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Drunk Driver Sentenced For Killing Coworker In South Slope

SOUTH SLOPE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that Leonel Ortega-Flores, 36, of the Bronx, has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of a coworker last year in South Slope [/south-slope-crash/]. He faces three to nine years in prison. Leonel Ortega-Flores (courtesy of the Office of

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Drunk, Reckless Driver In The Bronx Kills Crown Heights Neighbor

CROWN HEIGHTS – A woman from Brooklyn was killed waiting for the bus at the bus stop in the Bronx when a drunk driver drove onto the sidewalk. On Sunday, August 11 at around 9:21 p.m., a 29-year-old man was driving a Nissan minivan south on Jerome Avenue in

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge Man Sentenced For Drunk Driving Death of 17-Year Old

After a 2016 drunk driving crash took the life of a 17-year cyclist [/drunk-driver-kills-teen-cyclist-gerritsen-beach-cops-say-sheepshead-bay/] in Gerritsen Beach, a measure of closure has come to the case, as District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the driver was sentenced to jail yesterday for second-degree manslaughter. Thomas Groarke, 26, of Bay Ridge was sentenced

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Neighbors Call For More Traffic Signals In Gerritsen Following Deadly Crash

Scene where 17-year-old Sean Ryan was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208751487841784&set=pcb.10154407208674038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Neighbors are demanding the city improve traffic safety on Gerritsen Beach’s main strip after

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Drunk Off-Duty Cop Slams Parked Cars Near Brooklyn College [Updated]

Brooklyn College (screenshot via Google Maps)An off-duty 70th precinct detective was arrested early this morning, after crashing into several parked cars near Brooklyn College, according to police reports. NYPD Detective Jermaine Clarke, 38, was driving a Honda southbound on Glenwood Road when he crashed into several parked cars at

Bensonhurst

Underage Drunk Driver Arrested After Slamming Cop Car & Three Other Vehicles

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA tipsy 20-year-old driver was arrested early Sunday morning for slamming four vehicles in a row on 24th Avenue — including a police car. Zarshed Davronov, of West 10th Street, charged with DWI, reckless driving, failure to obey the traffic light, and underage drinking charges, after his Honda

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Fort Greene Pastor Arrested For Drunk Driving In Manhattan

Photo via NY Post [http://nypost.com/2015/03/16/drunk-minister-has-been-dealing-with-loss-of-her-husband/] .A Fort Greene reverend was arrested on Friday night as she exited the Holland Tunnel on the New Jersey side at around 6pm, after other drivers called 9-1-1 reporting her as driving erratically and swerving across lanes, hitting curbs

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Drunk Driver Crashes Into Coney Island Avenue Storefront

Screenshot from the surveillance video just a split second before the Mercedes crashed through the storefront. (via ABC)Police have arrested Yvonne Batiz, charging her with a DWI after she drove her 2013 Mercedes through the Coney Island Avenue storefront of Federal Tax Masters between Avenue X and Avenue Y

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Two Car Crashes Last Night Leave Neighbors’ Cars, Apartment Building In Shambles

Several concerned neighbors contacted us this morning about a particularly scary car crash shortly before midnight last night on E 17th Street between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads. “A SUV hit several parked cars on the street, totalling at least two of them. A lot of neighbors went running out when

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Corrections Officer Caught Speeding While Drunk On Verrazano Bridge

Source: joo0ey via flickrA New York City corrections officer was caught racing down the Verrazano-Narrows bridge while intoxicated. SI Live is reporting [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/city_correction_officer_from_s_1.html] that the officer was driving over 80 mph, over 30 mph faster

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Gravesend’s Steven Calandrillo Arrested For Mowing Down Woman In Deadly Drunk Driving Accident

Source: NYDailyNews.comAn early morning accident on Saturday left a woman dead after an allegedly drunk driver mowed her down before colliding with a tree. Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/out-of-control-car-kills-brooklyn-woman-veering-sidewalk-article-1.1373571?localLinksEnabled=false] : > Police said 25-year-old Steven Calandrillo was driving a Ford Fusion along Shore

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Anel Kolenovic, Drunk Driver In Deadly Midwood Car Accident, Pleads For Forgiveness At Sentencing

Drunk Driving Victim Moshe Berkowitz (Photo: flatbushscoop.com)In 2010 [/student-killed-in-deadly-dui-accident-in-midwood/], Anel Kolenovic, wasted on Four Loko, was speeding down Ocean Avenue when he smashed into the car of 23-year-old teacher from Midwood named Moshe Berkowitz. Berkowitz died from his injuries. Now, three years later, Kolenovic, sentenced to serve between

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Killer Drunk Driver Responsible For 2010 Midwood Accident Faces 15 Years

Source: SalFalko/FlickrA couple of years ago, we reported on the death of a young Midwood student [/student-killed-in-deadly-dui-accident-in-midwood/] who was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Thanks to the efforts of the Kings County District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes, that drunk driver will be behind bars for a very long