Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the Nassau County Police Department nabbed 87 drunken drivers –– count ’em, 87 –– during a stepped-up enforcement effort. In Suffolk County, police reported 60 arrests.
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12/9/10
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A cab driver was robbed and carjacked in North Valley Stream early Thursday morning. According to police, the driver, a 50-year-old man employed by Laurelton Taxi of Queens, was taking a passenger to an address on North Fletcher Avenue.
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12/2/10
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The drunk driver who killed East Rockaway resident Tim Motherway in a car accident last March pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and one count of misdemeanor DWI on Tuesday at Nassau County Criminal Court in Mineola. The drunk driver, Patricia Bregel, 33, will receive 16 months to 4 years in jail. She will begin to serve her sentence in six weeks.
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Anthony Bottan
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4/1/10
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Assemblyman Robert Barra (R-Lynbrook) said he’s outraged at what he describes as a ”blatant money grab orchestrated by Gov. David Paterson and his cohorts in the state Legislature.” As part of the 2009-10 state budget, which he voted against, drivers licenses and registration fees will increase dramatically.
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9/3/09
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