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Putnam Valley Man Faces Assault Charges In Domestic Dispute, Police Say
PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. -- A Putnam Valley man faces assault and other charges after he was arrested in a domestic dispute case, police said.
Gheorghe Stavila, 65, was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 6, after attacking his wife during an argument, according to Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith.
Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Levine arrested Stavila and charged him with third degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, both misdemeanors, police said.
Stavila was processed at the Putnam County Correctional Facility and held pending arraignment.
If found guilty of the mis…
Man Driving Erratically On Route 6 Charged With DWI, Sheriff Says
SOUTHEAST, N.Y. -- A Connecticut man faces charges of driving while intoxicated after he was spotted driving erratically on Route 6 in Southeast, according to Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith.
Marcelino Hernandez-Pena, 45, of New Milford, was pulled over in the early hours of Tuesday, Jan. 12, by Deputy Sheriff Keith Blessing, the sheriff said.
Hernandez-Pena was slapped with a misdemeanor DWI charge after he failed field sobriety tests, according to Smith, .
He was processed at the Putnam County Correctional Facility and held pending arraignment, the sheriff said.
If found guilty, H…
Bridgeport Man Charged In Drowning Death Behind Bar
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- A Bridgeport man has been arrested in the drowning death of a fellow bar patron last summer on the Bridgeport-Fairfield border, according to a report in the Connecticut Post.
Richard deCarvalho, 33, who turned himself in to police Wednesday, Jan. 13, faces charges of criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault, and breach of peace, the Post reported.
The body of Wayne Bentley, a 42-year-old West Haven man, was found in Ash Creek behind Chubby’s Bar & Grill on Fairfield Avenue in the early hours of Aug.1, 2015, after an apparent fight, police said.
His death…
