Last week, a Brooklyn teen standing on a street divider in Gravesend was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver. Driver Vitali Korzavin, 46, was arrested and charged with a DWI, speeding, and vehicular manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Stuyvesant High School student Terence Tsao. Yesterday, Korzavin's charges were upgraded to aggravated vehicular homicide from manslaughter, after it was revealed his blood alcohol level was .32, four times over the legal limit. more ›

On Friday night, a Brooklyn teen standing on a street divider in Gravesend was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver. Driver Vitali Korzavin, 46, was arrested and charged with a DWI, speeding, and vehicular manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Stuyvesant High School student Terence Tsao. Terence's devastated father, Ting Man Taso, told the News his son was returning home from his school’s Board Game Society, of which he was the president: “He stayed late on Fridays to be with his friends. That was his fun night.” more ›

A Brooklyn teen standing on a street divider was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver last night. Terence Tsao, 17, was standing on a Cropsey Ave. traffic island at Bay 37th St. in Gravesend when a 2000 Dodge minivan jumped the curb and hit him around 9:40 p.m. Tsao was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where he died. more ›

A Newark cop has been accused of tricking a drunk driver into giving him his pickup truck so the officer could use it to ram his estranged wife's car. Officer Enrique Gonzalez has been charged with criminal mischief and receiving stolen property—police say the pickup driver thought he had lucked out when the uniformed officer, who was off-duty at the time, told him to pickup the car later: "He says, ‘Okay, I’m not going to arrest you. Park your car here. I’m going to leave the keys in the tailpipe. Come back and get the car when you’re sober,’" Police Director Samuel DeMaio said. The driver "comes back several hours later and finds the car gone." more ›

The holiday season has started, along with lots of revelry—and Long Island police are ready. Suffolk County police made nine drunk driving arrests last night with increased patrols, which will last through New Year's Day. more ›

Months after serving a driver who later hit a teenage girl, a City Island bar is in the hot seat. According to city lawyers, who called it a public nuisance that shouldn't be allowed to do business, the Library Bar & Grill doesn't card young-looking customers. more ›

An unidentified man driving a blue sedan sideswiped one car and smashed head-on into an SUV in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court building just before noon yesterday, the Daily News reports. He then stumbled out of the vehicle and collapsed on the pavement as firefighters put out his car's small engine fire. It was then that they noticed the bottle of vodka that had been riding shotgun. According to the News, Department of Sanitation cops cuffed him until the NYPD got there. (Sanitation cops carry handcuffs?!) Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash, and charges against the driver are pending. To be sure, crashing in front of the courthouse was a nice gesture, but next time he wants to help streamline government services, he should drive drunk over to Rikers. more ›

Last August, 15-year-old Joseph Marino died after being struck by a drunk driver in Hampton Bays. Now the driver, Caroline Goss, who was found with an open container of alcohol in the car as well as her 6-year-old son, is reportedly close to making a deal with prosecutors to serve a six month sentence. A lawyer for Marino's family called the deal a "joke." more ›

It's the unofficial start of the summer! According to WCBS 2, "AAA estimates 3.8 million people from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania will travel this weekend - that's an 8 percent increase from last year. Analysts credit lower gas prices for the higher travel number, but AAA says because of a still fragile economy, families will likely spend less this year on summer travel, taking more road trips instead of a flight." more ›

An unidentified NYPD officer had both legs broken yesterday when he was hit by a drunk driver while stopping another drunk driver on the BQE around 4:30 a.m. The officer, a five year veteran, was escorting a vehicle to a tow pound when he spotted Hector Herrera Espinosa, 40, of Maryland "driving erratically, weaving in and out [of traffic]," a police source tells the Daily News. more ›

A drunken hit-and-run driver was a dead duck by the time police found him, slumped unconscious over the wheel of his Chevy minivan in Dyker Heights. After striking a pedestrian in his 50’s as he was crossing the street, 24-year-old Luis Cuamai attempted to flee the scene, but crashed into a parked car two blocks away and knocked himself out. According to the News, cops found him around 3:30 p.m. yesterday and charged him with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident, among other things. As for the victim, "He was lying in the middle of the street with blood pouring out of his head," said one witness. Despite that grim report, he is now at Lutheran Medical Center where doctors say he should survive. more ›

WABC 7 reports, "An off-duty school safety agent was allegedly drunk when she slammed her car into a tree in the Bronx, killing one passenger and injuring another. Police say 25-year-old Mariely Gonzalez lost control of her 1999 Toyota Camry, traveling westbound on Orchard Beach Road in Pelham Bay Park just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday night." Gonzalez's front seat passenger was killed while the back seat passenger suffered a fractured spinal cord. Gonzalez, who broke her back and leg, faces charges of "aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, reckless driving, and refusal to take a breathalyzer." more ›

