Teen Accused Of Speeding In School Zone

YORKTOWN, NY — A 19-year-old was accused of driving with a suspended license and driving above the speed limit in a school zone. Yorktown police charged Lorenzo D. McCoy, 19, of Peekskill, with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor, and speeding in a school zone, a traffic infraction.

Police said, around noon April 1, an officer conducted a traffic stop on Lexington Avenue of a car he said was going 45 mph in a 15 mph school zone.

A routine check of McCoy's license found he was operating the vehicle while his privilege to do so was suspended two time for failing to answer summonses, police said.

He was arrested and taken to the Yorktown Police Department for processing.

McCoy was released on $100 bail and is due back in Yorktown Justice Court May 2.

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