Crime & Safety
Police: Driver Was High, Reckless in Piermont
Massachusetts woman accused of driving dangerously
A woman accused of driving dangerously while on drugs down Piermont's Main Street appeared in Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, but no verdict was passed down.
said Nancy Ward, a 48-year-old from Hingham, MA was pulled over Feb. 14 at around 3 p.m.
"She was passing cars on Main Street, running them off the road and placing other motorists in danger," said Michael O'Shea, Piermont's chief of police.
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Police soon learned she was driving high, O'Shea said, and charged Ward with driving while ability impaired by drugs, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and reckless driving.
Disorderly conduct is a violation; the rest are misdemeanors.
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Ward was arraigned that day, and left Rockland County Jail on $2,500 bail.
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