‘He Said I Could Use Them’

Whitney L. Posey, 28, was arrested on Friday outside the CVS in East Hampton Village and charged with felony possession of stolen property, two credit cards, which she had reportedly tried to use inside the store.

East Hampton Town police said the cards belonged to Yixian Wang of Southampton, who told them that he and the woman had met in a hotel room at the Royal Atlantic Hotel in Montauk. After she left, Mr. Wang said, he discovered he was missing both a debit card and a credit card, as well as some cash. He called police immediately

Meanwhile, Ms. Posey was headed west on Montauk Highway in a 2008 Dodge with a man identified only as “Donovan.” They stopped at CVS, where, police said, she attempted to use the cards, already on record as stolen. East Hampton Village police detained her outside the store until town police arrived to take her into custody. Police indicated that “Donovan” was not involved in the alleged crimes.

Ms. Posey admitted possessing the missing cards, according to police. “He said I could use them,” she reportedly told the arresting officer. 

At her arraignment Saturday morning, she told East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky that she has lived on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton for the past five months. Asked what she did for a living, she responded that she has an “online retail store.” She was unsure of her address or cellphone number.

In 2011, according to court records, Ms. Posey was arrested, along with seven other women, in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, on charges of soliciting online for prostitution. The resolution of that case is unclear.

Town police also charged her with possessing a small amount of marijuana at the time of her arrest, and said on Tuesday that additional charges could be in the offing. Ms. Posey was unable to post the $1,000 bail set by the court and was remanded to the county jail in Riverside. She is scheduled to be brought back to Justice Court today, and will likely be released to await a date in criminal court if there is no grand jury indictment against her.

A domestic dispute at the residence of a Springs man led to his arrest on a misdemeanor charge early Sunday morning. Town police said that Wilmer Giobanny Patino, 38, did “push, kick, and punch” Esperanza Japa, causing a “laceration to her right leg.” During the confrontation, police said, he grabbed her cellphone from her as she was trying to dial 911, which brought on a charge of criminal mischief. He was additionally charged with harassment, a violation.

Mr. Patino was released later that day after posting $500 bail.