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Justin W. Napolillo, 27, of Amagansett was arrested by a Sag Harbor Village Police officer on foot patrol on a misdemeanor DWI charge on Sunday evening. Police said the officer was approached by a pedestrian who reported having seen Napolillo, apparently quite intoxicated, stumbling out of his vehicle, a 2019 BMW, on Wharf Street. The officer almost immediately spotted Napolillo, the police report indicates, behind the wheel of the BMW, driving on Wharf Street approaching its intersection with South Ferry Road. The officer approached the BMW, when it stopped at the intersection’s stop sign. According to police, when Napolillo tried to respond to the officer’s questions, he “spoke unintelligibly and slurred.” When told to put the car in park, Napolillo reportedly refused, then refused to exit the vehicle. The report states that the officer reached into the vehicle and switched the transmission into park, just as Napolillo revved the engine, “trying to flee.” Napolillo is said to have then physically resisted the officer’s attempt to have him step out of the car. The officer was able to shut off the ignition, despite Napolillo’s physical resistance, the report reads, and, with assistance of another officer, removed him from the BMW. Napolillo appeared extremely intoxicated, and had trouble speaking, the report says, telling police that he had taken Xanax, which he said was prescribed to him. Napolillo is also quoted as saying that he had consumed “half of a personal bottle” of bourbon. The arresting officer reported that Napolillo was too intoxicated to take roadside sobriety tests and was placed under arrest and taken to headquarters. After initially refusing to take the breath test at headquarters, Napolillo did ultimately consent, but the breath test failed, according to the police, producing a reading of “interferent detected,” meaning there was another chemical in Napolillo’s system that was interfering with the test. That reading triggered a trip to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital via ambulance out of concern for Napolillo’s health and welfare. Once at the hospital, Napolillo refused all medical attention and was eventually taken back to police headquarters where he was held overnight to be arraigned on Monday. Besides the misdemeanor DWI charge, Napolillo was also charged with a second misdemeanor, obstructing official business.
Andres L. Leon, 40, an East Hampton resident, was charged with misdemeanor DWI on Saturday night by Sag Harbor Village Police after a traffic stop on Division Street. Police said Leon was driving a 2024 Toyota Tundra erratically, swerving across lane lines as well as failing to yield to another vehicle that had the right of way, causing that vehicle to stop short. Leon appeared intoxicated, the arresting officer reported, and failed roadside sobriety tests. At headquarters, a breath test produced a reading of .14, police said, over the .08 mark that defines intoxication in the State of New York.
