DWIs for Connecticut Men in New York

Two Connecticut men face DWI charges in Putnam County, NY.

The first arrest took place on June 11. At 2:34 a.m., Deputy Sheriff Kevin Radovich stopped a motorist who had committed traffic violations on Route 6 in Southeast. The deputy concluded that the driver, identified as Gregory A. Tricario, 28, of 58 Jeanette Street, Danbury, Connecticut was intoxicated. 

The deputy arrested Tricario and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor, after the man failed a series of standardized field sobriety tests. Police also alleged that Tricario was in possession of a quantity of cocaine, and additionally charged him with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a misdemeanor. 

Tricario was processed at the Putnam County Correctional Facility and held pending arraignment.

The second took place on June 12. At 9:55 p.m., Deputy Sheriff Robert Hudson responded to a 911 report of an erratic driver on Route 311 in Patterson. The deputy responded to the area and observed the driver of suspect vehicle commit a traffic violation. 

He stopped the car and concluded that the driver, identified as Ivan O. Chamale- Muralles, 38, of 101 Housatonic Avenue, New Milford, Connecticut was intoxicated. The deputy arrested Chamale-Muralles and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor, after the man failed a series of standardized field sobriety tests. 

Chamale-Muralles was processed at the Putnam County Correctional Facility and held pending arraignment.

If found guilty of the misdemeanor charges, they could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 for each charge.