The holidays are upon us and here's a feelgood story to go along with all the Christmas cheer. 1010Wins reports that a New York City businessman and philanthropist gave one of their listeners an early present this year in the form of $10,000. more ›

A Staten Island man was killed when an alleged drunk driver crashed into his car. The Staten Island Advance reports that Dion Price, 23, had been driving on Forest Avenue early yesterday morning when George Baldini's Chevy Tahoe, traveling on Manor Road, hit him. Price, who had just texted his fiancee that he was heading home, was pronounced dead at the scene while Baldini was charged with DWI. Also, the Advance notes that according to its archives, "A George Baldini Jr. of Port Richmond was arrested in October 2007 for allegedly being involved in an Internet child porn sting, and was accused of sending an undercover cop a dozen images displaying male genitalia, a naked 5-year-old girl, pre-pubescent girls performing sexual acts with juvenile boys. He believed the officer -- who used the nickname TINAGREENEYES -- was a 14-year-old-girl." more ›

Police arrested a 27-year-old man suspected for a fatal-hit-and-run that killed a Chinese food deliveryman after following the trail of anti-freeze from the crash site to the driver's home. Gus Pappaeliou is also suspected of being drunk during the Saturday incident. more ›

The husband of a pregnant woman, killed when a Gristede's van—driven by an allegedly drunk man—jumped a curb and slammed into her, raged at the horrible tragedy. In spite of driver Keston Brown being charged with manslaughter, the victim's husband Raynaldo Ramos told the Daily News there would be no justice, "If they do a million years, she ain't coming back. If they do the death penalty, she ain't coming back." more ›

Jose Borbon, accused of killing a Suffolk County police officer while driving drunk, apparently had a 0.19 blood alcohol level—twice the legal limit of 0.08. Prosecutors said that the test was administered 3 hours after the crash; chief trial prosecutor John Collins said, "I think it follows logically and scientifically that that (the BAC) was well higher at the time of the crash." Newsday reports that, based on that evidence judge raised Borbon's bail from $75,000 to $500,000. Borbon had a previous DWI in January and was driving with a conditional license where he could only drive to and from work—but on early Sunday morning, he allegedly plowed into Officer Glen Ciano's police cruiser, which then burst into flames, killing Ciano. Mothers Against Drunk Driving Long Island spokeswoman Denna Cohen was incredulous over the conditional license to Newsday, "To me, it's like somebody shoots you and you say, 'You know what? You need this gun for your protection, so we'll give it back to you.'" more ›

The family of a drunk driving victim is crying foul after it was revealed earlier this week that the driver was able to cop a plea that will only land him in jail for eight consecutive weekends. George Anderson was able to land such a light sentence after the DA's office relied on "comparative negligence" reasoning because victim Florence Cioffi was also intoxicated and stepped out from between two parked cars when she was struck by the Wall Street executive's SUV. Cioffi's companion of 18 years says, "I'm not saying that man has to go to jail for life, or 10 years or 11, but 16 days and on weekends? That's ludicrous. It's a rich man's sentence." The family disputes the DA's claim that they were consulted before the plea was struck and plan to attend the sentencing in hopes that they can get the case pushed to a trial. An attorney for the family tells WCBS, "It seems to me [the DA's office] were trying to fly this one under the radar. They didn't want to make a stink about it. They didn't want everyone to know what was going on." The News says that the Cioffis are planning to sue Anderson. more ›

Almost a year ago, a drunk driver fatally struck a woman on Water Street in lower Manhattan. George Anderson, who was found to be drunk, was charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Florence Cioffi, the victim, had been out with friends, and prosecutors had said Anderson was driving 60 MPH (the speed limit is 30 MPH). Now the Post reports that Anderson managed to get a break because Cioffi's blood alcohol content was apparently twice the legal limit. Anderson's lawyer said, "An intensive investigation by the defense and prosecutors revealed she probably stepped out from between two parked cars." Anderson, who could have faced up to 7 years in prison, will get "eight weekends in jail, do 200 hours of community service and pay a $350 fine" in his plea deal. more ›

The drunk driver who fatally struck a 24-year-old woman on East 4th and Bowery--and kept driving--last year has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter. Twenty-one-year-old Tenzing Bhutia, a senior at Baruch, will serve a two-year sentence starting in June for killing Julia Thomson (pictured) with his father's Mercedes last October. more ›