On television, police dramas never involve issues like jurisdictional limitations of one police department over another when pursuing a fleeing vehicle. Police in Amherst, New York, work in the real world of town and county lines at which their jurisdiction either ends or must give way to other police agencies. Such a situation occurred recently

In exchange for a light sentence, the New York Nets’ new head coach, Jason Kidd, plead guilty to a drunk driving charge. The single car accident happened in 2012. After leaving a charity event in the Hamptons, Kidd crashed his SUV into a telephone pole. He admitted to the judge that he had consumed three

A 42-year-old woman has been placed under arrest after police noticed her driving erratically along the Sunrise Highway. According to police, she was observed to be speeding and weaving randomly between lanes in the early morning hours of June 22. The woman was detained in nearby Patchogue and is said to have 28 prior driver’s

A Utica Housing Authority executive was recently ticketed by New Hartford authorities for allegedly performing an unsafe lane maneuver and driving while intoxicated following an altercation at a nearby bar. He was then reported to have failed a chemical test which registered his blood alcohol level at 0.09 percent, which is marginally above the legal

A woman from Clinton Corners was arrested after she allegedly drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway. State police suspected that she was driving while intoxicated. The woman was charged with driving the wrong way on a one-way road, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle and misdemeanor drunk driving. She was given several

When people drink and drive, it is no secret that they are more prone to accidents. They may have slower reaction times and may have difficulty concentrating on the task at hand. The state of New York imposes harsh penalties on people convicted of drunk driving. There can be even more significant consequences, however, when