Crime & Safety
Peekskill Man Arrested For Driving Without License
Police pulled him over after observing him following another vehicle too closely.
YORKTOWN, NY — A Peekskill man was arrested for allegedly driving without a license. Yorktown police said Maurice O. Anderson, 26, of Peekskill, was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor, and unlicensed driver, fail to obey a traffic control device, uninspected motor vehicle and following too closely, traffic infractions.
An officer on routine patrol around 10:35 a.m. Sept. 12 on Route 6 in the area of Mill Street saw a vehicle that was following another too closely and that failed to obey a traffic control device.
The vehicle was stopped and its driver was identified as Anderson.
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Police said he was driving without a driver's license as well as while his privilege to drive in New York was suspended.
Anderson's vehicle also did not have a valid state safety inspection.
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He was arrested at the scene and taken to the Yorktown Police Headquarters.
Anderson was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Yorktown Justice Court Oct. 11.
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