He ‘Only Had Six Drinks’

A local man who was charged early Sunday morning with drunken driving is said to have told the East Hampton Town police officer who arrested him that “I only had six drinks tonight.”

Isaiah J. Stephens of East Hampton, 25, was westbound on Napeague in a 2011 Chevrolet when he was initially pulled over. Police said their dash-mounted Kustom Signals Pro radar gun clocked him going 75 miles per hour up the hill toward Amagansett before they stopped him. The speed limit along that section of the highway is 45 m.p.h.

The arresting officer said Mr. Stephens was swerving across lane lines as he sped along. “I know I was going a little fast,” he told the officer.

Because he was convicted on the same charge in 2007, two days short of his 18th birthday, Mr. Stephens now faces a felony charge.

At police headquarters in Wainscott almost two hours after the stop, he consented to a breath test, which reportedly produced a reading of .17 of 1 percent, over double the legal limit. Bail was set later that morning by East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana at $3,000, which was posted by a family member.

Two accidents over the weekend ended in charges of driving while intoxicated.

Jason P. Seccombe of East Hampton, 48, was driving a 1987 Jeep north on Three Mile Harbor Road Friday night when he collided with a 2007 Toyota being driven by a Springs woman, Jacqueline M. Guicha Lliguisaca. Mr. Seccombe told police that “I was driving and she pulled a U-turn right in front of me.” The accident happened near Muir Boulevard.

Police said they found a small amount of marijuana in Mr. Seccombe’s possession. His breath test produced a reading of .10, over the .08 level that is legally considered intoxication. He was released without bail on Saturday morning. Ms. Guicha Lliguisaca was charged with two traffic violations: driving without a license and making an illegal turn.

The second accident involved a Wyandanch man who was clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nicholas A. Cater’s 2000 Mercury had been parked early Monday morning outside the Montauk police substation when he climbed in and put it in reverse. The car backed into a parked patrol car, which was unoccupied.

Like Mr. Seccombe, Mr. Cater allegedly had a small amount of marijuana in his possession, police said. He too produced a relatively low blood-alcohol reading at headquarters, .09.

During his arraignment Monday, Mr. Cater told Justice Lisa Rana that he was working as a line cook for the season in East Hampton. He has an open petty larceny charge dating from last year, Justice Rana noted before setting bail at $500. It was posted by a friend of the defendant.

Another person working here for the season and charged with D.W.I. this week was Holland A. Flinn, a 19-year-old college student from Red Bank, N.J. Ms. Flynn was found on Pantigo Road early Tuesday, police said, driving a 2015 Jeep “on the sidewalk of the westbound lane while traveling eastbound.”

She reportedly told the arresting officer that “I had one beer an hour ago. I’m totally fine.” At headquarters, however, her breath test allegedly produced the highest reading of the week, .23, almost 3 times the legal limit and well over the .18 number that triggers the more serious misdemeanor charge of aggravated D.W.I. Justice Steven Tekulsky released her without bail following arraignment.

Thomas Allen Duffy, 33, an Australian who now lives in New York City, was sitting in a 2012 Chevrolet in the middle of the intersection of Fleming Avenue and Kettle Hole Road in Montauk at 3 a.m. Sunday when a patrol car passed by. Mr. Duffy, who police said had a temporary license that had expired, “pulled into a driveway and ran into woods.”

Police soon overtook him. “It’s a long story, but we started drinking in Sag Harbor, then we were at the Harbor,” he is quoted as saying, apparently referring to the popular restaurant and nightclub in the Montauk dock area.

He refused to take the breath test at headquarters, police said. Mr. Duffy, who told the court he was an account executive with Google, was released after posting $350 bail, and has a future date on Justice Rana’s calendar.