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HAMPTON BAYS — A local resident told Southampton Town Police on October 20 that she had been the target of an attempted fraud scheme. She said she had received a call informing her that she was among nine winners of a multimillion-dollar lottery pool, but that she needed to send in a check for $3,400 to earn her portion of the much greater winnings. She mailed the check and was then told by the fraudsters that it had not arrived and that she should send another, which she did. But after discussing the matter with a family member, she realized it was likely fraud and canceled the check. As it turned out, the first check was returned to her by the U.S. Postal Service, which had flagged the address it had been mailed to as one used in fraud scams.
WATER MILL — Edison Deleg Padilla, 33, of Springs was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 8 p.m. on October 20 and charged with felony DWI after other motorists called police to report a reckless driver on County Road 39. An officer spotted Padilla’s vehicle on Montauk Highway in Water Mill and after administering a field sobriety test, found him to be intoxicated. The charge was elevated to a felony because the driver had a previous DWI within the last 10 years.
HAMPTON BAYS — Dario Montoya-Zuluagu, 23, of New York City was arrested on October 25 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, after a Southampton Town Police officer pulled over a car he was a passenger in when a license plate reader revealed that the plate on the vehicle was not assigned to it. During the investigation, the officer discovered Montoya-Zuluagu to be in possession of a small amount of the narcotics ketamine and MDMA.
HAMPTON BAYS — A Bordentown, New Jersey, woman was arrested by Southampton Town Police on October 25 and charged with assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, after she was involved in an altercation with another woman at a Palo Alto Drive home that the two women and a group of friends had rented through Airbnb.
RIVERSIDE — Jeremias Suruyqixian, 38, of Riverhead was arrested at about 10 p.m. on October 25 and charged with felony DWI after he was pulled over for erratic driving and the officer determined that he was intoxicated beyond the legal limits. The charge was elevated to a felony because of a prior DWI conviction in the previous 10 years.
WESTHAMPTON BEACH—Matthew Almont, 28, of Manorville, was arrested by Westhampton Beach Village Police on October 21 and charged with DWI. At 9:05 p.m., Almont was observed by police failing to maintain his lane while driving westbound on Mill Road. He was pulled over at 400 Mill Road, and performed poorly on a field sobriety test. He was arraigned at the Town of Southampton Justice Court and released, scheduled to appear before the Village of Westhampton Beach Justice Court in November.
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — Luca Martire, 31, of Southampton was arrested by Southampton Village Police at about 9:25 p.m. on October 25 and charged with DWI after he was involved in a minor car accident at the intersection of County Road 39 and North Sea Road and a responding officer determined that he had been drinking more than the legal limit.
