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Elizabeth Wilczynska, 64, of Hampton Bays was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after she was pulled over on Pulaski Avenue by Southampton Village Police on the evening of March 8. Following her arrest, Wilczynska complained of chest pains and was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where, said police, she “remained combative, belligerent, and attempted to kick the officers and staff.” Owing to what they alleged was her high blood alcohol content level, physicians held her overnight in the hospital’s emergency room before she was released to police in the morning and given a court date of March 26.
Serafin Vargan-Medel, 36, of Hampton Bays was reportedly driving a red Ford Mustang on Montauk Highway just before midnight on March 6 when Westhampton Beach Village Police said he failed to yield to oncoming traffic while turning onto Old Riverhead Road. Vargan-Medel was pulled over. Following a field sobriety test, police determined he was intoxicated. He was charged with aggravated DWI per se, a misdemeanor, owing to a blood alcohol content that police said was greater than .18 percent.
Eduar Montes-Fuentes, 20, of Flanders was speeding without functioning taillights on Cross River Drive in Riverside on the evening of March 10, said Southampton Town Police, who pulled him over and determined he was intoxicated, based on field sobriety tests. Montes-Fuentes was charged with first-offense DWI, a misdemeanor, and issued 11 violations for various driving offenses.
Galo Plaza-Tacuri, 29, of Mastic Beach was reportedly driving a white van “in an erratic manner” on Montauk Highway near Flanders Road in Hampton Bays on the evening of March 7, based on a 911 call to Town Police. They said they soon observed the van swerving out of its lane and upon a traffic stop, charged Plaza-Tacuri with first-offense DWI, a misdemeanor.