While it is certainly not a competition, Suffolk County has seen a smaller decrease in the number of driving while intoxicated arrests than Nassau County. Though there have been 410 fewer arrests between 2011 and 2013 in Suffolk County, there were approximately 1,000 fewer arrests in Nassau County over the same period. Perhaps that is…

An East Islip man has been charged with drunk driving after allegedly causing an accident in Central Islip earlier in the month. The 29-year-old driver was accused of driving while intoxicated, which caused him to swerve into oncoming traffic and slam into the car of an 84-year-old Long Island woman. Though the woman died, he…

Prosecutors allege that a New York City teen was high on marijuana and speeding when he lost control of his sports car and caused and accident that killed his three best friends in October 2012 on the Southern State Parkway on Long Island. During the opening statements of the teen’s criminal trial this week, his…

When someone in Hauppauge is pulled over, arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, he or she may not realize just how serious of a situation he or she is in. New York’s DWI laws are particularly harsh and drunk driving penalties are more than just fines or the risk of jail time; they also…