D.W.I.s Keep Police Busy

A local tennis pro was arrested on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge Tuesday morning for the fourth time in the past three years. Two of the prior cases are pending in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court.

Kiril P. Tcherveniachki, whose LinkedIn page describes him as the director of tennis with Annacone Tennis Management, was first arrested in East Hampton during a sweep in 2012. His lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., negotiated a reduced charge for him at the violation level.

On April 22, 2014, Sag Harbor police allegedly found Mr. Tcherveniachki passed out behind a steering wheel, yards from his Fordham Road residence. At headquarters, a breath test produced a blood-alcohol level of 0.25, which triggers a raised charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Then in August of 2014 Sag Harbor police pulled him over on Bay Street leading to an arrest on another drunken driving charge. Police said that this time he would not take the breath test. Because he has not been convicted on any of the D.W.I. charges, they remain at the misdemeanor level. However, he was charged with a felony count of driving without a license.

In the latest incident, East Hampton Town police said that Mr. Tcherveniachki drove a 2004 Porsche onto the sidewalk at Amagansett Square at about 7:30 p.m. on Monday. He was seated behind the wheel, engine running, police said, and could not complete roadside sobriety tests because he was so intoxicated. Police quoted Mr. Tcherveniachki as telling the arresting officer “I’m not that hammered. I didn’t realize this wasn’t a road.”

At police headquarters, police obtained a blood-alcohol reading of 0.25, leading to another aggravated drunken driving charge. Bail was set at $7,500, which was posted.

East Hampton Town police also arrested Andres Cambay-Malan of East Hampton early Saturday morning after a traffic stop on Springs-Fireplace Road. Police had received a report of an erratic driver prior to the arrest. He allegedly had an open container of an alcoholic beverage in his car.

At headquarters, Mr. Cambay-Malan refused to take the breath test, police said. Besides the misdemeanor drunken driving charge, he also will have to deal with a misdemeanor charge of unlicensed driving.

“You were allegedly driving without a license, indicating that you put your interests ahead of society’s,” East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky said during Mr. Cambay-Malan’s arraignment. “You cannot drive,” the justice said, as he revoked the defendant’s license for refusing to take the breath test. Bail was set at $500, which was posted.

Sag Harbor police arrested Earl R. Roosa, 61, on the night of Sept. 15, shortly after waking him up. Police said he had been in an accident in a 2002 Chevrolet Trail Blazer at the intersection of Walker Avenue and Cadmus Road. When they arrived, police found the car with front-end damage, but no driver. A witness said the driver had walked down Cadmus Road to Meredith Avenue, “where he laid down in the roadway, in front of a house.” Police reported that he was sound asleep when they found him. Mr. Roosa was allegedly unable to perform sobriety tests after being awakened. His blood-alcohol level when tested at headquarters was over 0.18, triggering a misdemeanor aggravated drunken driving charge, police said. Bail was set the next morning at $500, which was posted.

Two East Hampton men were arrested on drunken driving charges in separate incidents in Southampton over the weekend, with one facing a felony.

Southampton Town police stopped Ervin Chavez-Felipe, 41, on County Road 39 Friday evening for allegedly swerving across lane lines. He was charged at the felony level due to a prior D.W.I. conviction. Bail was set in Southampton Justice Court the next morning at $1,000, which was posted.

New York State police arrested Jose Cubule Tocay, 29, after a traffic stop on North Road in Southampton on Sunday. He refused to take the breath test, and was held overnight for arraignment.