Wrong-Way Drivers, Fatal Crashes, Sheriff Lawsuit: The Week's Major Stories

Drunk, Wrong-Way Driver on 9W Had Rowdy Passenger, Cops Say

An intoxicated motorist driving the wrong way on Route 9W in Nyack early Wednesday morning was carted off in the back of a squad car—but not before his passenger tried to free him from the cops, according to authorities. 

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Woman Drove Four Times Over Legal Alcohol Limit in Fatal Taconic Crash

The 34-year-old Tarrytown woman, who died following a head-on collision on the Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown, drove at four times the legal alcohol limit, state police told Patch. 

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19 Arrested from Six Greenburgh Massage Parlors

Nineteen employees from six massage parlors in the Town of Greenburgh face felony Unauthorized Practice of a Profession charges as a result of an almost year-long investigation, Supervisor Paul Feiner said in a statement.

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Palisades Parkway Crash Leaves One Dead, Several Injured

A crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway late Wednesday night left one person dead and several others injured.

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Levy Talks Lawsuit, Calls Sheriff 'Out of Control'

Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy held a press conference Wednesday afternoon during which he spoke to reporters for nearly an hour about the lawsuit he's filing against Sheriff Donald B. Smith, his relationship with Alex Hossu, the man accused of rape, and more.