from Kieran O'Leary, public information officer for the Westchester Department of Public Safety.
The Westchester County Police Marine Unit arrested a Rockland County man on Saturday night and charged him with Boating While Intoxicated on the Hudson River.
The arrest occurred off Charles Point in Peekskill during a joint BWI enforcement initiative being conducted on the Hudson River by the Westchester County Police Marine Unit, Rockland County Police Marine Unit and the U.S. Guard. The increased BWI enforcement will continue throughout the holiday weekend.
A 50-year-old of Nicholaus Lane, Clarkstown, was charged at 10:40 p.m. after his boat was stopped by the Coast Guard for a violation of navigation laws. Westchester County Police Officers Kevin Nethercott and Isai Moreira, aboard the county police Marine2 patrol boat, responded to the scene, boarded the man's boat and determined that he was operating the vessel under the influence of alcohol.
He was transported to shore and taken to Westchester County Police headquarters in Hawthorne.
He was booked on the BWI charge and released pending a future court appearance in Peekskill City Court.
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