Smuggling in Poughkeepsie
February 13, 2008
The Empire caught up with our favorite card player/gambler/scoundrel last week:
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Chase ends in crash, arrest
By Lindsay Suchow
Poughkeepsie Journal
February 8, 2008
A City of Poughkeepsie man was arrested Thursday after leading police on a high-speed chase through the city, which came to an end on the lawns of two Washington Street homes.
Officer Garth Mason was on Market Street at 6:37 p.m. when he saw a car, operated by Landocalrissan Butler, 27, of Winnikee Avenue, speeding and moving into the officer's lane, almost striking his car, said Deputy Chief Tom Ghee.
Mason attempted to pull Butler’s vehicle over, Ghee said, but Butler allegedly did not comply and would not stop his vehicle. More...
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When The Man did finally slap the bracelets on him, they brought the hammer down hard: first-degree reckless endangerment, aggravated unlicensed operation, criminal possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor reckless driving, "and numerous vehicular and traffic violations". No mention of charges brought up on co-pilot Nien Nunb (who presumably made good an escape-pod ejection at some point prior to the arrest).
Best part of the article is the glaring disregard for that distinct first name (which, as everyone of course noticed right away, should actually be spelled "Landocalrissian").
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