Crime & Safety
10 Arrests During Nov. 29 DWI Road Check
The Clarkstown police and the Rockland County Sheriff's Office worked jointly in West Nyack.
A DWI Road Check from 11:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Nov. 29 netted eight DWI arrests.
The Clarkstown Police Department’s initiative was supplemented by resources and personnel from the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department, police said.
One of the DWI charges was felony level, because Lisa Johansen, 24, of Nyack, had a prior drunk-driving conviction.
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In addition, police made two more arrests: for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana and for Operating with a Suspended License.
The crackdown effort, along with other enforcement details over the Thanksgiving Weekend, was funded through the Rockland County STOP DWI office and the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.
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