Quieter Week on the Roads

After several weeks of numerous drunken-driving arrests, many following car crashes, last week was strikingly calm. One arrest followed a crash; another resulted from a traffic infraction.

According to East Hampton Town police, Carlos M. Grajales, 49, of East Hampton, ran a stop sign at the intersection of Albert’s Landing Road and Old Stone Highway in Amagansett at about midnight on Saturday, before winding up in the woods, damaging the front and passenger side of his 2001 pickup truck. “I had a lot to drink,” Mr. Grajales reportedly told an officer. Back at police headquarters in Wainscott, his breath test produced a reading of .18 of 1 percent, triggering a raised misdemeanor charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated.

In court Sunday morning, East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky observed that Mr. Grajales was a longtime resident here, and released him without requiring bail.

Michael A. Goericke of Flanders, 27, was arrested at almost the same time. Police said they spotted his 2003 Toyota pickup, headed east on Napeague, crossing the double yellow line to pass another car.

His breath test reportedly registered .13, well over the .08 number that defines intoxication. His parents were in the courtroom for his arraignment, a fact Justice Tekulsky noted as he released him without bail, but with a future date on his criminal calendar.