He Backed Onto Sidewalk | The East Hampton Star

A 60-year-old Sag Harbor man was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after backing a Jeep onto a Main Street sidewalk in that village in front of a police officer.

John Scocco was driving north on Main Street on Sunday at about 1:50 a.m. in a 2018 Jeep, when he suddenly stopped and put the vehicle into reverse. It went onto the sidewalk in front of 63 Main Street.

Police said when Mr. Scocco got out of the car he appeared intoxicated and performed poorly on field sobriety tests. He was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and unsafe backing, a violation. He was held for morning arraignment and released on his own recognizance.

In other arrests reported this week, a Flanders man was charged with displaying a forged vehicle inspection certificate, a misdemeanor.

Police stopped Efrain E. Alpe-Perez, 35, on Montauk Highway near Atlantic Avenue in Amagansett on Jan. 5 at about 7:30 a.m. The 2019 inspection sticker on his 2006 Dodge van was for a 1995 Mitsubishi. He was released on his own recognizance and is set to appear in court on Wednesday.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

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