Two DWI Arrests On New Year's Day

Clarkstown Police report the arrest of a woman from Spring Valley and a man from Long Island City early on New Year's Day.

Police arrested Emmanuel Siegel, 31, from Long Island City at 3 a.m. on Tuesday in Nanuet for DWI. Police report Siegel was driving  a 2001 Jeep without headlights. Police report he made an illegal U-turn, and drove over the center median on Route 59 in Nanuet.  He failed field sobriety tests and failed a breathalyzer test at police headquarters. Siegel is due to appearance in court on January 23 on DWI charges and several vehicle and traffic law infractions.

About two and half hours later at 5:30 a.m. police arrested Jessica Peguero, 26, from Spring Valley for DWI. Peguero was involved in an accident in the parking lot of the Hub Shopping Center on Route 59 in West Nyack when she backed her 1998 Honda out of a parking space and struck another vehicle which was also backing out of a parking space.  Peguero failed field sobriety tests and failed a breathalyzer test. She is due in court on January 14 on DWI and other charges.