Across the Yellow Lines

In an unusually quiet week on the roads, East Hampton Town and Village Police Departments made no arrests on drunken driving charges; however, a Springs man was arrested by Sag Harbor Village police just before midnight Saturday. 

Paul Edward Bresnick, 71, who also has a residence in Manhattan, was behind the wheel of a black 2017 Audi A6 headed south on Hampton Street when he repeatedly swerved across the double yellow line, then back across the fog line, onto the shoulder, the arresting officer said. After pulling him over near Swamp Road, the police said that he smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet when he stepped out of the car. Failing roadside sobriety tests, he was placed under arrest on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge.

At headquarters on Division Street, he took a breath test, which allegedly produced a reading of .15 of 1 percent, almost twice the .08 mark that defines intoxication in New York. 

Mr. Bresnick was released the next morning without having to post bail.