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Felony D.W.I. Charged in Jeep Crash

Thu, 01/14/2021 - 06:21

A Springs man, Jeriel Rivera-Carrero, was charged on Jan. 3 with felony driving while intoxicated, the only such arrest to be reported last week.

The 36-year-old was turning left from Camberly Road into Norfolk Drive in Springs when he lost control of his 1998 Jeep, which crossed into the oncoming lane before striking a wooden fence. East Hampton Town police, who arrived soon after, said the driver did poorly on field sobriety tests before being charged. He was held for an appearance in Town Justice Court the next morning.

Elsewhere on the roads, deer caused two car accidents, one at 9 a.m. Sunday on Deep Lane in Amagansett, in which the car hit a tree and had to be towed, and the other on Napeague near Shipwreck Drive, around 3 p.m. on Jan. 4. Neither driver was injured.

East Hampton Ambulance Department Gets County Nod

The Suffolk County Regional Emergency Services Council voted on March 12 to expand the operating territory of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Department to include the Northwest Fire Protection District and the East Hampton Water Supply Area. This came after a contentious public hearing at LTV Studios on Feb. 16.

Mar 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 03.21.24

A 37-year-old Montauk man attempted to make a fire in a barrel at the Montauk Skate Park to "grill some burgers while he and friends skated" on the afternoon of March 13. Someone called the police, who told the man it was against the rules. He apologized and put the fire out.

Mar 21, 2024

Policing East Hampton in 2023: A Look at the Statistics

In 2023, for 911 calls classified as "highest priority," the East Hampton Town Police Department's average response time was 5 minutes, 38 seconds. Officers made 163 drunken-driving arrests, assisted on 2,530 medical calls and nearly 1,800 fire-related emergencies, and logged 12 "use of force" incidents over the 12-month period. Those were just a few of the statistics presented by Chief Michael Sarlo to the East Hampton Town Board last week, capping off a year of protecting 70 square miles from Wainscott to Montauk.

Mar 21, 2024

Sexual Assault Investigation

A 29-year-old East Hampton woman went to police headquarters on March 4 to report being the victim of sexual assault, stemming from an incident on Feb. 23 at a house in town.

Mar 13, 2024

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