Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD
Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD A Maryland teen accused of slamming into the back of a car at a Gaithersburg red light — killing an 88-year-old woman inside — has now been charged months after the crash, police said. Liam Donnelly Coskun, 18, of Germantown, turned himself in on Friday, Nov. 21, after investigators obtained an arrest warrant in the death of Myrtle Gottlieb of Rockville, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit. The crash happened on Saturday, May 31, around 8:35 a.m., at the intersection of westbound Sam Eig Highway and Fields Road in Gaithersburg, police said…
Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison
Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison A New York woman who caused a fatal head-on crash while off her anti-seizure medication will spend years in prison. Jacklyn Parker, 25, of Troy, was given 1 ⅓ to four years behind bars in Albany County Court on Monday, Nov. 24. A planned lighter sentence was scrapped after Parker was later arrested on suspicion of DWI while awaiting sentencing. Monday’s sentence followed Parker’s guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide for the August 19, 2024, crash on River Road in Selkirk that killed 60-year-old Colleen Selkirk. Investigators said Parker crossed the center line and struck an oncomin…
Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say
Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say A Florida man learned the hard way that drunkenly waving a handgun in front of a business after being escorted out is not tolerated in Virginia. Orlando native Jon Holland, 42, was arrested in Loudoun County following a strange scene that played out at a Leesburg business and landed him behind bars, according to the police. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to the 500 block of E. Market Street, where there were reports of an intoxicated man who brandished a firearm after being escorted out. Upon arrival, it was determined t…
VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage
Video: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a Morristown councilwoman for DUI in Denville last month. Toshiba Foster, 50, of Parsippany, was charged with DWI, reckless driving, careless driving, and operation of an unregistered vehicle on Sept. 6, records show. Footage of the stop was released by Transparency Bodycam on YouTube. The outlet said her BAC was .20%, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08%.  In the footage, Foster tells officers she didn't have anything to drink, but the officers told her that they smelled alcohol. She then tells officers she was coming from hangin…
‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says ‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says ‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says
‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says A 35-year-old Maryland woman is facing a laundry list of charges after deputies say she swerved off the road, smelled like alcohol, and had an open bottle of vodka and a stash of pills in her car. According to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy on patrol conducted a traffic stop on Skinners Turn Road in Owings after watching a vehicle strike a curb and cross the white fog line several times. When deputies approached the driver, Dunkirk resident Tammy Carolyn Gaich, they “detected a strong odor of alcohol emitting from her person,” the sheriff’s office said. She submitted to Stan…
Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop
Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop A Long Island man who drove high and drunk and crashed into a Suffolk police officer’s patrol car, nearly killing him, will spend a decade behind bars. Cody Fisher, 29, of Brentwood, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Suffolk County Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer and several related charge The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5. Suffolk County Police Officer Brendon Gallagher was conducting a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway between exits 58 and 57 when Fisher sped past in a 2021 Ford Mustang. When Gallagher tried to pull him over, Fish…
Drunk Woman Crashes Onto LIRR Tracks In Garden City, Police Say Drunk Woman Crashes Onto LIRR Tracks In Garden City, Police Say Drunk Woman Crashes Onto LIRR Tracks In Garden City, Police Say
Drunk Woman Crashes Onto Lirr Tracks In Garden City, Police Say A Garden City woman is facing charges after police say she drove drunk, smashed through a fence, and landed her car on the Long Island Rail Road tracks. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Nassau Boulevard station in Garden City, according to Garden City Police. Christine Riordan, 43, had a passenger in her vehicle when she struck two parked cars in the lot before accelerating through the protective fencing and onto the tracks, police said. No injuries were reported. The incident forced a suspension of service on the Hempstead Branch as MTA crews worked overnight to …
