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.
