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Nassau County, NY: 24-year-old Valley Stream man charged in fatal DWI crash | liherald.com

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A Valley Stream man faces manslaughter charges after police say he drove drunk, ran a red light and crashed his car, killing a Franklin Square man.

Nassau County Police arrested 24-year-old Brian P. Daly of Comber Street for his involvement in the accident at the Franklin Square-North Valley Stream border on Feb. 27. Police say that Daly was driving his 2008 Lincoln southbound on Franklin Avenue at a high rate at 9:15 p.m. when he went through a red light at Corona Avenue and struck a 2003 Ford traveling east on Corona. Then Daly’s vehicle crashed into a 2010 Subaru stopped at the light before coming to a rest.

The driver of the Ford, 46-year-old Christopher DeCrescito, of Ferngate Drive, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m. The driver of the Subaru was not hurt.

Daly was taken to a nearby hospital for injuries to his right hip and right arm. All vehicles were impounded for safety inspections.

After his arrest, Daly was charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Daly has not yet been arraigned.

via Valley Stream man charged in DWI death – LIHerald.com – Nassau County’s source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping.

Nassau County, NY: Officer struck and killed while assisting DWI suspect | wsj.com

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A Nassau County Police officer was struck and killed by a car on the Long Island Expressway early Thursday morning, authorities said. Nassau police said late Thursday that a 25-year-old Long Island man was intoxicated when he set off the chain of accidents that led to the officer’s death. Police charged the suspect, James Ryan of Oakdale, with vehicular manslaughter, DWI, reckless driving and other crimes. He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning. Officer Joseph P. Olivieri, 43 years old, was assisting Mr. Ryan, who had just been involved in two separate accidents, at about 5 a.m. when a 2002 Cadillac Escalade struck him, police said. Mr. Olivieri was transported to Nassau University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Nassau County, NY: Illegal Immigrant Sentenced in Deadly DWI Crash | westislip.patch.com

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DNassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Monday that a Brentwood man has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to driving drunk and killing two men, including West Islip’s Larry Scuteri, in an April 2011 crash on the Wantagh State Parkway.

Oscar Ramirez, 30, pleaded guilty in June to aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of manslaughter in the second degree and driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced by Judge William Donnino.

Rice said that at approximately 4:50 a.m. on April 30, 2011, Ramirez was driving a Ford Windstar minivan northbound on the Wantagh State Parkway when he side-swiped a Kia sedan just south of Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow.

The Kia, containing driver Scuteri, 49, and passenger Daniel Gambardella, 46, of North Babylon, was pushed onto the east shoulder of the parkway and across the grass. The Kia then became airborne and struck a tree, killing Scuteri and Gambardella instantly, Rice said.

read more here > Illegal Immigrant Sentenced in Deadly DWI Crash – West Islip, NY Patch.

UPDATED w/link to arrest video (see comment thread) Nassau County, FL: County Commission Chairwoman arrested on DUI charge | jacksonville.com

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Chairwoman Stacy Turner Johnson of the Nassau County Commission was arrested and jailed on a charge of driving under the influence Friday night.

Johnson was booked into the Nassau County Jail on one count of DUI. A judge ordered her released on her own recognizance Saturday morning. Additional information wasn’t immediately available from jail officials.

Johnson didn’t return Times-Union messages left on her county-issued cell phone.

via Nassau County official arrested on DUI charge | jacksonville.com.

Mineola, NY: 19-year-old to serve 4 years in prison for fatal DUI killing her passenger-friend | northjersey.com

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A 19-year-old Long Island woman will serve up to four years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed her friend.

Daritza Lopez wept Tuesday as she told a Nassau County judge that she thinks every day about what she did.

Herica Contreras was the mother of two young children.

Lopez lost control of her vehicle on Nov. 29 in West Hempstead. She hit a parked car, careened across Hempstead Turnpike, entered a closed gasoline station and slammed into a building.

Newsday (http://bit.ly/L3zsHP ) says she pleaded guilty in March to manslaughter, drunken driving and other charges.

Prosecutors had sought 5 to 15 years in prison. The judge granted a defense request for youthful offender status.

Contreras’ sister, Monica Contreras, said no amount of jail time would make things right.

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