Cops: Fleeing motorist charged with felony DWI
A motorist was arrested on a felony drunken driving charge after fleeing an accident scene on the Northern State Parkway on foot, State Police said Monday.
The arrest came after state troopers responded at 2:49 a.m. Sunday to a crash on the westbound side of the Northern at Exit 29A in Roslyn Heights, police said.
"When troopers arrived on the accident scene, they observed the driver of a gray Acura involved in the accident fleeing on foot," police said in a Monday news release. "Troopers apprehended the man without incident."
Police did not provide details of the accident, such as whether there were other cars involved or any injuries.
The fleeing driver, Fantakos Dimitrios, 34, of Baldwin, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated because he's had at least one DWI conviction in the past 10 years, police said. He was being held for arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead.
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'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
