Full Notification

For Immediate Release 
April 23, 2018
                                                                         
Incident:         Woman Arrested for Driving with 26 License Suspensions 
Location:        Schleigel Boulevard, North Amityville
Date/Time:     Tuesday, April 23, 2018 at approximately 4:20 p.m.
 
Suffolk County Police arrested a woman for driving with a suspended driver’s license after stopping her for traffic violations in North Amityville.
 
Jahnay Harley was operating a 2016 Mercedes-Benz on westbound on Schleigel Avenue and failed to stop at multiple stop signs. First Precinct Patrol officers initiated a traffic stop. A check on Harley’s driver's license showed it had been suspended 26 times. As she was being placed under arrest, Harley became combative and spit at the officers.
 
Officers arrested Harley, 26, of Amityville, and charged her with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 1^st Degree, an E Felony, Resisting Arrest, Obstruction of Governmental Administration, and Harassment.
 
Harley will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip, on April 24. 
 
 
A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
 
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Authority:       Geraldine Hart, Acting Commissioner   18-237600
Suffolk County Police Department  EB/2100