Crime & Safety

Kerry Kennedy Trucker Takes Plea Deal

Rocco Scuiletti, a Dutchess County resident, pleads guilty to disobeying a traffic device.

The truck driver who was involved in a July vehicle collision with Kerry Kennedy in the Armonk area has accepted a plea bargain, North Castle Justice Court confirmed.

Rocco Scuiletti pleaded guilty to a count of disobeying a traffic device on Nov. 16. It will leave two points on his driver's license and he was ordered to pay a $130 fine. The deal was accepted with the Westchester County District Attorney's office.

Scuiletti was originally charged with leaving the scene of the accident, a non-criminal violation.

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Previously, it appeared that Scuiletti would be heading to trial.

Kerry Kennedy, a Bedford resident who faces an impaired driving charge, has her next court date on Jan. 15 at 5 p.m., according to justice court, an adjournment from a previously planned date of Dec. 4. This summer, she tested positive for a form of Ambien, a sleeping medication, in connection with the July 13 incident on Interstate 684.

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North Castle Police reported that she said she may have taken sleeping medication mistakenly, instead of thyroid medication. Initially, Kennedy believed that a seizure may have been linked, based on her consulting doctors in the aftermath. However, when she learned of the drug test results, Kennedy said in a statement "it now appears that my first instinct was correct."


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