CLARKSTOWN – State Police have charged a 44-year-old Ridgefield Park, NJ man for DWI after he was intercepted driving the wrong way along the shoulder on the Thruway in Clarkstown.

Troopers said at around 8:40 p.m. on May 24, they observed a 2017 Toyota Tacoma driving southbound on the northbound Thruway.

The driver, Shawn Brady, showed signs of impairment and standardized field sobriety tests were administered, which he failed.

He was placed under arrest and transported to the Tarrytown barracks where is blood alcohol concentration was 0.14 percent. The state limit is 0.08 percent.

Brady was released to a sober third party, was issued several traffic tickets and is due in Clarkstown Court in June.



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