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Two Face D.W.I. Charges

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 06:26

Following a one-car accident in Wainscott last Thursday night, Jake A. Early, 21, of Sag Harbor was arrested on a drunken-driving charge. East Hampton Town police said Mr. Early was traveling north on Route 114 near Wainscott Northwest Road when he drove off the road and crashed into a wooded area off the northbound shoulder just before midnight. Police found him standing outside his 2003 Toyota Camry, and said he appeared intoxicated, performed poorly on all sobriety tests, and was arrested at 12:27 a.m. on Friday.

 He was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, as his blood alcohol level reportedly was above .18. Justice Lisa R. Rana released him on his own recognizance following an arraignment later that morning. 

Police also reported the arrest of a 32-year-old Springs man this week. Wilson L. Manuel-Quisque was charged with aggravated D.W.I. on Jan. 18 after police found him in the driver’s seat of a stopped 2005 Jeep with Virginia plates on Maidstone Park Road, near Gallatin Lane, at about 11:10 p.m. The engine was running, with his foot on the brake, according to police, who also noted there were two open Modelo beer cans in the center console. He was held for morning arraignment, and Justice Rana released him on $50 bail.

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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