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Summer Is Ending, but Arrests Continue

Jose M. Chuchuca-Loja, 37, an East Hampton Village resident, was driving a 1995 Toyota Celica, police said, when he struck another car at the intersection of Newtown Lane and Main Street and drove away. A Carlos Taxi driver, who saw what happened, called police and then followed the Toyota to the 23-hour parking lot near Lumber Lane.

East Hampton Village police said the car was not hard to find because it had front-end damage, a broken axle, and smoke coming from the engine. Police said they found Mr. Chuchuca-Loja running away from the car.