Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'thomassuozzi'
July 12, 2008
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi has revamped its DWI "Wall of Shame". Suozzi sought to publicize DWI arrests after a police officer was critically injured when a drunk driver hit him--the officer was in his cruiser on the LIE having just pulled over another DWI driver--and released names, addresses, and photos of arrestees. Now Suozzi has removed offenders under 19, after parents complained and the fact that the youngsters could be given "youthful offender" status.......
Continue Reading "Nassau County Executive Modifies DWI Shaming"June 15, 2008
Today, a 6-year-old boy will finally see his father, a Nassau County cop who was critically injured when a drunk driver rammed into his cruiser a month ago. Newsday reports little Christopher Baribault, who has been "plead[ing] to see his dad," will go to the hospital today. His father, Kenneth Baribault, had returned to his patrol car after pulling over a drunk driver on the Long Island Expressway when another drunk driver slammed into his......
Continue Reading "Critically Injured Cop Spends Father's Day in Intensive Care"May 31, 2008
Gianna Vigliotti was swept up in Nassau County's DWI crackdown and campaign to publicly announce DWI arrests (with arrestees' names, hometowns and mugshots) in order to deter drunk driving, but it turns out the 17-year-old resident told the police her Memorial Day weekend DWI was all a mistake. According to Newsday, Vigliotti blew a 0.15 blood alcohol level (the legal limit is 0.08) but apparently told the cop who pulled her over, "I didn't drink!......
Continue Reading "Kiss of Breath: Teen Arrested for DWI Blames Macking"May 29, 2008
Nassau County's unusual decision to release the names and photographs of everyone arrested for DWI over the Memorial Day weekend was both hailed and decried. Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi was moved to post the details and asked media outlets to run the information after a drunk driver plowed into a police cruiser--the police officer, who had just pulled over another drunk driver, was critically injured. Newsday spoke to a few of the arrestees, who......
Continue Reading "Newsday Interviews People from "DWI Wall of Shame""May 28, 2008
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi made good on his promise to publicize people arrested for driving while intoxicated over the Memorial Day weekend. Yesterday, he released the names of 109 arrested--81 were for DWI while 28 were arrested for driving while impaired, which is a lesser charge. The mugshots of the 81 DWI arrestees were also released. Suozzi said, "If the fear of killing somebody or the fear of ruining your life by getting......
Continue Reading "109 Nassau County DWI Arrests During Holiday Weekend"May 24, 2008
Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi is going to release information about everyone arrested for a DWI or DUI over this holiday weekend. Names, addresses, and mug shot photographs will be sent to local newspapers, with the request the papers print the information--all in an effort to shame people into not drinking and driving. Suozzi has been very upset by the incident where a Nassau County police officer suffered grave injuries after a drunk driver plowed......
Continue Reading "Nassau County Exec to Publicize Holiday DWI Arrests"
