Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Reports: 1 DWI, 1 Disorderly Conduct

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office provided the following information. It does not indicate a conviction.

On Thursday, officials from the released the details of two recent Southeast arrests. Here are the specifics:

  • Deputy Sheriff Thomas Lee arrested Croton Falls resident Karina Gavalcinova, 27, around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday at on Fields Lane. Police received a complaint of a "disorderly subject," who threw a glass and flipped a table near the bar area, according to the manager's statements to police. When Lee attempted to interview Gavalcinova, she "became irate and abusive towards the deputy and refused to identify herself," the release states. As the deputy arrested the defendant, he discovered her to be in possession of drugs, police say. She is facing the following charges: second-degree obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor; disorderly conduct, a violation; and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Officials took Gavalcinova to the Putnam County Correctional Facility, where she awaited arraignment.
  • Deputy Sheriff Edward Kennedy arrested Danbury, CT resident Manuel A. Arevalo, 34, around 1:20 a.m. on New Year's Eve. Kennedy stopped Arevalo as he traveled on Route 6. Police say the defendant failed field sobriety tests. He is facing a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.


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