Held After Lewdness Charge

A Springs man is being held in county jail after being arrested on a charge of exposing himself in the Stop and Shop supermarket in East Hampton Village on Monday evening. Charged with public lewdness, a misdemeanor, he was taken to headquarters, where his fingerprints and mug shot were run, triggering a detainer request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

According to village police, Richard Javier Quinde-Espinoza, 25, exposed himself at about 5:30 p.m. with customers nearby while standing near the bananas in the fruit aisle. Police alleged that he then followed a woman and two young girls walking toward the back of the store. According to police, the woman did not immediately realize he was following them, but a bystander then asked one of the girls if she knew the man. She said she did not, police were called, and the woman hurriedly left the store with the children. 

Before an officer arrived, however, Mr. Quinde-Espinoza began following another woman shopping with a young girl toward the meat department at the rear of the store, police said. They added that he appeared to be intoxicated.  

During his arraignment on Tuesday, East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana said Mr. Quinde-Espinoza apparently had arrived here through J.F.K. Airport on June 7. He already had contact with ICE and an ID number in its system, according to his court file. Bail was set at $2,000.

A detainer request from ICE asks that agents be informed 48 hours before a defendant is released to give the Department of Homeland Security time to pick him up. Unable to make $2,000 bail, he was turned over to the Suffolk County sheriff. The county, with jails in Riverside and Yaphank that can hold prisoners for extended periods of time, honors detainer requests.

The circumstances in this case were similar to those in August, when East Hampton Village police arrested Edwin Fernando Gomez-Llivisaca, 21, on a charge of serving alcohol to a minor. ICE put a detainer on him; bail was set at $2,000 as well, and it was posted. Village Police Chief Michael Tracey said at the time that the village was not set up to hold prisoners for extended periods, and that after bail was posted, Mr. Gomez-Llivisaca was released and disappeared. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.

At about the same time as East Hampton Village police were arresting Mr. Quinde-Espinoza on Monday, Sag Harbor police were taking Luis Guiracocha into custody. He was charged with two misdemeanors, endangering the welfare of a minor and stalking. 

According to police, a 13-year-old girl was walking from a friend’s house on Hempstead Street to her home on Milton Avenue on Friday, when she realized she was being followed by a man in a pickup truck. She told police she recognized the driver as Mr. Guiracocha, who is an ex-boyfriend of someone who also lives in the Milton Avenue house. After following the girl closely for a couple of minutes, police said Mr. Guiracocha sped away.

The report says the girl was initially afraid to speak with police because of alleged past encounters with Mr. Guiracocha, but she went to police headquarters with her mother on Monday and filed a complaint. Mr. Guiracocha turned himself in, and was released on $500 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court. 

Devin Kiani Brevard, a 21-year-old East Hampton man, has been held in custody since he was arrested Saturday evening on a false personation charge. Police said he told them he was Jamal Brown and gave a false date of birth when questioned. It appeared there is a warrant for his arrest in another jurisdiction, though details were not available. Bail was set at $250 Sunday morning and had not been posted by press time.