New York

Chelsea Craddock

Changes may be in store for the village's all-terrain vehicle law.

After receiving numerous complaints about reckless ATV use along Boyd and Alexandria streets, a small committee was formed by the village board Monday to review the law and decide what changes, if any, should be made. On the committee are village Trustee Linda S. Smith-Spencer and Donald Hamilton, president of the Black River Valley ATV Club.

Village President G. Wayne McIlroy said some aspects of the law, such as allowing an ATV to pass a residence four times in an hour, need to be looked at.

Kerry Wills and Joe Kemp

A man was shot and killed during a "violent struggle" with a Pelham Manor cop on Tuesday night after the officer chased him into the Bronx for refusing to pull over his off-road vehicle, cops and witnesses said.

Wardell Johnson, 43, was riding down Boston Road on a four-wheeler he had just bought in Connecticut for his son - who relatives said was following Johnson in a car at the time - when the officer tried to pull him over in Westchester County about 6 p.m., police and family said.

An ATV operator stopped late Monday afternoon for not wearing a helmet faces several more serious charges, Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials report.

Deputies were on Bates Road in the Town of Charlotte at about 5:40 p. m. Monday when they saw three men riding on an ATV without helmets. The deputies stopped them and noticed a rifle within the operator’s reach.

A Southport man has been arrested following his indictment in connection with a fatal all terrain vehicle crash in May.

Steven C. Stickler, 60, of Sagetown Road, was indicted by a Chemung County grand jury on charges of second degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.

QUEENSBURY—A Queensbury man was charged with driving while intoxicated after the ATV he was operating ran off Butler Pond Road Saturday evening and struck an earth embankment.

Police said Brian K. Mayott, 47, had a blood alcohol content of .22%, nearly three times the legal threshold of .08%.

Andrea VanValkenburg

CONSTABLE — A Westville man is facing up to 40 years behind bars after being convicted of federal charges for his involvement in a large-scale pot-smuggling ring.

Timothy Fleury went on trial in Albany earlier this week and was found guilty Friday of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and attempted possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

NEW LEBANON – Four state troopers became involved in an incident that saw two of them injured and an East Chatham man in jail. The officers were investigating a home burglary on Cemetery Road in New Lebanon at the time.

Matthew Trainor, 28, was riding an ATV on Cemetery Road when troopers spotted him. He was ordered to stop, but as a trooper approached, he tried to drive away. The officer, who tried to pull Trainor of the vehicle, was dragged a short distance, causing injuries to his hand and shoulder.

Jennifer Smith

The death of two piping plover chicks earlier this month at Robert Moses State Park has prompted an investigation by federal wildlife officials - and a new protective fence that, for now, blocks off-road vehicle access to fishing spots on the bay side of Democrat Point.

Piping plovers are small, federally protected birds that nest on the open beach, leaving them vulnerable to predators and disturbance from beachgoers and vehicles.

Shantal Parris Riley

NEW PALTZ — A 22-year-old man is in Ulster County Jail after being arrested, accused of leaving the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident, police said Sunday.

Police said they believe a Nissan truck operated by Clinton Roehrs made contact with a motorcycle driven by Frank Perconti, 23, as he traveled alongside it Friday.