Stafford DUI Suspect Botches ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ Sobriety Test, Sheriff Says Stafford DUI Suspect Botches ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ Sobriety Test, Sheriff Says Stafford DUI Suspect Botches ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ Sobriety Test, Sheriff Says
Stafford DUI Suspect Botches ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ Sobriety Test, Sheriff Says A Virginia woman who plowed her pickup into a telephone pole tried to prove she wasn’t drunk by reciting "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Spoiler: it did not work. Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, to Harrell Road and Forbes Street after multiple callers reported a Ford F-150 off the road and into a pole. When deputies first arrived, they found the truck in a ditch and the driver insisting she was fine. “I’m just a bad driver,” she told deputies. Stafford County Sheriff But the signs were obvious, according to deput…
BOOZE SNOOZE: Virginia Man With 3 DUIs Found Asleep At Wheel, Stafford Sheriff Says BOOZE SNOOZE: Virginia Man With 3 DUIs Found Asleep At Wheel, Stafford Sheriff Says BOOZE SNOOZE: Virginia Man With 3 DUIs Found Asleep At Wheel, Stafford Sheriff Says
Booze Snooze: Virginia Man With 3 DUIs Found Asleep At Wheel, Stafford Sheriff Says Arthur Bailey found himself in a familiar position in Virginia over the weekend. Bailey, 47, is facing several charges after being found passed out behind the wheel along I-95 on Sunday morning, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called shortly before 7 a.m. on Sept. 14 to the area of Courthouse Road and the I-95 overpass, where there were multiple reports about an unconscious driver. Upon arrival, they found a Chevrolet sitting through multiple green lights with Bailey inside. Officials noted that the vehicle "was in drive with nothing stopping it from rolli…
100 MPH Jeep Chase Through Spotsylvania Ends In Drunken Crash, Arrest. Sheriff Says 100 MPH Jeep Chase Through Spotsylvania Ends In Drunken Crash, Arrest. Sheriff Says 100 MPH Jeep Chase Through Spotsylvania Ends In Drunken Crash, Arrest. Sheriff Says
100 MPH Jeep Chase Through Spotsylvania Ends In Drunken Crash, Arrest. Sheriff Says A Virginia sheriff's deputy’s attempt to stop a reckless driver turned into a 100 mph chase through the county before ending in a crash, authorities said. The pursuit began around 2:10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, when a deputy spotted a gray Jeep driving recklessly near Massaponax Church Road and Smith Station Road, according to the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office. When the deputy tried to pull the driver over, he sped off — pushing speeds near 100 mph as he fled down Smith Station Road, investigators said. The driver’s run came to an end when he lost control and crashed off-road near Smith Stati…
‘Bar-Hopping’ DUI Driver Left Pedestrian In Roadway After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says ‘Bar-Hopping’ DUI Driver Left Pedestrian In Roadway After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says ‘Bar-Hopping’ DUI Driver Left Pedestrian In Roadway After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says
‘Bar-Hopping’ DUI Driver Left Pedestrian In Roadway After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says A Virginia woman who admitted she was “being drunk” after bar hopping is accused of plowing into a pedestrian before trying to lie her way out of it. The driver, 23-year-old Olivia Correa, of Stafford, was arrested after the crash on Garrisonville Road near Salisbury Drive around 12:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies on patrol found a man lying in the roadway and quickly called for Fire and Rescue.  Just yards away, they spotted a vehicle with visible collision damage and even a handprint on the hood, officials said. The victim wa…
Stafford Home Smashed By Drunk Driver Who Nearly Hit Resident Inside: Sheriff Stafford Home Smashed By Drunk Driver Who Nearly Hit Resident Inside: Sheriff Stafford Home Smashed By Drunk Driver Who Nearly Hit Resident Inside: Sheriff
Stafford Home Smashed By Drunk Driver Who Nearly Hit Resident Inside: Sheriff A drunk driver from North Carolina is behind bars in Virginia after he lost control of his pickup and smashed through a home — narrowly missing a resident inside. Alexandros Brownlee, 35, was arrested after the crash on Huff Drive in North Stafford around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Brownlee’s pickup truck slammed into a Mercedes and then into a home, uprooting a tree and destroying a light post before he tried to flee the scene, leaving behind plenty of evidence for investigators to follow. When deputies arrived, they fo…