Two men were arrested on July 15 in unrelated cases, on felony charge of assault.
East Hampton Town police said one of them, a 39-year-old from Springs, beat a child with a leather belt and a cow-tail whip, leaving several large red welts on her legs, arms, and back and causing substantial pain.
At about 11 p.m., two hours after the incident, Henry R. Farez-Guazhambo was charged with second-degree assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon, a felony, and child endangerment, a misdemeanor, at his house on Ocean View Avenue. Police did not release the age of the victim or their relationship, only that she is under 17.
The other man, Charles T. Re, was arrested several days earlier after allegedly hitting a woman with a blunt object at his house on Wireless Road in East Hampton. The 65-year-old struck the woman on the top of her head with an unknown object, police said, causing a laceration and “substantial pain about her head” that required medical attention at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The incident occurred on July 8 at about 10:20 p.m. The woman’s name was not released.
Mr. Re was charged on the night of July 15 with second-degree assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon. Both men were held overnight for a morning arraignment. East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana released each of them on $5,000 cash bail.
In other arrests reported this week, Sean T. Kelly, 28, of Bayside was picked up Saturday in Montauk on drug charges. According to police, Mr. Kelly, who was in front of Pizza Village on Montauk Highway when police encountered him at about 2:10 a.m., had half a pill later identified as clonazepam, a controlled substance used to treat seizures, panic disorders, and anxiety, in his wallet, but no prescription. Police also found a marijuana cigarette in his hand and a small amount of marijuana in his pants pocket.
He was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, possession of a controlled substance in a non-original container, a violation, and unlawful possession of marijuana, also a violation. Police released him on his own recognizance.