Man Caught Driving With 20 License Suspensions in Suffolk: Police

ISLIP TERRACE, NY - A Manorville man was recently arrested after he was caught driving with 20 license suspensions in Islip Terrace on Wednesday night, according to Suffolk Police.

An officer noticed a 2002 Ford Taurus traveling at a high rate of speed on Sunrise Highway near exit 46 at 10:40 p.m. and initiated a traffic stop, police said.

The officer checked the driver’s license and determined the driver, 29-year-old Kristopher O’Connell, had his license suspended 20 times on 10 separate dates, dating back to December 2005, police said..

He was charged with first degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, and was issued a summons for speeding, police said.

He was held overnight at the Third Precinct for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.