For the first time in recent memory, a majority of those convicted of an alcohol-related driving offense in Erie County were found guilty of misdemeanor or felony DWI rather than the lesser charge of driving while ability impaired, a statewide survey shows.

Fifty-one percent were convicted of driving while intoxicated in 2001. That means Erie County is no longer in the bottom half of New York State’s 62 counties for successful DWI prosecutions, according to state Department of

Source : nl.newsbank.com

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