With warmer weather on the way and the increasing availability of vaccines, more vehicles are out on the roads, and with them come a small but increasing number of alcohol-related arrests.
Last Thursday evening, Adison Chaikrham, 40, of East Hampton was slapped with a felony driving while intoxicated charge, meaning he had a previous conviction for the offense within the past 10 years. After another driver reported Mr. Chaikrham's 2020 green Mini Cooper swerving along Gould Street near Cedar Street in East Hampton both vehicles stopped on the street.
Mr. Chaikrham, according to police, "confronted" the other driver for calling him in. Officers found him outside his car, unable to complete sobriety tests. He was held overnight for a Friday-morning appearance before East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky, who released him in his own recognizance.
The week's only other road-related incident, a car-deer collision, happened in Springs on Saturday around midnight, on Hildreth Place near Oceanview Avenue.