel. The PAPD stopped a total of one hundred twenty-five vehicles during the operation, with three of the stops leading to three DWI arrests. […]
Westchester County DWI Attorney Report: Long Island Grandmother Arrested for Aggravated DWI
A Suffolk County police officer arrested a grandmother from Long Island on Friday night when she allegedly drove drunk with her minor grandchildren in the backseat. The New York Post reports that the driver was stopped when an officer saw that she had been driving while missing one of her front wheels, at which point […]
Homicide Charges Dismissed in Long Island DWI Case
A Suffolk County judge has dismissed all charges that had been pending against a teenager in Long Island following a crash that led to the death of a passenger in his car. The accident occurred in the Hamptons last year, and was at first suspected to be a DWI. The DWI charge was dropped when […]
Westchester, NY Criminal Defense Attorney Report: Charges Dismissed In Assault Case
Recently, in a Westchester County, NY criminal matter handled by the Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC, our client, a 20 year-old male, was arrested and originally charged with Assault in the second degree, a Felony, after a fight with his mother’s boyfriend. The boyfriend was a 46 year-old with a criminal history of […]
Supreme Court, Appellate Division Upholds Depraved Indifference Murder Conviction Stemming From Car Accident
Earlier this month, a Brooklyn appellate panel upheld the murder conviction of Franklin McPherson. McPherson was convicted of second degree murder after driving the wrong way for approximately five miles on the Southern State Parkway in October of 2007, eventually striking another car and killing its driver. Defense counsel argued that because McPherson had been […]
Court Rules Bronx District Attorney Failed to Meet Speedy Trial Requirements
A Bronx judge ruled on October 7th that the Bronx DA failed to meet the requirements of “exceptional circumstances” in failing to produce police witnesses in the criminal trial of a man accused of felony assault and marijuana possession, among other charges. The DA had argued that the witnesses, two police officers, were unable to […]
White Plains, NY Criminal Defense Attorney Report: Charge Dismissed in Upstate New York Assault Case
A court in upstate New York (Niagara County) recently dismissed a misdemeanor charge of assault in the third degree due to a fatal defect in the factual assertions of the case included in the accusatory instrument. As a brief background, the defendant was accused of punching his brother-in-law in the face, and subsequently striking him […]
White Plains, NY Criminal Attorney Report: Charges Dismissed In Domestic Violence Case
Our firm recently represented a criminal defendant in a local city court charged with the following offenses under 2 separate dockets: Docket #1 1) Attempted Assault in the third degree (Penal Law §120.00); and 2) Harassment in the second degree (Penal Law §240.26). Docket #2 1) Assault in the third degree (Penal Law §120.00);2) Menacing […]
New York Firefighter Charged with DWI after Accident in Bronx
An off-duty New York City Firefighter is facing multiple charges, including DWI and leaving the scene of an accident, after crashing into another car in the Bronx (NYC) on Thursday night. The firefighter was apprehended by police after leaving the accident, which occured on the Grand Concourse at approximately 10:30 pm. The motorists in the […]
New York State Police Seeking Witnesses in Fatal DWI
New York State Police are seeking witnesses in a fatal DWI crash that left Daniel Macalena dead early Saturday morning. According to State Police Investigator Matt Manza, Macalena, of Wappinger’s Falls, had stopped his vehicle in the center lane of the Sprain Brook Parkway just south of the Jackson Avenue exit when he was struck […]
Troopers Charge 3 Westchester Motorists with DWI
Troopers charged three New York motorists with driving while intoxicated (DWI) recently in separate investigations in Port Chester, Croton-on-Hudson and Southeast, state police said today. Stephanie G. Madeira, 24, of Danbury, Conn., was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated around 1:30 a.m. today on Interstate 84 in Southeast, police said.Lisa J. Yellen, 51, of Cortlandt […]
Two Westchester County Residents Charged With DWI After Unrelated Accidents
Two Westchester County, NY residents were charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after their involvement in unrelated accidents. Debra Heyde, a 49 year-old Yorktown woman, was charged with misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) on March 6, 2010 after her car struck a utility pole on Greenwood Street. She was also charged with various traffic violations. […]
Former Yonkers Man Enters Pleas Of Guilty To Multiple Felonies Stemming From May 2009 Car Accident/Wrongful Death Of 29 Year-Old
A 26 year-old former Yonkers resident, Louis Nardella, Jr., entered pleas of guilty to multiple felonies stemming from a car accident that killed a 29-year-old woman in New Rochelle. Mr. Nardella pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter, criminal possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving while impaired by drugs, […]
Westchester NY Bicycle Accident Attorney Report: 11 Year-Old On Bike Injured By DWI Dad In Pelham, NY
On July 17, 2008, a 50-year-old New Rochelle, NY dad, William A. Furelle, drove drunk with his three daughters in the car. While taking the three children ages 5, 9, and 10 to dinner, Furelle injured an 11-year-old bicyclist on Storer Avenue in Pelham. The young child hit the van’s windshield, and he suffered injuries […]
Westchester County DWI Lawyer Report: Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI On Taconic Parkway
Maryam A. Tantawy, a 25 year-old female, was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) by State Police on January 29, 2010. She was initially pulled over for failing to signal a lane change at 4:57 a.m. Upon further examination, she was found to have a 1.0 blood alcohol level (the legal limit is […]
Westchester County (NY) Car Accident Lawyer Report: Bronx Man Receives Two Year Sentence After Injuring Teen
Desmond Shand, a 41-year-old Bronx resident, was sentenced to two years in state prison for a number of misdemeanor and felony convictions, including assault and vehicular assault. Shand pleaded guilty to the full eleven-count indictment against him. In addition to the aforementioned felonies, Shand was charged with leaving the scene, driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, […]
Westchester County (NY) DWI Lawyer Report: 9 Arrested On New Year’s For DWI And Related Offenses In Westchester County
Westchester County police officers charged eight motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol (DWI) on New Years Eve and into the morning hours of the new decade. The crackdown on drunk drivers took place all over Westchester County with 6 of the arrests ocurring at an over-night check point set up where the Bronx […]
Westchester County (NY) DWI Attorney Report: 6 Arrested For DWI In Westchester County
According to a December 18, 2009 Journal News report written by Terrence Corcoran, six motorists from Westchester County, NY and Connecticut were charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) on Thursday, including a Buchanan man charged with felony DWI due to two prior convictions for the same offense. The arrests were made along the Sprain Brook […]
