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AMAGANSETT — East Hampton Town Police arrested Donya D. Davis, 30, of East Hampton after a traffic stop on Montauk Highway near Cranberry Hole Road early Monday morning on two misdemeanor charges. Police said Davis was pulled over because he was driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee moving at 75 mph in a 45-mph zone. After the traffic stop, the arresting officer reported that Davis appeared to be under the influence of a drug of some type, with sluggish motion and “droopy eyelids,” and that Davis then failed roadside sobriety tests. According to police, there were two tablets in plain view in the area of the driver’s seat inside the Jeep, labeled Xanax. Those tablets were identified by police as the prescription drug Alprazolam. Davis was arrested on a charge of driving while ability impaired by a combination of drugs and or alcohol and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, both misdemeanors. Police said that at headquarters Davis refused to allow his blood to be drawn to determine what if any drugs were in his system at the time. The arraignment of Davis later Monday morning in front of East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky was a reunion of sorts. Tekulsky presided over the arraignment of Davis in May of this year on similar charges, driving with ability impaired involving the same Jeep Cherokee and drug possession, though in that case the possession charge was at the felony level. Police said that Davis had over a half gram of cocaine on him at the time. While that case was recently moved to the East End’s drug court, it adds to the legal hot water Davis now finds himself in.
EAST HAMPTON — East Hampton Town Police arrested Edgar W. Solis Marca, 38, of East Hampton on misdemeanor DWI charges early Thanksgiving morning. Police said Solis Marca, while driving a 2007 Jeep on Three Mile Harbor Road just north of North Main Street, was swerving repeatedly across lane lines, leading to the traffic stop. The arresting officer reported that Solis Marca appeared intoxicated and failed roadside sobriety tests, leading to the arrest. At headquarters, according to police, Solis Marca consented to take a breath test, which produced a reading of .21, over twice the .08 mark that defines intoxication in the State of New York, and high enough to trigger a more severe charge of aggravated DWI. In addition to the DWI charges, Solis Marca was also charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor.
EAST HAMPTON — Town Police arrested Michael A. Bacuilina Guanga, 22, of Hampton Bays a little after midnight on Thanksgiving on misdemeanor DWI charges. Police said Bacuilina Guanga was driving a 2021 Toyota Tacoma pick-up south on Three Mile Harbor Road erratically, leading to a traffic stop, and, eventually, Bacuilina Guanga’s arrest. Failing roadside sobriety tests, police said, after being placed under arrest, Bacuilina Guanga consented to take a breath test at headquarters, which produced a reading of .15, over the .08 mark that defines intoxication, police said.
EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE — A Water Mill resident who does business at the Chase Bank in East Hampton Village came into Village Police headquarters on Thanksgiving morning to report that he had been defrauded by scammers for over $40,000. The 87-year-old man told police he had received a phone call from an unknown subject, claiming to be a Chase Bank representative. The man was told by this individual that there was potential fraud involving his account and that he needed to move funds into a new account, details of which the caller provided to the victim. The caller also provided specific transfer instructions, which the victim followed, making two transfers, for a total of $41,500. After making the transfers the Water Mill man contacted Chase’s security team to verify the account information he had been given and was advised no such transaction history existed. Police were told that Chase bank is now conducting an internal investigation on the matter. A somewhat similar scamming incident involving the Chase Bank in Sag Harbor Village was reported this week as well.
