Two Men Face Deportation

Two more men were facing deportation this week following their arrest by East Hampton Town police on drunken-driving charges. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has issued detainers for both.

Pablo Geovanny Jarama-Guinansaca’s fate had already been determined, an immigration judge having issued a final order of deportation some time ago, according to court documents. The 23-year-old had been living in Springs before his arrest following an accident on the roads last Thursday afternoon.

According to the police, Mr. Jarama-Guinansaca’s 2009 Toyota struck another Toyota as he turned off Flaggy Hole Road in Springs onto Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. The driver of that car, a 2011 model, was Ysaura Zepeda-Gonzalez of Springs, who was taken to Southampton Hospital for precautionary treatment. Mr. Jarama-Guinansaca failed roadside sobriety tests, police said, and was placed under arrest.

When police ran his information at headquarters, they learned he was wanted by ICE. A breath test produced a reported reading of .13, well over the .08 figure that triggers the drunken-driving charge. Bail was set Friday at $1,000. Had his wife, who was in the courtroom, posted the bail, he still would have been held in county jail for 48 hours to give ICE the chance to pick him up.

The other man facing deportation is Diego Juan Matias, 34, who was charged with felony drunken driving on Aug. 4. Unable to make $10,500 bail, he was to have been released last Thursday if not indicted, under state law. His case was heard by a grand jury at 11 a.m. on that very day, and by noon he was indicted. In the meantime, Justice Court was informed that ICE had put in a detainer request.

According to Rachel Yong Yow, a spokeswoman for ICE, after his current charges are adjudicated, Mr. Matias will be taken to a holding facility for a hearing before being “entered into final removal proceedings.”