Raid on Alleged Drug Dealer

East Hampton Town detectives executed a search warrant during the pre-dawn hours Saturday and arrested a local man, charging him with possessing narcotics with intent to sell, a felony. Police reported finding a “quantity of wax envelopes containing [heroin] on a living room table” at the home of Brian A. Cowell, 34.

Turning their attention to the bedroom, they allegedly found a small bag of cocaine and several glassine envelopes stashed under the bed. Mr. Cowell was additionally charged with possessing drug paraphernalia and scales to weigh drugs, misdemeanors.

Mr. Cowell, who is originally from Southampton, was convicted of the same felony charge in 2006 and is currently on probation. East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana warned him at his arraignment that he was likely to face violation-of-probation charges as well.

She set bail at $9,000 and bond at $20,000. He was released after being bonded.

Meanwhile, as she was driving from Southampton shortly after 6 a.m. on her way to his arraignment, Mr. Cowell’s wife, Elitsa Cowell, had a bad accident on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton.

Southampton Town police said Ms. Cowell, who is 29 and gave officers a Southampton address, hit a utility pole and a tree. Her two-door Audi convertible rolled over and came to rest on its roof, across from the Bridgehampton National Bank near Snake Hollow Road.

She was able to walk away but was taken to Southampton Hospital as a precaution. The accident closed the highway between Hildreth and Butter Lanes for about an hour and a half. Police did not say what caused the crash, and Ms. Cowell has not been charged.

In Sag Harbor on Sunday, a couple of irate men ended a brief one-man crime wave. Several cellphones left in cars parked around the village had been reported stolen that morning.

In early afternoon, a traffic control officer, Emily Horn, radioed police that two men were chasing another man. One of the chasers, Roy King, had found his cellphone missing from his car in the 7-Eleven lot, and had spotted a man he believed to be the culprit.

Mr. King and his father gave pursuit and caught up with Justin P. Hay, 30, of Sag Harbor. An officer arrived, and reported that “upon frisking said defendant, he had several bottles of cologne stuffed in his right sock, four cellphones in his right front pocket, and a small, clear, baggy containing two white pills believed to be Alprazolam, clenched in his right hand.”

Mr. Hay was charged with three misdemeanors: petty larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to Division Street headquarters, processed, and released on $750 bail. He is due to be arraigned on July 7.