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Roadside Failures

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 09:53

After driving off the westbound shoulder of Ely Brook Road near Hand's Creek Road in Northwest on Friday night, Luis Amon-Segarra's black 2010 Honda Civic hit a tree. East Hampton Town police found the 48-year-old East Hampton resident standing next to the car and asked him to perform sobriety tests.

 He failed, they said, and was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, his first such offense. He spent the rest of the night in police custody and was released following a morning arraignment, with a future date in court.

Darwin Isabel Mayorga-Ramirez of Calverton was similarly charged on Saturday afternoon in Springs. Police said his white 2017 Ford van had swerved over the double yellow lines on Old Stone Highway near Acorn Place and sideswiped a 2015 BMW sedan belonging to Jonda Stilwell of Amagansett. Neither driver was hurt, but the BMW sustained serious damage to its left side and was towed by Fireplace Auto Collision.

Police said Mr. Mayorga-Ramirez, while standing by his car, told them both cars were close to the yellow lines and that they had hit each other. His eyes were bloodshot, however; his speech was slurred, and he was asked to perform the standard field tests, which he failed. He too was held overnight for a morning arraignment; Justice Lisa R. Rana released him with a return court date. 

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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