Chefs in Soup After Crash

Two assistant chefs who work at an estate on West Pond Drive in Bridgehampton, off Kellis Pond, found themselves in the soup early Friday morning.

The pair, both 22, had left the Old Stove Pub in Sagaponack and were on their way to Spring Close Highway in East Hampton in separate cars. Daniel Keith Frigeri of Tampa, Fla., driving a 2017 Audi sedan rented from Enterprise, followed Andrew Cloyd Elder of Hampton, Va., in a 2011 Range Rover registered in the name of Angelina Anissimova.

Mr. Elder stopped to turn left onto Spring Close, but Mr. Frigeri did not, said East Hampton Town police, and slammed into the Range Rover, propelling it off the road and through a mailbox. The Audi then veered left and plowed through a picket fence, coming to a stop on a front lawn.

Both drivers failed roadside sobriety tests, police said, and were arrested on misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated. They were unhurt, as was a female passenger in Mr. Elder’s car.

Back at Wainscott headquarters, Mr. Frigeri’s breath test came back with a .19 reading, triggering a raised charge of aggravated D.W.I. Mr. Elder’s reading was reported to be .13.

Bail was set later that morning at $500 for each, which was posted by the woman in Mr. Elder’s car. East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana told the defendants they needed to hire a lawyer immediately, since both were planning to head home within the month. She said she would expedite their cases.

Justin Michael Hogan of East Hampton, 45, was arraigned last Thursday. The day before, police said, his 2000 Ford pickup had veered off a curve on Pantigo Road near Skimhampton Road in East Hampton, crashing through a fence and hitting a tree. Mr. Hogan refused the headquarters breath test, resulting in an automatic suspension of his driver’s license.

It was the second D.W.I. charge against him in the past nine months. In East Hampton Village in October he hit a parked car at Two Mile Hollow Beach and drove off, according to the charge sheet. Officers found him in his wrecked car, which had broken down, nearby on Further Lane.

Those charges, still open, had been scheduled for final adjudication on Aug. 24. “That’s not happening,” Justice Rana told Mr. Hogan at his arraignment, in light of the new charges. Bail was set at $500 and posted.

A third accident involving D.W.I. charges is covered below in this issue in an article on deportations following such arrests.

Also arraigned last Thursday was Mary C. Stewart, 43, of Springs, who was convicted of drunken driving in 2008, making this new charge a felony. Ten years ago her breath test produced a high reading of .18; this time it was higher still, at .21. Police had stopped her 2006 Toyota Highlander after it made an erratic turn off Oakview Highway, they said. Bail was set at $3,000, which was posted.

On Sunday evening, a punch in the face led to a charge of misdemeanor D.W.I. Sergio Salazar Dominguez, 34, was on a date in East Hampton Village with a woman identified in court as Jessica Gutierrez. The evening didn’t go well, degrading into a verbal dispute before Mr. Salazar Dominguez allegedly struck the woman, then drove off in a 2014 Mazda.

Ms. Gutierrez told police where Mr. Salazar Dominguez lived, on Gingerbread Lane in the village. The officer who went looking for him spotted the Mazda on Railroad Avenue and followed as it reportedly ignored a stop sign, which led to a traffic stop and an eventual arrest. At headquarters, a breath test produced a .12 reading, police said. Mr. Salazar Dominguez, who was also charged with harassment, a violation, was released in the morning without bail, but with a future date on the criminal calendar. An order of protection was issued for Ms. Gutierrez.

Town police arrested Max Stadler Rowen early Sunday morning after a stop on Montauk Highway east of Amagansett, saying they had clocked his 2015 Audi at 69 miles per hour in a 45 m.p.h. zone. His breath test just missed hitting the .18 number that would have raised the misdemeanor charge to the aggravated level.

The 22-year-old, a lifetime resident of East Hampton, was released without bail, but with a future date in Justice Court.