An Amagansett woman was charged on the morning of Dec. 1 with drunken driving after an East Hampton Town police officer reportedly saw her car strike a bush and a business sign in the parking lot of People’s United Bank.
It happened as she was turning into the lot from Spring Close Highway. The officer reported that Kerri Ryan Webb, 49, had trouble making the left turn, and that she performed poorly on field sobriety tests after showing signs of intoxication. She was charged at about 9 a.m. with driving while intoxicated, a first-offense misdemeanor, and was arraigned the next day by Justice Lisa R. Rana. She will be back in court next Thursday.
Luis V. Sopla Yanza of Flanders, 40, was allegedly driving last Thursday without an interlock device, often required by courts after a conviction for drunken driving, and without a driver’s license either. Both charges are misdemeanors. Police flagged him on Abraham’s Path near Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton, driving a 2017 Ford pickup truck belonging to someone else. Both charges are misdemeanors. He was released on a field appearance ticket and will answer the charges on Dec. 22.
In non-alcohol-related arrests, Jean Caillet of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was charged with driving with a suspended or revoked registration and third-degree unlicensed driving, both misdemeanors, on Nov. 28. Police pulled him over on Montauk Highway near Georgica Road, East Hampton, driving a 2009 Nissan, shortly before 9 a.m. that day. Mr. Caillet, 56, will appear in court on Wednesday.
Julio A. Mejiarojas of Hampton Bays, 25, will also appear in Justice Court on
Wednesday, to answer charges of aggravated unlicensed driving. Police stopped his 2006 Chevrolet van on Dec. 1 on Oakview Highway, East Hampton, at around 7 a.m.
In Sag Harbor, village police made several arrests on similar charges.
Danny Palaguachi of East Hampton, 20, was charged on Sunday with third-degree aggravated unlicensed driving, a misdemeanor, after police said they saw his 2005 Chevrolet van drive through a crosswalk where pedestrians had the right of way and make an unsafe lane change, along with minor traffic infractions. In March, police said, Mr. Palaguachi’s license had been suspended for driving without insurance, and suspended again in May after he failed to pay a fine. He is to appear in Sag Harbor Village Court on Friday, Dec. 17.
Last Thursday morning, police said, Orlando A. Reyes-Mencias of Dix Hills, 35, was driving a 2011 Subaru on Hampton Street at 37 miles per hour in a school zone, where the speed limit is 20. When an officer stopped the car near Milton Avenue, he discovered Mr. Reyes-Mencias’s license had previously been suspended for driving without insurance. Charged with third-degree unlicensed driving, as well as two traffic violations, he is to appear in the village court tomorrow.
Olga Ozerskaya of Water Mill, 37, was also driving above the 20-mile-per-hour limit, according to police, who stopped her 2017 Porsche on Jermain Avenue near Suffolk Street on the afternoon of Nov. 24. Her unlicensed driving charge, police reported, stemmed from her failure to appear for a court date in October; she was additionally charged with speeding. Ms. Ozerskaya was arraigned on Friday.