Jaguars' Reggie Williams Arrested (DWI)

Jaguars' Reggie Williams Arrested in Houston

Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Reggie Williams, expected to leave the team as a free agent, faces DWI and marijuana possession charges. 

A Houston police department spokesman says the 25-year-old Williams was arrested early Friday after he was pulled over during a routine traffic stop and officers smelled marijuana. Both charges are Class B misdemeanors.

Williams was the ninth player selected in the 2004 draft. He has caught 189 passes for 2,322 yards and 18 touchdowns in his NFL career. He had 37 receptions for 364 yards and three touchdowns last season.

The Jaguars' media relations office and Williams' agent did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

The arrest was first reported by Houston television station KRIV.

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Family of basketball star injured in DWI crash

Family of basketball star injured in DWI crash 

A DWI crash last week has left a star high school athlete with serious head injuries. Tonight, Austin White's basketball team will play for the first time without him.

The Honeoye community is coming together after three high school seniors were involved in a drunk-driving crash last Tuesday night.

White has serious head injuries. He is still in the intensive care unit in guarded condition. His girlfriend, Kelly Hoertz, is now home recovering from a fractured skull. The alleged drunk driver, Dylan Jobson, had minor injuries.

Austin is the co-captain of the Honeoye basketball team. His family calls the 17-year-old's life a fairy tale. His girlfriend, Kelly is a captain of the cheerleading squad. His best friend, Dylan, is also a star athlete but everything changed last Tuesday night.

All three were in a car that lost control on Sunset Drive in Canadice right near Jobson's home. The car slammed into a tree. Austin wasn't wearing a seat belt and suffered the worst injury but the high school and entire Honeoye community has been showing its support.

Students are wearing Austin and Kelly shirts. Everyone, including his parents, are hoping for the best. They spoke exclusively with News 10NBC. His mother, Cathy White-Barber said, "I won't leave the bedside. I'm right there and we're going to be there for him and he looks great."

Austin's father Roy said, "I've never seen so many young people actually pray and it's big support, it's huge and we feel that some of that strength that Austin has gained and the good news is because of the energy that's been around us."

It will be an emotional basketball game for Honeoye tonight. They're playing at Bloomfield to start the sectionals without their star player.

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Sparta woman hurt in head-on DWI collision

Cops: Sparta woman hurt in head-on DWI collision


19-year-old township resident in other car faces several charges

SPARTA -- A 58-year-old Sparta woman was hospitalized with head injuries after the car she was driving collided head-on with a car being driven by a 19-year-old Sparta man who allegedly was driving while intoxicated, police said.

Police responded to the accident on Lafayette Road on Friday at 3:52 p.m. and found a red Saab 9-3 in the southbound lane with extensive damage to the driver's side of the vehicle.

Linda McDonald, the driver of the Saab, was taken to Newton Hospital for head injuries by the Sparta First Aid Squad, police said.

The second vehicle involved, a silver Subaru, was about 100 yards north of the accident scene. The driver, David Warrington, 19, of Sparta, was arrested for underage DWI.

Warrington was additionally issued motor vehicle summonses for careless driving, failing to keep right, failing to maintain lane and failing to produce a valid insurance card.

He was released pending a required court appearance.

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Hamburg Police Officer Vindicated in DWI Case Against Lawyer

Hamburg Police Officer Vindicated in DWI Case Against Lawyer

For the past six months, Hamburg Police Officer Vince Pupo has heard the whispers; whispers that he may have tried to frame attorney Anne Adams on a trumped up DWI charge. 

Last September second, Pupo was on patrol when he got a call about a car weaving down Route Five.

He caught up with the car, saw a woman driving and at one point, he says the driver almost hit the guardrail. Pupo pulled the driver over. 

"It was a convertible, there was an odor of alcohol coming from the car with the top down when I approached her," Pupo remembered.

"The driver had glassy eyes and slurred speech."

Scott Brown: "When you put her through the sobriety tests, how did she do?"

Pupo: "She failed all of them."

Pupo arrested Anne Adams, who admitted she had had a few drinks downtown with Supreme Court Judge Joseph Makowski, but denied she was drunk.

When Adams was given a breathalyzer test, it showed her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

So you can imagine Pupo's shock when in the days after the arrest, Adams, in an attempt to get her case dismissed, submitted a blood test showing that she had just a trace amount of alcohol in her system.

Meanwhile, Judge Makowski submitted a sworn statement saying he had been following Adams in his car, and that Adams' driving was perfectly normal.

That's when the whispers started about Vince Pupo and his arrest. 

"I was upset, these are things that we take to heart as police officers, my job is what I do for a living, I wouldn't jeopardize it for anybody," said Pupo.

Last Friday, Adams admitted that she'd had her blood drawn the day after her arrest, and Makowski recanted his sworn statement about Adams' driving. 

Officer Pupo was in court when Adams pled guilty to three charges, including the DWI. 

