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Car Smelled Like Marijuana

Thu, 09/29/2022 - 10:11

Driving a 2007 Subaru in East Hampton Village at about 1 a.m. on Sunday, Steven Guichay-Solis of East Hampton, 22, crossed a double-yellow line at Cedar Street near Boxwood Street. Police were watching, and Mr. Guichay-Solis was pulled over, He performed poorly on field sobriety tests, an officer reported, and was charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.

Victor Borisov, 34, of East Hampton, was stopped Saturday night on Montauk Highway near Beach Plum Court after town police alleged that his 2007 Toyota had made an “unsafe start while exiting the parking lot of 2095 Montauk Highway,” the roadside lot by Best Pizza. Mr. Borisov’s speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet, police said. He too was charged with first-offense D.W.I.

David Kahn of East Hampton, 61, was pulled over on Montauk Highway near Dune Lane in Amagansett at around 8 a.m. on Sept. 9; police said they’d clocked him at 80 miles an hour in a 55-m.p.h. zone, and that he’d crossed the double yellow line “to pass numerous vehicles in an unsafe manner.” The car smelled like marijuana, they added, and the driver exhibited signs of “cannabis intoxication.” A blood-alcohol test was “inconsistent with the degree of impairment exhibited by the defendant.” A blood test was then administered; results are pending. Mr. Kahn was meanwhile charged with first-offense operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor.

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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