Police: Man who plowed into Nesconset carport faces DWI charge
A Centereach man who drove his car off the road and into the driveway of a home in Nesconset on Thursday night, crashing into a parked vehicle and a carport, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, Suffolk police said.
The incident occurred on Pierson Street at 10:16 p.m.
Arrested was Juan Acosta, 23, charged with DWI.
Police said Acosta was driving northbound on Brooks Avenue when he "failed to negotiate a curve" -- and drove his car into the driveway of the house on Pierson, crashing into the parked car and carport.
No one was injured and, police said, the main structure of the home was not damaged.
Acosta faces arraignment Friday in First District Court in Central Islip.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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