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Telephone Pole Was Severed

Thu, 02/09/2023 - 10:05

East Hampton Town police reported just one drunken-driving arrest last week.

Just after midnight on Friday, after losing control of his 2004 Acura, police said Carlo Pacho-Gutama of Hampton Bays, 29, drove into a telephone pole on Springs-Fireplace Road near Sand Lot Road in Springs. The pole was severed in the collision.

Mr. Pacho-Gutama performed poorly on standardized field sobriety tests, according to the report, and was charged with a class E felony after it was found that he had been convicted of driving while intoxicated within the past 10 years. After the Acura was found to be lacking an interlock device, which is required after a D.W.I. conviction, he was further charged with a misdemeanor.

On the Police Logs 07.23.26

A driver trying to back his Porsche into a parking space on Newtown Lane last Thursday found a traffic control officer standing in the spot. The T.C.O. called police, saying the driver was yelling at her to move and had reversed the car in her direction.

Jul 23, 2026

Tried to Stop a Rolling Car

A local woman was injured on Friday morning near the Mobil gas station in Amagansett after her car rolled away and knocked her down.

Jul 23, 2026

Down a Deeper Legal Hole

A man facing a misdemeanor drunken driving charge appears to have made things worse for himself. 

Jul 23, 2026

Passengers Could Not Resuscitate Fisherman

East Hampton Town police and the Coast Guard are investigating the death of a man found unconscious Tuesday on a boat off the coast of Montauk Point.

Jul 22, 2026

 

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