Over Three Times Legal Limit

East Hampton Town police made four arrests this past week on drunken-driving charges, two of which, though still misdemeanors, were at an elevated level.

The first was that of Pia G. Bazzani, 33, early last Thursday morning. Ms. Bazzani’s 2010 Toyota was pulled over on Three Mile Harbor Road near Boat Yard Drive in East Hampton; police said she had been speeding and swerving across lane lines. She “failed all standard roadside sobriety tests,” according to the report, though she told officers she had had just a single glass of wine.

At headquarters in Wainscott she took the breath test, which reportedly produced a blood-alcohol reading of 0.26, over three times the legal limit, so high that it triggered a charge of aggravated drunken driving.

Ms. Bazzani, a restaurant manager, gave police an Oregon driver’s license. East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky told her at her arraignment later that morning that she could no longer drive in the State of New York unless she obtains a hardship license, which can only be used to go to and from work. She was released after posting $500 bail.

Similarly charged this past week was Isabel A. Caligiuri, 21, of Sag Harbor. She was pulled over Sunday night just west of downtown Montauk; police said her 2004 Jeep was swerving across the double yellow lines. She told the arresting officer that she had had “some vodka.” Her reading on the breath test was 0.19, police said.

“Although this is a very high reading, which troubles the court, your parents are here,” Justice Tekulsky noted, and had told him that their daughter would be represented by private counsel, the office of Edward Burke Jr. and Associates. Justice Tekulsky agreed to release her without bail, but with a future date on his criminal calendar.

Police added a felony charge of possession of a forged instrument to the charges against Luis R. Vizhnay-Puzhi, 23, of Springs, reporting that when he was arrested they found a fake Social Security card in his possession. He was pulled over early Saturday morning, driving a 1996 Honda, on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton; police said they clocked him at 72 miles per hour in a 40-m.p.h. zone.

According to the police report, Mr. Vizhnay-Puzhi tried to evade the breath test at headquarters by not fully blowing into the machine. They nevertheless obtained a reading of 0.14, well over the 0.08 number that is the threshold for the charge of driving while intoxicated.

Mr. Vizhnay-Puzhi also faces a charge of unlicensed driving, a fact that troubled the court during Saturday’s arraignment. “There are many indications in this file that you don’t follow the directions of society,” Justice Tekulsky said, as he set bail at $2,500. The defendant’s sister, who was in the court, posted that amount, and he was released.

Donald S. MacKay, 60, of Locustville, Va., told the court during his arraignment that he was in town for the weekend and that he owned a house on Springy Banks Road in East Hampton. He was arrested in the driveway of that house on Sunday morning.

Police said they spotted his 2004 GMC pickup truck swerving across lane lines, adding that he had failed to dim his high-beam headlights for oncoming traffic. The arresting officer said he activated his emergency lights to pull the truck over, but that Mr. MacKay continued on for two blocks until turning into his driveway. That led to an additional charge of failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.

The breath test produced a reading of 0.11. Mr. MacKay, who has no police record, posted $500 bail and was released.

Town police also charged Robert J. Hentschell, 54, of South Salem, N.Y., on the evening of Oct. 12, after clocking his 2015 BMW at 72 m.p.h. in a 45-m.p.h. zone. Back at headquarters, Mr. Hent­schell refused to take the breath test, resulting in an automatic one-year revocation of his New York driving privileges. He was released without bail.