Utility Poles Were the Victims in Alleged D.W.I.s

Two motorists collided last weekend with utility poles on the two main arteries in and out of Sag Harbor. One is facing charges of driving while intoxicated.

The first crash, on Hampton Street at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, involved a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle driven by Julia M. Hentschel, 18, of Wainscott. Sag Harbor Village police said she was standing by the car, whose airbag had deployed, when they arrived. The officer called for emergency medical help, which the young woman initially declined.

Police said she failed a roadside breath test and several sobriety tests before complaining of a headache. She was taken to Southampton Hospital, where she consented to have blood drawn to determine her alcohol level, before being charged. She was later released to the custody of her parents, with a date for arraignment in Sag Harbor Justice Court.

Southampton Town police charged a Bridgehampton man on Sunday night, several hours after his pickup truck hit a light pole on the Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Turnpike, knocking it down and causing a small fire.

Rafael M. Horcasitas, 53, ran away from the wreck, according to police, who found him about four hours later at his house nearby. Police said he had a suspended license due to a prior alcohol-related conviction, and charged him with misdemeanor unlicensed driving, as well as leaving the scene of an accident. He has since posted bail.

The turnpike was closed for three hours while the Sag Harbor Fire Department extinguished the electrical fire and a crew replaced the downed utility pole.

Carol A. Nelson of Sag Harbor, 59, was arrested by East Hampton Town police Friday night after her westbound 2006 Buick swerved off Bluff Road in Amagansett and struck a no-parking sign. At police headquarters in Wainscott she reportedly failed the breath test, with a reading of .16 of 1 percent, twice the legal limit.

Two of her sons were in East Hampton Town Justice Court the next morning as she was arraigned. “I’m so new at this,” Ms. Nelson said sadly to Justice Lisa R. Rana, who told her she could no longer drive, because her license had been suspended.

One of the sons asked the court whether his mother could get a temporary license. “If I grant a hardship license, it is only if you have to go to work, or only to go to school, or for a medical appointment,” Justice Rana told the defendant, before releasing her without bail.

An East Hampton man who was pulled over for a burned-out taillight Monday evening on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road in Springs was eventually charged with aggravated drunken driving. Town police said Jose Guzman, 42, a longtime resident of East Hampton, recorded a reading of .19 on the Intoxilyzer test at headquarters. Justice Rana freed him without bail, but with a future date in court.

New York State troopers arrested an East Hampton man on drunken-driving charges on Dec. 9. James J. Lawler, 67, who was stopped on Sunrise Highway in Westhampton, was released later that morning and is scheduled to appear on Monday for arraignment in Southampton Town Justice Court.

Two men were picked up on warrants recently for failure to appear in answer to D.W.I. charges. William Carmona of Mineola, 32, turned himself in to East Hampton Town police Tuesday morning, accompanied by an attorney, Christian Alfaya.

His arrest occurred in 2007. At his arraignment later Tuesday, Mr. Alfaya told Justice Rana that his client had had to leave the country when his visa ran out, but acknowledged that he had been back in Nassau Country for the past year and a half. “It’s a long time to be out,” Justice Rana said. “Let me just put it to you this way. You don’t show up for court one more time, you’re looking at significantly higher bail.” She released him on bail of $500.

The other man picked up on a warrant was Donald A. Dalbora, 44, who told Justice Rana he was a fisherman. “I’ve been in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina,” he said.

Justice Rana began reading from his record, a series of violations and misdemeanors incurred over the past decade, beginning with a failure to appear earlier this year in connection with 2013 drunken-driving charges. It quickly became apparent that there are two Donald Dalboras in the East Hampton Justice Court caseload, the one standing in front of Justice Rana, whose middle initial is A., and another, younger man, Donald J. Dalbora.

“Whew, you scared the crap out of me,” Donald A. Dalbora said. “That’s my nephew.”

“You wouldn’t happen to know where your nephew is?” Justice Rana asked.

“Haven’t seen him in years.”

Justice Rana set bail at $500 and gave Mr. Dalbora a new date, in the new year. “Let me tell you something. You’re going to be here,” she said. “I don’t want to hear that you’re out to sea.” A fellow fisherman, who was in the courtroom, posted Mr. Dalbora’s bail.