A top New York state legislator was charged with driving while intoxicated on New Year's Eve after urging his constituents not to drink and drive around the holidays.
Brian Kolb, the New York State Assembly's Republican minority leader, crashed his vehicle Tuesday night off of County Road 41 in Victor, New York, Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson said in a news conference Wednesday.A deputy found Kolb alone in the vehicle in a ditch in front of his residence, the sheriff said. There were no injuries, according to Henderson.Kolb was arrested around 10 p.m. and taken to the Ontario County Jail for processing, the sheriff said.
This was a terrible lapse in judgment, one I have urged others not to make, and I take full responsibility for it," he said in a statement after the crash."I want to offer sincere apologies to my family, friends, colleagues, and the people of the 131st Assembly District. I fully recognize the severity of the situation and I am profoundly sorry.""There is no excuse and no justification for what occurred Tuesday evening.
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