A 25-year-old woman arrested early at about 1:15 a.m. on Friday on a drunken-driving charge in Sag Harbor Village kicked an officer and was taken for a mental health evaluation after she threatened to kill herself while in police custody.
Amanda C. Schwartz of Sag Harbor was found to be driving while intoxicated, according to police, after they stopped her 2019 Lexus sport utility vehicle at about 1:15 a.m., saying it had failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Bay and Main Streets. She was pulled over in a parking lot on Long Island Avenue, and “smelled strongly of an intoxicating beverage,” police reported.
An open bottle of Jagermeister was found in the driver’s side-door bottle holder, they said. Later, an open 750-milliliter bottle of Old Tullymet whisky was found on the floor behind the front passenger seat.
When police attempted to place her under arrest, she became combative, kicking the officer multiple times, they reported. After several failed attempts to arrest her while she was standing up, police took her to the ground and placed her in handcuffs. She was transported to Sag Harbor Village headquarters, where she refused to take a chemical breath test.
After she stated multiple times that she was going to kill herself and that she was suicidal, police decided to take her to Stony Brook University Hospital’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, also known as CPEP. Stony Brook has since released her, and she will be arraigned in January 2020.