Crime & Safety
Driver With 74 License Suspensions Arrested In Huntington Station: PD
The man's license had been suspended on 12 separate dates, police say.
HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — A man who was driving with 74 license suspensions on 12 dates was arrested Tuesday in Huntington Station, Suffolk police said.
Walter Castillo Ochoa, 45, of Huntington Station, was seen operating a 2010 Toyota without a valid inspection sticker at 5:13p.m. on Maplewood Road near White Pine Court, police said. An officer stopped him, and it was determined that Castillo Ochoa had 74 suspensions on 12 dates, police said.
Castillo Ochoa was charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, police said.
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He was released on a desk appearance ticket and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date. The Toyota was impounded.
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