Prior convictions elevate the charges to felonies
GLENMONT – Bethlehem police responded to a report of a suspicious person and vehicle at the Sunoco gas station on Route 9W on Saturday, March 15.
According to reports, a caller said a man had parked a black Kia with extensive damage to the rear passenger side. When officers arrived, they found the vehicle unoccupied and encountered 41-year-old Glenmont resident Ryan McGrail, who was identified by a New York State non-driver ID, walking out of the store.
McGrail told officers his girlfriend had been driving the vehicle when it crashed into a gas pump barrier and that she left to retrieve paperwork. Officers reported smelling alcohol on McGrail’s breath and observed other signs of impairment…