Crime & Safety
Police: Putnam Man Hits Pole on Doansburg Road While Driving Drunk
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office provided the following information. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Patterson man is facing three misdemeanors following an arrest last week near the line for the Town of Southeast.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Kennedy arrested Francisco P. Pironti, 23, around 3:45 a.m. Saturday, according to a Tuesday press release from the . Kennedy was on patrol when he saw a driver speeding before he subsequently hit a telephone pole on Doansburg Road in Patterson, police say.
Kennedy stopped the driver, Pironti, and found him to be intoxicated, according to officials.
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"As the deputy attempted to arrest Pironti, the man physically struggled with the deputy," the release states.
The altercation led to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. Pironti is also facing two other misdemeanor charges: driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment. Officials released the defendant, who is due in Town of Patterson Court on Thursday.
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