Croton Cops: Hit and Run Driver Charged with DWI

On January 21 at 7:45 p.m. Croton police got several 911 calls about a hit and run. 

A van had reportedly been struck from behind by a station wagon-type vehicle, said Lt. John Nikitpolous, which then fled the scene. 

The vehicles were driving on Route 9 north. Croton police notified the hit and run hotline, state, county and Ossining police departments. 

At 8:32 p.m., Ossining police had stopped a station wagon that seemed to match the description of a white-gray color. It was at the Getty Service Station on Route 9. 

The driver, 33, with a last known address of James Street, Ossining, was found to have a suspended license and appeared to be intoxicated. 

Croton police brought him to headquarters. Here he consented to a breathalyzer test that issued a positive reading for a blood alcohol count above the legal limit of .08. 

He was charged:

• with driving while intoxicated, 
• leaving the scene of a property damage accident,
• aggravated unlicensed in the third, 
• and no headlights. 

Note: an arrest does not indicate a conviction.