A ‘Swamp-Like Area’ Near Big Reed Pond

Two motorists who told police they had been drinking at the Gig Shack in Montauk were arrested in separate incidents on East Lake Drive, Montauk, early Sunday morning.

Erika N. Stahlman of Manhattan, who said at her arraignment later in East Hampton Town Justice Court that she was staying in Montauk for the summer, missed a curve on the winding road near Big Reed Path. “I was driving and forgot about the turn,” she told East Hampton Town police.

Her 2015 Jeep left the road and went “into a swamp-like area,” according to the report. Ms. Stahlman, 43, and her passenger apparently left the site, at least briefly, as she faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, as well as driving while intoxicated and driving without a license or insurance.

At police headquarters, her blood-alcohol level was reported to be 0.15, almost twice the legal limit. Ms. Stahlman, an architect, was released without bail.

Less than 45 minutes later, police arrested Zachary G. Skola, 34, who splits his time seasonally between Miami and Montauk. He is working this season as a bartender at Navy Beach, he told police, who found him behind the wheel of a 2008 Honda, engine running, stopped in the middle of East Lake Drive. Besides the D.W.I. charge he faces a count of driving with ability impaired by drugs. Police said he failed multiple roadside tests, above and beyond routine sobriety tests, and was in possession of a small amount of cocaine as well as a marijuana cigarette, when he was arrested.

“Can you believe someone gave me that joint as a tip, wrapped up in a $100 bill?” Mr. Skola reportedly asked the officer, whose response was not reported.

Mr. Skola refused to take the breath test at headquarters. Bail was set at $500, which was posted.

Lesley Kwetey, 30, who told the court Saturday that he was a cab driver for Taxi Taxi, based in Montauk, was arrested early that morning. Police said he was found behind the wheel of his cab, asleep, engine running, on South Elroy Street. Officers deemed it “unsafe” to have him perform roadside sobriety tests.

Mr. Kwetey, who also refused a breath test, told East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana he had been commuting between Manhattan and Montauk in order to drive a cab. “You cannot drive,” Justice Rana stressed, before setting bail at $500. Unable to post that amount, he was taken to county jail, where he remained as of Tuesday morning.

A physician was arrested near Cyril’s Fish House in the early evening of July 27. Beth M. Massey, 50, who lives and practices in Long Beach, also has a house in Montauk, she told Justice Steven Tekulsky during her arraignment the next morning.

Her 2014 Jeep was pulled over moments after she left Cyril’s. “I had one drink, a BBC,” she reportedly told police. “It’s got Kalua, Bailey’s, and other stuff.” The BBC is Cyril’s signature drink.

At headquarters, police said they recorded her blood-alcohol level at 0.21, high enough to trigger an aggravated misdemeanor D.W.I. charge. She was released without bail.

A Center Moriches man tried to evade a breath test, according to police notes in his arrest report. Jose Marcello Aceredo, 48, was pulled over on Pantigo Road in East Hampton Village on July 29 after police received a report of an erratic driver.

At headquarters, police said they recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.13, over the 0.08 level that triggers a D.W.I. charge. However, according to the report, Mr. Aceredo “did not provide a sufficient sample” of breath during the test. According to the police, defendants will sometimes try to manipulate the machine by puffing air in their cheeks or sneaking some breath out. On a hand-held reader in the roadside test, the results of which are currently not admissible in court, Mr. Aceredo’s level was said to be 0.16.

Additionally charged with driving an uninsured vehicle, he posted bail of $300 and was released.

Wilmer Israel Guiterrez, 28, of East Hampton, who was arrested on Cedar Street for speeding, according to village police, posted bail of $350. And Jake M. Fererico, 19, of Randolph, N.J., who was arrested on the evening of July 29, recorded a blood-alcohol level low enough, at 0.10, that his lawyer will likely be able to negotiate for a reduced violation charge.