"I felt vindicated when she admitted to all of the stuff she did do. She thought she could beat the system by who she was, but at the end of the day the facts tell the truth."

Adams faces a sentence of up to two years in prison when she's sentenced in April.

As part of a deal with the District Attorney's office, Joseph Makowski resigned his position as a judge.

Both Adams and Makowski face the possible revocation, or suspension, of their licenses to practice law.

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Drunken driver over twice legal limit

Prosecutors: Drunken driver over twice legal limit

Police Officer Glen Ciano who was killed after being hit by vehicle driven by Jose Borbon. Borbon was charged with DWI

The Plainview man accused of being drunk at the wheel when he collided with a police cruiser, killing a Suffolk officer, faces increasing legal peril after prosecutors said his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

For the second day in a row, Jose Borbon, 23, stood in a Central Islip court Tuesday to face charges that he was drunk when he and Officer Glen Ciano collided before dawn Sunday in an intersection in Commack. Ciano, 45, a veteran Second Precinct officer, was killed when his cruiser hit a pole and burst into flames.

John Collins, Suffolk County's chief trial prosecutor, said a preliminary test of Borbon's blood showed an alcohol content of .19, far surpassing the legal limit of .08. Because the blood alcohol content exceeded a statutory limit of .18, prosecutors additionally charged Borbon - already charged with one count of misdemeanor drunken driving - with aggravated drunken driving.

However, based on a number of factors, such as the blood-alcohol content and the circumstances of the crash, it is likely he will face upgraded felony charges. Prosecutors this week said Borbon could face a homicide charge. This could include the crime of second-degree manslaughter, which is recklessly causing someone's death.

Collins noted that more than three hours passed between the crash and the drawing of the blood. "I think it follows logically and scientifically that that (the BAC) was well higher at the time of the crash," he said.

Borbon's attorney, William Petrillo of Rockville Centre, declined comment.

At the arraignment, Borbon, dressed in green jail scrubs and laceless black shoes, pleaded not guilty. His family again sat silently in a crowded audience dominated by dozens of Suffolk police officers.

While the new charge is also a misdemeanor carrying a maximum sentence of one year, the blood test result could be the critical factor in how a grand jury will perceive Borbon's actions, legal experts said.

Based on the "considerably high reading," Garden City attorney Stephen LaMagna said prosecutors would argue Borbon's alleged intoxication level was a "voluntary, reckless act" requiring a high-level felony charge.

"I think there is a high likelihood they will charge the defendant with the highest homicide they can . . . and that will be manslaughter two," LaMagna said.

The blood evidence prompted District Court Judge Patricia Filiberto to raise Borbon's bail from $75,000 to half a million dollars. Petrillo called the bail "perhaps the highest this court has ever set for a misdemeanor."

Petrillo asked prosecutors and the judge to ensure surveillance videos taken from a gas station near the crash site are "carefully preserved."

Borbon is scheduled to return to court on March 25.

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Man accused of DWI after car slams into minivan

Newton man accused of DWI after car slams into minivan

NEWTON -- A 24-year-old Newton resident is facing a variety of charges after he crashed into a minivan while allegedly driving drunk, police said.

Police were called to Sparta Avenue at 5:11 p.m. Friday to investigate a report of a traffic accident.

Responding officers determined that Raul Cinto had been driving a 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer east on Sparta Avenue when he lost control of his vehicle, entered the opposite lane of travel and struck a 2000 Ford Windstar head on, police said.

Debbie Desrivieres, of Hardwick, who was driving the minivan, was injured in crash. She was transported to Newton Hospital by Newton First Aid Squad for a complaint of neck pain.

Cinto exhibited signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests that were administered at the scene, police said.

He was arrested and cited on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, operating a motor vehicle within a school zone while under the influence, careless driving and being an unlicensed driver.

Cinto was processed and released pending an appearance in Newton Municipal Court

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Southampton Town DWI reports

Southampton Town DWI reports

Michael O’Connell, 49, of Hampton Bays was stopped by Southampton Town Police on February 17 at 12:36 a.m. on Flanders Road in Riverside and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, a felony. Police stopped Mr. O’Connell after receiving 911 calls about an erratic driver. Further investigation revealed that Mr. O’Connell was intoxicated and that his driver’s license had been revoked on three prior occasions for alcohol-related infractions. He was arrested and his vehicle was impounded by authorities.

Delfino Hernandez, 35, of Hampton Bays was stopped by Southampton Town Police on Sunday at 7:41 a.m. on Palo Alto Drive in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI. Police said they pulled Mr. Hernandez over after he strayed from his lane and crashed into two parked vehicles. He was taken into police custody after he refused to submit to a field sobriety test.

Patrick Gannon, 46, of Middle Island was stopped by Southampton Town Police on Saturday at 7:19 p.m. on Mill Road in Westhampton and charged with DWI. Police pulled Mr. Gannon over after they observed him failing to maintain his lane. He was taken into police custody and held for arraignment.

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