Crime & Safety
Chief Finds Impaired Driver Outside Police HQ
Moreover, the vehicle had a suspended registration.
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MAHOPAC, NY — Carmel Police Chief Anthony Hoffmann came across a Port Chester man obstructing traffic with his vehicle on Croton Falls Road just outside of CPD headquarters on March 27.
Two officers including a drug detection expert then determined the driver was operating while under the influence of drugs.
Further investigation found he was driving a vehicle with a suspended registration.
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The driver was taken into custody and charged with DWAI and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration. He was processed and released with an appearance ticket pending a future court appearance in the Town of Carmel Justice Court.
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