David Cassidy arrested for felony DWI in Schodack


David Cassidy (Schodack police photo)

Bob Gardinier reports:

“The Patridge Family” star David Cassidy was charged with felony driving while intoxicated after his car was stopped early Wednesday, authorities said.

The 70s teen heartthrob allegedly had a .10 percent blood alcohol content when he was arrested by town police Officer Tom Jones, who shares a name with another famed crooner.

District Attorney Richard McNally said that when Jones introduced himself Cassidy said, “What’s new, pussy cat?” a play on a song made famous by Tom Jones.

Cassidy, 63, is a regular at Saratoga Race Course and spends parts of the summer in the region. Police said his year-round address is in Fort Lauderdale.

Cassidy was arrested at an overnight DWI check point. Cassidy was charged with felony DWI because of a prior conviction.

He was ordered to serve a year probation and had his license suspended for six months after pleading no contest in February 2011 to a charge of driving under the influence in Florida

Cassidy was ordered to serve a year of probation and had his license suspended for six months after pleading no contest Wednesday to a DUI charge in Florida. He was ordered to attend a school for drunk drivers, fined $500 and ordered to serve 50 hours of community service.

Arraigned in town court, Cassidy was sent to the Rensselaer County Jail on $2,500 bail. He was released on bail.

Read the full story here.

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Bryan Fitzgerald

33 Responses

  1. k says:

    How did you miss the obvious headline – “David Cassidy Arrested by Tom Jones?”

  2. mav says:

    “I think I love you”. Did Ruben Kincaid bail him out of jail?

  3. charliedutch says:

    David Cassidy arrested by Tom Jones. Things like this make the whole “reality is a simulation” theory seem more and more plausible.

  4. Lola Beedo says:

    yeah, that puss has “teen heartthrob” written all over it.

  5. Josh says:

    The first thing I thought about was K’s post…nobody thought that would be a great headline?

  6. BigGotchaGovernment says:

    Hope he doesn’t have 2 more within the last 25 years. Big Govt. DMV will never let him have his license back. Of course, that doesn’t mean he won’t be able to drive.

  7. hawkny says:

    Do Cassidy a favor. Lock him up and, thereby, dry him out, for 12 months. It may save his life and the lives of others sometime in the future.

  8. Snapdragon says:

    Will DA McNally offer this repeat offender a sweet deal? Stay on top of this story, Bryan.

  9. T. Wayne Lucas III says:

    What is god’s name was he doing in Schodack? Oh wait, I’ll have to look up the address of this one bimbo. I got it…

  10. JG says:

    We have burglaries in our neighborhood, and the NYSP is setting up DWI checkpoints? On a Tuesday? Nonsense. He would have gotten to his destination, .10 is not that drunk.

    All you people who scream about police getting high pensions, it comes from the OT they make with these police state style checkpoints. DWI duty is a lot easier than dealing with real criminals and it pads the pension.

  11. countrygirl says:

    T Wayne–my question exactly! Schodack isn’t exactly a suburb of Stga and barely a ‘burb of Albany. Not sure about the bimbo angle but am mighty curious where he was coming from or going to…..

  12. JG says:

    Correction, he was pulled over, not a checkpoint.

  13. JC says:

    It says in the other article that he had just flown into Albany from Las Vegas with his fiancé. They were going to visit friends of hers in North Chatham. No bimbo angle, sorry.

  14. Jango Davis says:

    JG: How drunk do you have to be to kill someone while driving intoxicated? If Cassidy was pulled over it was by cop on regular patrol, not on a DWI checkpoint, as you point out. The officer as do the job he or she got paid to do, and did it well.

    As for your suggestion that those driving drunk are not “real criminals,” Correction: They are real criminals.

  15. Magpies says:

    Still quite a handsome guy. Don’t drink and drive.

  16. drwho13 says:

    #4- Lola Beedo,

    I know alcohol is a preservative, but time waits for no one!

  17. JG says:

    Jango Davis: You do not need any intoxicants in your system to kill someone with a car. It is up to you as to how careful or careless you are.

    You need to make another correction to your post, drunk drivers are NOT real criminals. It is an over-hyped traffic infraction to generate more OT for police and more money for attorneys. The penalties are too harsh and the BAC thresholds are too low. Jango, most of the people you are friends and work with agree with this, but it is not politically correct to say it.

    Examples of real criminals for Jango’s information (in no particular order and not meant to be all inclusive) are burglars, drug dealers, sex offenders, murderers, robbers, and money swindlers.

