Walked Away From Crash

A 1997 Chevrolet Suburban headed toward Two Mile Hollow Beach Friday afternoon crashed into a parked 2014 Chevrolet pickup truck with enough force to propel it three spaces over. The driver, Justin M. Hogan of East Hampton, 44, then turned around and drove back up Two Mile Hollow Road, a number of witnesses told East Hampton Village police. The Suburban broke down, however, before reaching Further Lane, Chief Gerard Larsen said Tuesday.

The driver, who had suffered head wounds, took his dog out of the car and began walking north with it on Cross Highway, then turned onto Middle Lane. Police stopped him, based on witnesses’ descriptions, as he approached Egypt Lane.

Mr. Hogan told them he had been in an accident, they reported, and did not have his cellphone with him, “so he left the scene and was trying to walk home” to his house on Wireless Road. He appeared intoxicated, failed a field sobriety test, and refused to take a roadside breath test, police said. According to the report, Mr. Hogan “stated he had taken a whole bunch of medications, as he has the flu, but was unsure what exactly he had taken.”

He was transported by ambulance to Southampton Hospital, where, police said, he refused to have his blood drawn to determine if alcohol or drugs were in his system. He was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated as well as five moving violations, including leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to property. He was admitted to the hospital and ordered to appear for arraignment in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Wednesday.

On Hampton Street in Sag Harbor, just after midnight on Saturday, Megan N. Pintauro, 25, a resident of the village, lost control of her 2015 Chevrolet, which left the street, police said, “going through several bushes located on the west side of the roadway, sideswiping a tree, going through a deer fence, and hitting the house at 212 Hampton Street.”

Ms. Pintauro, who told police she was texting a friend at the time of the accident, ran into a nearby house, according to a witness. The officer who questioned her reported that she appeared extremely intoxicated and failed the sobriety tests. A breath test administered at police headquarters produced a reading of .18, more than double the legal limit, and she was charged with a heightened misdemeanor, aggravated drunken driving. She was released in the morning without bail, due to her roots in the community, but with a date on Sag Harbor Justice Court’s criminal calendar.

Yet another accident leading to a misdemeanor D.W.I. charge involved a local cab driver, who was off duty at the time. East Hampton Town police said Roland J. Pavesic, 67, driving a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban, hit a utility pole early Saturday afternoon hard enough to snap it in half. The accident occurred on Lazy Point Road in Amagansett, not far from his home.

A search of the car reportedly turned up three hydrocodone tablets and five of alprazolam, considered controlled drugs, leading to several other misdemeanor charges. The breath test at headquarters in Wainscott produced a .15 reading, according to police.

The next morning, East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky asked Mr. Pavesic if this was his first arrest. “Yes, it is, and it’s going to be the last one,” he answered. Hearing that the defendant was a taxi driver, Justice Tekulsky told him, “You won’t be doing that for a while.” He suspended Mr. Pavesic’s driver’s license before releasing him without bail.

Also arraigned by Justice Tekulsky Sunday morning was Jose Vicente Guanga, 54, a Springs resident who has been convicted of drunken driving three times, the last two as felonies, making him ineligible under state law for bail at the local level. Mr. Guanga was driving a 2008 Ford early Sunday morning on Pantigo Road and failed to signal the left turn onto North Main Street, according to East Hampton Village police. At headquarters, his breath test reportedly produced a .16 reading.

The Ford, which belongs to his son, was seized, as required in such cases under county law. Mr. Guanga, who was remanded to the county jail in Riverside, is due back in court today, and will be released tomorrow if a grand jury has not indicted him by then.

Adam H. Fine, 45, driving a 1995 Land Rover, was pulled over on Nassau Street in Sag Harbor on Saturday night for driving the wrong way on the one-way street. His .11 breath test reading at headquarters confirmed the drunken-driving charge, police said. Mr. Fine, who is not related to the East Hampton High School principal, Adam S. Fine, was released without bail; he lives in Brooklyn but has a local connection as well.

Finally, police stopped Coleen A. DelValle’s 2003 Volkswagen Beetle on Cedar Street in East Hampton on Monday evening, saying it was swerving into the oncoming lane. The misdemeanor charge against Ms. DelValle, a resident of Mount Sinai who turns 53 today, is driving while under the influence of drugs. Because of her demeanor, as well as dilated pupils, police said, she was asked if she had smoked marijuana. She said she had not, but then reportedly added, “There is a roach in the car. It is very potent.”

A search of the car revealed two Oxycodone tablets, according to the arresting officer. The drug is illegal to possess without a prescription, leading to another misdemeanor charge.

At police headquarters, Ms. DelValle consented to have blood drawn for testing. At her arraignment, Justice Tekulsky noted that she does not have a driver’s license, only a learner’s permit. Because the results of the blood test are not yet known, he handed the permit back to her, telling her that “the court takes this very seriously. Don’t drive if you are not authorized to drive.”