Elderly Assault Is Charged

A 54-year-old East Hampton woman was charged on Sunday with a felony after she allegedly assaulted her elderly mother. 

Nina K. Schafer was at home on Oakview Highway when she struck the 85-year-old woman, causing a laceration to her left eye, East Hampton Town police said. Ms. Schaefer was charged with second-degree assault under a new statute that protects the elderly when a victim is more than 65 and a defendant more than 10 years younger.

Ms. Schafer was held overnight for arraignment. Town Justice Lisa R. Rana released her on her own recognizance the next day. 

In other arrests, Rolando E. Merchan, 49, of East Hampton was arrested on a drunken-driving charge on Friday around 1:20 a.m. Police said they saw him driving a 2013 Chevrolet van north on Abraham’s Path near Town Lane in Amagansett when he failed to stop at a stop sign. He had failed to stay to the right side of the road about 20 minutes earlier, police said. 

He appeared to be intoxicated, according to the report. Charged with misdemeanor D.W.I., he was arraigned later that day before Justice Steven Tekulsky and released on his own recognizance. 

Ryan E. Lyttle, 19, of Baldwin was charged with a misdemeanor for displaying a forged certificate without inspection during a traffic stop on March 18. Mr. Lyttle’s 1996 Acura was pulled over on Old Montauk Highway near Montauk Highway in Montauk around 10:15 p.m. Police noticed that the 2019 inspection on the Acura had been issued to a 1999 Honda. Mr. Lyttle was released after posting $100 bail with an order to appear in court on Wednesday.

Sag Harbor Village police charged a 19-year-old with petty larceny on March 16 after she allegedly took a few hundred dollars’ worth of jewelry from Illusions on Main Street. 

Police were called to the store about missing jewelry and reviewed security video that showed a woman and two men taking a sterling ring worth $45, another ring worth $65, a set of La Vie earrings worth $115, and a Dogeared necklace valued at $65. 

Georgia J. Denardo of Sag Harbor was identified as the woman in the security footage. In an interview during which she was wearing the earrings, she admitted to taking the jewelry and told police she had acted alone. 

She was released on her own recognizance and will report to Sag Harbor Village Justice Court for arraignment on May 3.