On August 5, 2026, at approximately 10:29 p.m., New York State Police in Livingston were dispatched by Columbia County 911 to the area of Route 23 in the Town of Greenport for a report of a property-damage crash involving a Volkswagen that had left the scene.
Troopers later located a vehicle matching the description near 120 County Route 31 in the Town of Greenport. The vehicle had sustained heavy front-end damage.
The driver, identified as Anthony N. Guglielmo, 38, of Staten Island, New York, exhibited signs of intoxication. During the investigation, Troopers determined that three children, ages 5, 6, and 7, had been passengers in the vehicle. The children were evaluated following the crash and were not injured.
Guglielmo was taken into custody and transported to State Police Livingston for processing, where he refused to submit to a chemical breath test. The children were released to a sober third party.
As a result of the investigation, Guglielmo was charged with:
- Three counts of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger (Leandra’s Law), class E felonies
- Three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, class A misdemeanors
- Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor
- Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor
- Multiple Vehicle and Traffic Law violations
Guglielmo was arraigned in the Town of Livingston Court and released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to appear in the Town of Greenport Court on Aug. 31, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.
Guglielmo is a member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and was off duty at the time of the collision.
