Headed East to Nassau?

East Hampton Town police made three arrests over the weekend on misdemeanor drunken-driving charges, all in Montauk.

A Wheatley Heights woman, Jamez A. Teel, was additionally charged with speeding, as well as unlicensed driving at the felony level. Police said Ms. Teel, 38, was going 50 miles per hour on Montauk Main Street, where the speed limit is 30 m.p.h., when they stopped her 2001 Jeep at about 8 a.m. on Saturday. 

Ms. Teel was eastbound at the time she was stopped, police said, but reportedly thought she was headed west, toward Nassau County. At headquarters, her blood-alcohol content was recorded at 0.13. 

In court the next morning, East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky asked Ms. Teel what she was doing in the town of East Hampton. “I was lost,” she answered. 

Justice Tekulsky told her that the district attorney’s office had asked bail to be set at $10,000. “You have an open charge of D.W.I. from June of this year in Amityville,” he said. “You have several other convictions at the misdemeanor level.” 

He set bail at $7,500. Ms. Teel said she would not be able to post it. Justice Tekulsky then explained that she would be released as of today, Nov. 19, if the D.A.’s office has not obtained an indictment on the felony charge. It would be highly unusual for a grand jury to be presented such a charge in such a short time. Ms. Teel remained in the county jail as of yesterday morning.

Lucas J. Pierre of Montauk, 34, had stopped his 2006 Nissan Saturday afternoon on East Lake Drive near Big Reed Path when an officer drove by. He told the officer that “I drove on Otter Beach” and a branch had got stuck in his tire, causing him to pull up. “I had two drinks about four hours ago, two shots of whiskey,” he was reported saying.

After failing roadside sobriety tests, he was taken back to police headquarters, where police said his blood-alcohol level was recorded at 0.28, well over three times the legal limit and far beyond the 0.18 number that triggers a raised charge of aggravated D.W.I. The reported reading was slightly below the 0.30 number that would have required a trip to the hospital as a precaution.

In court on Sunday morning, after spending about 20 hours in a holding cell, Mr. Pierre heard from Justice Tekulsky that he had also been charged with two violations: driving an uninsured vehicle and failing to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles when he moved to East Hampton, from his native state of Pennsylvania. Justice Tekulsky made note of the high alcohol reading as well as the fact that Mr. Pierre had had an unspecified brush with the law in Pennsylvania, and set bail at $750. It was posted.

Police also arrested J. Michael ­Grisham, 25, of East Hampton, who was pulled over in a 2010 Dodge after allegedly doing 56 m.p.h. on Flamingo Avenue, where the limit is 40. His reported reading was 0.11; this was his first such offense. “I was one drink over the legal limit,” he told Justice Tekulsky, “and I am really sorry.” He was released without bail, but with a future date on Justice Tekulsky’s criminal calendar.