  18. Tango says:

    Gee, maybe the cop is just lying.

  19. Jango Davis says:

    JG: Actually, all of my friends, including one who is a victim of a drunk driver who had a previous DWI, would agree with me. We don’t drink and drive, period. Regardless of how little we had. Buy a six pack, go home. In a bar? Get a cab or have someone drive you home. How difficult is that to do?

    In the end, it doesn’t matter whether there are DWI check points or not. If you did nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about. There is simply no good reason to have a drink and drive and if you do, you are a potential killer.

    This is a country of freedoms, and everyone should be free to drive on the roads and be victim to someone’s selfish and thoughtless behavior.

    I find your insistence on defending criminal behavior an interesting exercise in puerile rationalization. If you want to have a discussion about BAC levels, that’s fine, but you don’t. You just want to call the cops fascists and the drunks saints, and frankly I don’t have any time for such childish ruminations.

  20. FrankyT says:

    Do I dare respond to JG? I usually don’t respond to such moronic posts. Yes, real criminals that cross over the because they can’t see straight and kill people. All the studies that clearly show that reaction time and judgement is diminished by alcohol is just a ploy to get police OT? I don’t need a study to tell me I shouldn’t drive when I’ve been drinking. You are a total moron JG. ATTEND A FUNERAL OF A FAMILY MEMBER (19 years old) THAT WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK THEN POST YOUR CRAP.

  21. had enough? says:

    I just checked. I would have to have 4 drinks to blow a .08. I stop after 2 if I know I am driving. I know my driving would be compromised if I had more. Too many little ones in my neighborhood. You always have to drive defensively. Be safe!

  22. countrygirl says:

    JG–not there with you; believe Jango is correct: if you drink and drive, you are afoul of NYS laws and, therefore, criminality attaches..

  23. potrzebie says:

    Never ceases to amaze me that anyone who gets pinched for anything, be it a misdemeanor, felony or violation, they always point the finger at somebody else. If you get caught, man up and point at the mirror.

  24. joni says:

    No one should drive drunk. Usually if there is a accident caused by a drunk driver, the drunk driver survives but the person they hit usually does not. The thing that makes me upset is, this is all that has been on the news, every 2 mins, he got arrested, he will pay the price of his stupidity, so get over it!!! We have way more important news to cover, the president was coming to our area, yet, he has a tiny little article on the right side of the news paper, and Cassidy picture was at the top of the paper, and then a big spread about the Travers! Yet the President of the United States, is over to the side. And not much on his arrival to the area, where and when he was flying in, what roads would be closed and when???? Are you kidding me, its hillarious what makes the news today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. John Wells says:

    @JG – “It is up to you as to how careful or careless you are.” The act of operating a vehicle with a BAC of .10 is in itself a careless act.

    “drunk drivers are NOT real criminals” Sections 1192.2/2a/3 of the NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law and 125.12/.13/.14 of the NYS Penal Law are all criminal statutes designating drunk drivers as criminals. Some of those statutes carry significant prison terms.

    “It is an over-hyped traffic infraction to generate more OT for police” Your argument here is not a valid one. Most DWI cases a pled out long before any hearings requiring the arresting officers appearance. The only exception to this is where there are fatalities which is exactly what the above referenced laws are trying to prevent.

    Take FrankyT’s advice and attend a funeral (hopefully not a friend/family member) and just maybe you will have a different take on the subject.

  26. JG says:

    Franky T: I will not stoop to your level. Your use of insults against me shows us your limited skillset.

    Jango Davis: If you don’t have time for my opinion and call it “childish” then why are you responding? Bottom line is that DWI is an overblown traffic infraction.

  27. Snicker Doodle says:

    .10 is hardly cause for rehab and was once the legal limit. .08 is a pure money maker for NYS and is probably 2 drinks in an hour to an average weighted person.

  28. Merrie says:

    Everywhere I research, no one seems to address my question.

    What FIANCEE? Where was his WIFE? David Cassidy is married to Sue Shifrin. I read they briefly separated in 2012 but reconciled. Are they now divorcing?

  29. Ness114 says:

    No response from the DWI victim’s advocate for JG’s comments yet??? My internet must be slow

  30. FrankT says:

    @JG: stoop to my level? What level is justifying homicide? That’s pretty much what your saying. Go ahead, get bombed and while your at it drive home and slaughter a family while your at it. I think a $75 fine should do it, we’ll call it even. You are so far out there. Have you noticed that NOBODY else shares your thoughts?