Crime & Safety
5 Caught Drunk Driving During Halloween DWI Enforcement: Sheriff
The five Suffolk residents were all charged with DWI during a special enforcement last Halloween weekend, according to the Sheriff's office.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY - Five people were accused of drunk driving in Suffolk County this past Halloween weekend, according to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's office conducted a DWI Enforcement Unit in Patchogue, Brookhaven, Bay Shore and Central Islip.
Between Friday, November 1 and Sunday, November 3 officers arrested the five impaired drivers for DWI, the sheriff's office said.
According to the sheriff's office, those arrested were:
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- Michael Frechette, 21, of Medford, charged with DWI.
- Kareem Baldwin, 34, of Bay Shore, charged with DWI and unlicensed operation of a vehicle.
- Salvadora Vaz, 61, of Ronkonkoma, charged with DWI
- Miguelina Rodriguez, 32, of Central Islip, charged with DWI and two counts of seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
- Matthew Crowley, 39, of East Patchogue, charged with felony DWI, refusing to consent to a breath test and first degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle.
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