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Broke Through Two Doors

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 22:46

At about 6:55 a.m. on New Year’s Day, in their first arrest of 2020, East Hampton Town police charged a 24-year-old man with assault and menacing, saying he had punched another man in the face multiple times and pointed a kitchen knife at him during a fight at their Indian Hill Road, East Hampton, residence.     

Cristian A. Gomez allegedly brandished a knife with a six-inch blade at Luis Quizhpi-Monte, 34, during the physical altercation. Mr. Gomez also broke through wooden doors to a bedroom and bathroom, police said, striking both doors several times to get to Mr. Quizhpi. The wood splintered and cracked, causing about $200 in damage.     

Mr. Gomez was arrested at 8 a.m. and charged with assault in the third degree, menacing in the second degree, and two counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree, all misdemeanors. He appeared that same morning before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana, who issued an order of protection for the victim before releasing Mr. Gomez on his own recognizance.     

Yamit A. Hurtado of East Hampton, 40, also faces several charges. On the afternoon of Jan. 11, East Hampton Town police said, Mr. Hurtado yanked a mailbox belonging to Sebastian J. Gorgone of Three Mile Harbor Road out of the ground, post and all, and into the roadway. He then lay facedown in the road in front of a Ford F250 pickup truck, preventing the driver from moving forward.     

When Officer Nicholas Lloyd tried to arrest him, Mr. Hurtado reportedly pulled away and tried to flee. He was apprehended, but continued to “curl his arms into his body in order to prevent” the officer from handcuffing him, and spat on the top of Officer Lloyd’s head while being handcuffed.     

He was charged with resisting arrest and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, misdemeanors, and disorderly conduct and second-degree harassment, violations. He was released with an appearance ticket, and is due in East Hampton Town Justice Court today.     

East Hampton Village police were called to a fight involving two women at the Stop and Shop supermarket on the afternoon of Jan. 8. Once they got to the Newtown Lane grocery store, they found the caller, Teresa Bertha of East Hampton, holding on to Renee M. Dunn, claiming that Ms. Dunn had stolen her wallet from her shopping cart. She told police she knew that Ms. Dunn, a 42-year-old from East Hampton, had the wallet, because she’d tried to grab it from her and its strap broke off in the struggle.     

As the officers began speaking to Ms. Dunn, the wallet fell out from her possessions and onto the ground. She was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and grand larceny, both felonies, and is to be arraigned in Justice Court today.

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