Cops: Drunken Sayville man drives car into bay

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Thats the problem. Charged with only DWI and resist. How about reckless endangement. What if a kid was swimming there. How about underage drinking!! This is such bull.

leave the kid alone for petes sake-he was prolly diggin for clams!!!

I peed on my bare feet once while intoxicated in the middle of a busy intersection but through 60 years I never matched this one.

..guessing he thought superman would come and get the car out of the bay..but anyway..yeah..leave the kid alone..

Sad Resident wrote:

Thats the problem. Charged with only DWI and resist. How about reckless endangement. What if a kid was swimming there. How about underage drinking!! This is such bull.

I think Reckless Endangerment would be a good charge in there was in fact swimmers or others right there. There must be a risk of serious injury for the misdemeanor or grave risk of death for the felony.

There was probably nobody exposed to such risks at the time, but in Suffolk there is no plea bargaining if there's an accident like this one. The 20 yr old is screwed.

"Charges against Thornton include driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, police said."

Nice job Snewsday. You've recklessly printed a falsity alleging that a Suffolk Police Sgt. was charged with DWI, holding him up to public ridicule, scorn and loss of his good name in his professional and personal life. Can you say Libel per se?

Another genius off the road...for about a week, or until they scrape the barnacles out of the crank case.

Take this 20 year old kid put him in JAIL for the rest of the Summer, pulldown his pants and spank the crap out of him, then take the his Keys and Drivers Licence away for 5 Years,
and make him PAY a $ 10,000.00 Fine.
Mabe he will get the message.

A dockmaster has to be able to make quick decisions about where to dock boats, and full docks often mean the most work. It is rather like attempting to direct traffic in a crowded parking lot, where one must assume the responsibility if the cars do not have enough space to park or get damaged.

He drove his car into the Great South Bay and yet he was going to direct expensive boats into slips. That would have been fun to watch.

The law is very interesting. Just because he was lucky enough to not have hit anyone, he's out of jail in a minute. I even detect a bit of dark humor in the comments here - and I admit, it does have a bit of absurd amusement to it - pretty sick, huh?

Good going. Maybe next time he’ll stay in the car and drown.

Nope. No drinking problem here. Add on underage & a good year in the slammer

Hopefully someday Mr Thornton will find his way into the local church basements.We'll be waiting for him to assist him in any way we can to accept that he is an alcoholic and there is help if he wants it.

BOOMER wrote:

Take this 20 year old kid put him in JAIL for the rest of the Summer, pulldown his pants and spank the crap out of him, then take the his Keys and Drivers Licence away for 5 Years,
and make him PAY a $ 10,000.00 Fine.
Mabe he will get the message.

How many are arrested for driving without a license? Taking away the license doesn't do a thing. I believe you think these are law abiding individuals who will start taking the bus which practically does'nt exist.

mercator wrote:

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How many are arrested for driving without a license? Taking away the license doesn't do a thing. I believe you think these are law abiding individuals who will start taking the bus which practically does'nt exist.

Well it's like this You see him drive report it! people don't have the BALL'S to do it. Or Lock him up for 5 Years or more. For First offence.

"Released on his own recognizance?" Great idea, maybe he'll kill someone with his car next time.

AA Jay wrote:

Hopefully someday Mr Thornton will find his way into the local church basements.We'll be waiting for him to assist him in any way we can to accept that he is an alcoholic and there is help if he wants it.

A 20 Year old Punk he is not ready it take a speacal breed of people that wants to be sober
I got 21Yrs in Sept.

How could he be "drinking all day" when the crash occured early Saturday morning on his way to work?

DWI and resisting arrest then released? How about a month in jail than released. Suffolk is much to easy on drunks who drive.
Believe me next weekend he'll be drinking again and laughing and bragging to his freinds about this .