Thibault
TOWN OF NEWBURGH – A Middletown man is in the Orange County Jail without bail following his arrest on a felony DWI charge.
Jonathan Thibault, 25, has two prior DWI convictions within 10 years.
At 4 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, a Town of Newburgh Police Officer saw a vehicle southbound on Route 9W at a high rate of speed. He attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Alexis Diner. When the officer got out of his patrol car, Thibault got out of his vehicle and fled on foot. A short time later, Thibault was located, passed out under a tree on the Powelton Club golf course. He was found to be highly intoxicated and was taken into custody without incident.
Police charged Thibault with felony DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle as a felony and misdemeanor, unlicensed operator, speed in zone and failing to signal a turn.
