A 56-year-old man was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, on Dec. 23 after crashing a 1997 Ford van into bushes off Route 27 in Montauk near Ditch Plain Road.
According to East Hampton Town police, John L. Bogetti of Tuckahoe, N.Y., was making a turn when he drove off the road, onto a grassy shoulder, and into the bushes at about 7:10 p.m. He was held overnight for arraignment in East Hampton Town Justice Court, where Justice Lisa R. Rana released him on his own recognizance.
A cygnet swan standing in the middle of Cove Hollow Road and blocking traffic on Nov. 2 proved to be uninjured and eventually flew to Georgica Pond.
After responding to a domestic incident last week, town police charged an East Hampton man with rape and forcible compulsion.
A man who drove across a lawn in Springs and into a parked truck narrowly avoided striking the house, according to town police. He was charged with drunken driving.
A major structure fire that broke out just before 11 a.m. Friday in Montauk was still being tended to by emergency personnel late into the afternoon.
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