Title: Putnam Valley Town Court
County: Putnam
Address: 265 Oscawana Lake Rd., Putnam Valley, NY 10579
Phone: (845) 526-3050 Fax: 845-526-2930
Court Calendar:
Traffic Tickets: Prosecuted by Town Attorney or local officers.
Criminal
Prosecutions: Putnam County District Attorney's Office
Judges: Hon. Gina C. Capone & Hon. Louis DiCarlo
Traffic Enforcement
The Town of
Traffic Court
Both town
justices have "traffic calendars" which are devoted to adjudicating traffic tickets. The NYS Police are prohibited from negotiating
plea bargains on traffic violations. As a result, a special town prosecutor has been appointed to deal with tickets written by the
NYS police. 95% of state police tickets are adjudicated through plea bargains with the special prosecutor. The Town Prosecutor and
both judges are reasonable about plea bargains as long as the speed was not more than 25 mph over the limit or over 80 mph.
Local
police officers generally prosecute their own tickets, though the special prosecutor may substitute for them. Again, most tickets
are resolved through plea bargains.
Traffic court sessions can last several hours. Attorneys are permitted to appear without
their clients being present for traffic court.
For more information about speeding and other traffic offenses, click here
To
read some Frequently Asked Traffic Law questions, click here.
For information about having the Law Office of Glenn Magnell defend your speeding ticket or DWI charge, click here.
Criminal Law Enforcement and Prosecutions
All criminal prosecutions are
handled by the Putnam County District Attorney's Office. Following a tragic 8 fatality accident on the Taconic in 2009 the Putnam
DA's office has taken a fairly hard line on DWI prosecutions. In 2011 there were more than 1000 alcohol related driving arrests
impaired or intoxicated driving (DWI, DWAI, DWAI-D) in Putnam County. Both the NYS Police and the Kent Town Police made numerous arrests.
Most arrests occurred after dark with many taking place after
In addition to DWI and DWAI, numerous arrests were made for Driving While Impaired by Drugs, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation
and Driving With a Suspended Registration. All of these offenses are "criminal" violations of the law and, as a result are prosecuted
by the Putnam County District Attorney's office. DWI cases are handled by local Assistant District Attorney's, but their work is supervised
by a DWI supervisor.
Both town judges are very diligent about insuring that defendant's rights are observed. Generally,
criminal defendants must appear at all court dates.
For more information about DWI, click here.
To read some Frequently
Asked Questions about DWI, click here.
For information about having the Law Office of Glenn Magnell represent you on your ticket
or DWI charge,, click here.
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