(914) 220-1086Recently, 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 […]
DWI/Criminal
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 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 (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 […]
Westchester County (NY): Yonkers Resident Enters Guilty Pleas After Injuring Two In Greenburgh Car Crash
Shawn Ferrier, a 35-year-old Yonkers resident, admitted to injuring two people and damaging four parked cars while driving drunk in Greenburgh, NY. He pled guilty to three felonies, second-degree assault, vehicular assault, and aggravated unlicensed operation, as well as driving while intoxicated (DWI) and four other misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief. Ferrier reportedly took area […]
Car Accident In Brooklyn (NYC) Kills 32 Year-Old Woman: Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter And DWI
Andrew Kelly, a NYPD police officer, has been charged with second degree vehicular manslaughter and Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after reportedly striking a 32 year-old Brooklyn woman with his car. Officer Kelly also received a ticket for speeding after the incident. The 32 year-old woman was reportedly trying to hail a cab. She died from […]
