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Man accused of driving high on drugs in crash ordered to jail

Denis Karachopan, 24, of Rocky Point, who was

Photo credit: James Carbone | Denis Karachopan, 24, of Rocky Point, who was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs after a crash on Feb. 5, is escorted out of the Fifth Precinct in Patchogue. (Feb. 6, 2013)

A Rocky Point man who police said was high on drugs when he crashed his car head-on into another vehicle driven by a young mother with a newborn baby in tow was ordered jailed Wednesday.

Denis Karachopan, 24, was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on charges of first-degree driving while being impaired by drugs and seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance.

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