Last summer, Christopher Gish was taken into custody 3 times in the time period of 11 days and was charged with DUI in Dickson County. His driving privileges could have been taken after his 2nd offense but he remained free until the third offense because of some reasons, in which the communication gap between the Borough cops and circumstances of Lackawanna County’s method of prosecuting the DUI drivers were included. Last week, he was sentenced to 6 months of house arrest by Lackawanna County Judge, Michael Barrasse, for a 3rd time DUI offense. In the month of October after pleading…Read More
54-years-old Alexandria Cogan of Elkins Park was charged on Monday for causing an alleged DUI accident that resulted in her husband’s death. The incident took place in Lower Moreland on 19 August on Huntingdon Pike near Spur Road when Cogan was driving a Mazda Miata convertible. She had the top of the vehicle down when it crossed over the yellow lines and slammed into a Toyota Camry. Police reports confirm that Cogan was driving at a speed of 63 m.p.h in a 45 m.p.h zone when the incident happened. As a result of the collision, the Mazda flipped over. Cogan’s…Read More
24-year-old Nichole Labelle of Secane is awaiting trial for killing a young man while she was driving intoxicated in Philadelphia. The incident took place two years ago in Upper Darby when Labelle was arrested one Tuesday night after she crashed her car. According to police, she had used prescription pills and was high on heroin at the time. According to the police reports, Secane crashed her vehicle into an unoccupied car at about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The incident took place on Westbrook Drive near Alverstone Road. Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood gave details of the incident saying that…Read More
58-year-old Joe Gallagher, a longtime football coach at Haverford High School in Delaware County, is going to need a good defensive coordinator after his recent DUI charge. Gallagher was arrested on the suspicion of drunk driving after he allegedly fled the scene of a crash that took place in Prospect Park on Saturday. According to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, he is also facing charges of reckless driving apart from the DUI charge. Police reports confirm that Gallagher allegedly drove into another vehicle about 4 p.m. when he was at an intersection. After the crash, he fled the scene.…Read More
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1239 to close a loophole which allowed some repeat drunk drivers to escape harsher penalties and drive on the roads. After the passing of the bill, prosecutors will now be able to charge DUI suspects with harsher penalties if they are repeat offenders and have been arrested again for subsequent DUIs. The will now face stricter penalties that come with repeat violations. An incident lead to the introduction of the bill when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled a driver who had been arrested twice for DUI in the same night. However, the…Read More
PHILADELPHIA – A suspected drunk driver was taken in custody in West Philadelphia after he tried to flee and evade police officers. While he was attempting to flee, he hit a 22-year-old man riding a bicycle and also struck a parked car. The incident took place on Saturday and started around 12:40 a.m. Police tried to stop a vehicle which was speeding and travelling in the wrong lane of a two-way street at 5500 Spruce Street. However, the driver completely ignored the police and struck a bicyclist. The incident took place in the 800 block of South 56th Street in Cobbs…Read More
UPPER DARBY – A DUI crash that took place on Sunday resulted in a Drexel Hill man being charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. According to police reports, the man was driving under the influence, seriously injured a 31-year-old woman and also slammed into three vehicles. The offender, identified as 57-year-old Ronald Devuono of the 3800 block of Bonsall Avenue, was driving a bright orange 2014 Dodge Charger when he went for a Sunday drive through Drexel Hill area around 5 p.m. Police reports state that he allegedly had an open bottle of Don Perignon in the vehicle. Police Superintendent…Read More
Early Sunday, an incident took place on the Schuylkill Expressway which resulted in the injury of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers. According to police reports, the troopers were helping an alleged drunk driver when their cruiser was hit by a car. The troopers were on patrol when the incident happened around 2:30 am. They saw a car stopped in the highway’s eastbound lanes near Montgomery Drive. When the troopers arrived, the man pulled his car to the left side of the road instead of to the right. As the troopers pulled up behind him, they tried to get his vehicle…Read More
MONTGOMERY TWP., Pa. – A dash cam video has been released by the Montgomery Township officers of a drunk driving suspect who slammed into two vehicles on an intersection before crashing violently into a police cruiser. The officer driving the cruiser was waiting at a red light when a car careened through the intersection, before crashing into the police cruiser and other vehicles. Montgomery Township officers responded to reports of a vehicle collision and entrapment at an intersection according to the reporter. The crash was recorded by the dash cam on the cruiser. Another vehicle was also struck by the drunk…Read More
A Camden County police officer has been charged with DWI after he allegedly drove a red pickup truck through three street signs on Friday 20 June, shortly before 2 am. The crash happened at Route 38 and Church Road. The officer was removed from street duty after the incident. The officer, 21-year old William A. Grasso of Hammonton, N.J., is facing drunken driving charges. After driving through the three street signs, he struck a building and also knocked down a neon sign for Benash Liquors in Cherry Hill. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Grasso was…Read More