YEAR IN REVIEW January
New Year’s baby at NUMC Long Island’s first baby of 2011 was born at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. After enduring four hours of labor, new mother Elida Zepeda gave birth to Jalen Ruby, at 12:03 a.m. The newborn weighed in at seven pounds, 13 ounces and was measured at 20 inches long. The mother, Zepeda, and father, Juventino Castillo, said they were thrilled to have a baby girl and grateful to the NUMC staff for delivering a healthy baby. Zepeda and Castillo, originally from Guatemala, live in Hempstead. Castillo works in construction. This is the second child for the couple, who also has another child, a five-year-old boy, who lives in Guatemala with his grandparents.
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Erratic driver arrested, suspected of DWI
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December 29, 2011 — EAST MEADOW HERALD
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Another wrong-way drunken driver allegedly struck in East Meadow. According to the Nassau County Police Department, a Georgia man was arrested on the morning of New Year’s Eve when he drove his 2003 Honda Accord west in the eastbound lanes of Hempstead Turnpike at about 5:05 a.m. Police said that the driver, Jean Deshommes, 31, drove for approximately 100 yards in the wrong direction before an officer stopped him. The officer determined that Deshommes was operating under the influence of alcohol, police said. No injuries were reported. Deshommes was charged with driving while intoxicated and numerous vehicle and traffic law violations. His arrest was the second reported wrong-way DWI incident on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow in December. The first occurred on Dec. 12 at about 4:05 a.m., when a 20-year-old Huntington Station woman, Bernadette Behensky, was arrested. According to police, she drove west in the eastbound lanes of Hempstead Turnpike under the influence of alcohol. Behensky pleaded guilty at her arraignment later that day, and was released after posting $1,000 bail, according to court records. More than a dozen wrong-way drunkendriving incidents have been reported on Long Island since November. A spokeswoman from the state DOT told the Herald last December that the department had conducted a $2.2 million project in 1994 that improved signage on more than 450 highway ramps across the state. Double-posted Wrong Way and Do Not Enter signs were installed, and arrows were painted on street surfaces to indicate the correct direction of travel. The DOT said it would assess whether it needed to take any additional action, but noted that recent wrong-way crashes involved alcohol. “The frequency of wrong-way drivers on New York roads make it clear that more needs to be done,” said Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. “Long Island remains the epicenter for wrong-way driving .”