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QUOGUE — Mark Magness, 55, of Rockville Center was arrested by Quogue Police on November 6 and charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor. Police pulled Magness over at 7:51 p.m. after receiving a report of a reckless and erratic driver traveling east on Montauk Highway. They located the vehicle in question, and observed the vehicle failing to maintain the lane of travel, as well as no rear marker lights on. A traffic stop was conducted; the operator was found to be intoxicated. He was arrested for DWI, with a blood alcohol level over .18, police said. He was arraigned the next morning and released.
QUOGUE — David Mitchell, 27, of Brooklyn was arrested by Quogue Police on November 10, and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor. Around 11:27 p.m., he was observed on Montauk Highway failing to maintain his lane and impeding traffic by stopping on an active highway lane, police said. He was processed at Quogue Village Police Department headquarters and released.
WESTHAMPTON BEACH — Dashaun Kearney, 29, of East Patchogue, was arrested by Westhampton Beach Police on November 4 and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor. Kearney was pulled over at 4:27 p.m. after police observed him fail to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Potunk Lane and Hansen Place, police said. During the investigation, officers detected a strong odor of cannabis, and Kearney exhibited signs of impairment, according to police. He was found to have a revoked driver’s license with multiple suspensions. He was processed at Westhampton Beach Police headquarters and held pending arraignment.
WESTHAMPTON BEACH — On November 8, around 1:55 p.m., Westhampton Beach Police responded to a home on Fiske Avenue where the homeowner reported that someone had stolen a kayak from his backyard. The owners stated that he had left his yellow kayak on the rack in his backyard approximately three weeks ago, and upon returning to his home, discovered the kayak was no longer there. The kayak’s serial number was provided to the officer. The case remains open.
SOUTHAMPTON — Charles Partellow, 44, of Mt. Kisco was arrested by Southampton Town Police shortly after 1 a.m. on November 8 and charged with DWI after police received a 911 call about a reckless driver headed west on County Road 39. A responding officer pulled over the car and determined that Partellow was intoxicated.
SHINNECOCK HILLS — Henry Alvarado, 40, of North Sea was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 10:20 a.m. on November 8 and charged with DWAI-Drugs, a misdemeanor, after he was observed by a police officer smoking out of a vape pipe and blowing marijuana smoke out the window while driving on County Road 39. The officer pulled him over and determined that he was driving in an impaired condition.
BRIDGEHAMPTON — Alberto Peralta, 63, of Yonkers was arrested by Southampton Town Police on November 8 and charged with DWI after he was pulled over on Montauk Highway near the Bridgehampton School for failing to give way to an ambulance with its emergency lights on. When pulled over, the officer reported that he found Peralta to be “sluggish” and slurring his speech and was determined to be intoxicated.
SOUTHAMPTON — Dayanni Lepiz, 34, of Westhampton Beach was arrested by Southampton Town Police on November 9 and charged with DWI after she was pulled over for speeding on County Road 39 and the officer determined that she was intoxicated.
TUCKAHOE — A County Road 39 business owner reported to Southampton Town Police that he had been alerted by a Chicago branch of his bank that someone appeared to be depositing checks written by his business that they suspected might be fraud. A review of checks written on the account revealed that two checks, originally in the amount of $200 and $300, had been altered to change the amounts to $4,200 and $15,300 and the recipients changed.
HAMPTON BAYS — A Nassau Road resident reported to police that his housemate had called his wife by a racial slur and drew a swastika on their fence. The housemate, Brian Solis Orozco, 23, was arrested and charged with making graffiti, a misdemeanor.
HAMPTON BAYS — Kevin Gerardi, 55, of Riverhead was arrested by Southampton Town Police on November 5 and charged with drug possession. An officer reported seeing Gerardi make furtive movements as he was approached in his car. When ordered to open his mouth the officer spotted a small white vial of what proved to be crack cocaine concealed under his tongue. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor.
EAST QUOGUE — Carlos Chavez Mendez, 30, of East Quogue was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about midnight on November 7 and charged with DWI after he was stopped at a DWI checkpoint and determined by an officer to have been drinking more than the legal limit.
RIVERSIDE — Marcos Sian Morales, 32, of Riverhead was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 6:20 p.m. on November 1 and charged with DWI after he was pulled over for a traffic infraction and an officer determined that he had been drinking more than the legal limit.
RIVERSIDE — A Fort Salonga man was arrested for drug possession on two separate days this past week. The first incident occurred on November 3, after the man, Carl Ligon, 67, was pulled over by a Southampton Town Police officer who recognized him and knew him to have a suspended license. When stopped, Ligon told police that he was in possession of some crack cocaine. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. The next day, November 4, Ligon was again stopped while riding a bicycle through what police called “a known drug area” and he was found to be in possession of crack cocaine. He was again charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.
RIVERSIDE — A Riverhead woman was arrested by Southampton Town Police on November 5 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. Police say that an officer approached the woman, Tameka Frazier, 48, in a known drug area and she was found to have a small amount of crack cocaine in her hand, police said.
