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A Man With Driver License Suspensions Arrested
A man was arrested by Nassau County police on Monday night. He was accused of driving his car with the driver’s license suspensions.
The man who is from Long Island was arrested after police pulled him over for defecting a brake light. The police checked the ma's DMV record and noticed that  he had driver's license suspensions. He was driving illegally. With suspended driver's license, it meant that the man had not a valid license and could not legally drive his vehicle. 
A spokesman of The DMV said that Williams did not have his valid license in New York, but he continued to drive.

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Newsworthy event: There wa a man who wa arrested by police
Background Event: The man was from Long Island He was arrested by police because of breaking stop light The man was illegally drove his car as he has license suspended
Source: The statement from DMV spokesman, the man did not valid license to drive in New York. However he keep driving