A Congers man faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, resulting in three fatalities and three non-fatal poisonings between February 2020 and April 2022. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, says 25 year-old Justin Turnick regularly distributed narcotics to local residents, including his friends, partners, and acquaintances. The three fatalities attributed to Turnick were Gustaf Olsen, Jonathan Shashoua, and Ione Koenig. A sentencing date was not released.
NYPD Sergeant Arrested, Charged with DWI in Alleged Hit-and-Run
An NYPD sergeant from the town of Chester was arrested Sunday on DWI charges after allegedly hitting a car on the Palisades Parkway in Rockland, fleeing the scene, and leading police on a chase into Orange County. New York State Police say the incident occurred Sunday just after 6pm near exit 10. A Trooper attempted to stop the gray 2009 Honda traveling north near exit 13, but the driver refused to stop, and a chase began. 34 year-old Dysmairy DeJesus was eventually stopped in the town of Highlands. She was arrested for DWI and Unlawful Fleeing. DeJesus also faces Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident charge. She was released and is due back in Town of Highlands Court next month.
Tomkins Cove Resident Charged with Wrong-Way DWI
An alleged wrong-way driver was nabbed earlier this week in Stony Point and now faces DWI charges. Stony Point Police Chief Greg Becker says 30 year-old Mynor Recinos-Gonzalez of Tomkins Cove was caught by a DWI patrol just after midnight Sunday. Chief Becker says Recinos-Gonzalez was spotted by an officer driving northbound in the southbound lane of North Liberty Drive. He was arrested and charged with Felony DWI with a previous DWI conviction in the last ten years, and misdemeanor DWI. He is due back in court next week.