Arrested and Rearrested

Two East Hampton men recently convicted of driving while intoxicated were arrested again last week on the same charge.

Edwin M. Uzhca-Chafla, 27, was arrested shortly before midnight on Saturday. East Hampton Town police said he ran his 2011 Toyota into a tree on Three Mile Harbor Road near his residence, then walked away from the scene. When officers located him, according to the report, he admitted that he had been driving the car and that he had been drinking.

At headquarters, his blood-alcohol level was recorded at .19 of 1 percent, leading to a charge of aggravated drunken driving.

In East Hampton Town Justice Court Sunday morning, Justice Steven Tekulsky sorted out the charges. “This appears to be your third arrest on charges of drinking and driving since 2012,” he told Mr. Uzhca-Chafla. “In 2012, you were arrested on D.W.I. charges and pled guilty to driving with ability impaired, a violation. In April 2014, you were arrested again.”

In November, the Mr. Uzhca-Chafla pleaded guilty to misdemeanor D.W.I. in connection with the April arrest. That conviction did not show up when police ran his record. If it had, Mr. Uzhca-Chafla would have been charged last week at the felony level. A drunken-driving charge is automatically a felony if the driver has a prior D.W.I. conviction over the past 10 years.

“The D.W.I. charge in this case is likely to be upgraded,” Justice Tekulsky warned.

In addition to D.W.I., Mr. Uzhca-Chafla was charged with felony unlicensed driving and driving without the required ignition control system. “This indicates that you do not follow orders of the court,” Justice Tekulsky told the man. “I ordered you to install an interlock device. And, it is alleged that you were driving without a license and left the scene of an accident.”

He set bail at $11,000. “If you make bail, you can’t drive,” he said, emphasizing the last three words.

Mr. Uzhca-Chafla had not made bail as of yesterday. He will be brought back from the county jail to Justice Court today, where he will meet with a Legal Aid Society attorney, and will be likely released to await a new court appearance if he has not been indicted, as required by law.

In Sag Harbor, village police arrested Christian G. Farez-Guazhambo, 27. He was pulled over on Saturday morning on Archibald Way after allegedly tailgating a patrol car down Jermain Avenue, and reportedly failed roadside sobriety tests. His blood alcohol level was said to be .11; a reading of .08 or higher triggers the drunken-driving charge.

Mr. Farez-Guazhambo had previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor D.W.I. after being arrested in East Hampton in May 2013. In his case, the prior record did show up on the computer, and he was charged with felony drunken driving and driving without a license.

He was bailed out by family members. The bail level was not released.