New York Paralegal Blog

The Amityville Police Department received information that a subject would be returning his two children, ages four and five, to the vicinity of Ketcham Avenue and Orchard Street. Amityville police were also told that he might be intoxicated. On March 7, 2012, at approximately 8:25 p.m., an Amityville police officer stopped David Hager, Jr., 26, as he was operating a 2005 Dodge Caravan. Inside the vehicle were his 4-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son. Upon interviewing Hager, police determined that he was intoxicated and placed him under arrest.

Richard Hughes was driving a 2002 Lincoln Continental southbound on Route 110 in North Amityville at 5:56 a.m. when his vehicle struck two pedestrians near Ritter Avenue. The female pedestrian, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The male pedestrian, who is unidentified, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow where he was listed in critical condition.