FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: MARCH 10, 2017
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE – KRISTEN M. CASEY
On February 24, 2017, KRISTEN M. CASEY, age 36, a resident of 981 Oregon Trail in Pine Bush, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Donald A. Williams to Driving While Ability Impaired by the Combined Influence Drugs as a Class E Felony. Casey was arrested on the afternoon of May 8, 2016 in connection with a one-car crash on Brimestone Hill Road in the Town of Shawangunk. At that time, she showed signs of impairment. A toxicology report done by the New York State Police Lab revealed that Casey had at least four controlled substances in her blood at the time of arrest. Casey, who has a prior conviction for Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs from the year 2015, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 14, 2017.
The case was prosecuted by Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Kathleen Klein. The defendant was represented by the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office.