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Bicyclist Thrown in Alleged D.W.I. Crash

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 11:38

This week, police arrested two drivers who were behind the wheel when they should not have been. Bonnie Rychlak, 69, of East Hampton was charged with both driving while intoxicated and having .08 of 1 percent alcohol or more in her blood on the night of April 11 when she hit and injured a bicyclist on Old Stone Highway near La Foret Lane, police said.

At 9:23 p.m., Sean Flanagan, 28, was thrown into the windshield of the black 2021 Volvo Ms. Rychlak was driving, shattering the glass. He was conscious when he was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital by Amagansett ambulance for pain throughout his body. Meanwhile, police said that Ms. Rychlak was visibly intoxicated and unable to complete roadside sobriety tests. She was taken into custody and arraigned by East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana the next morning.

Outside the East Hampton Library on Main Street, Gabrielle Stallone, 23, of Bay Shore was arrested on Sunday on intoxicated driving and blood alcohol misdemeanor charges.

An officer said her 2018 Mazda had failed to maintain its lane and was lacking sufficient taillights, which earned her two more violations.

When she was pulled over at 10:30 p.m., police said she admitted to having “one frozen margarita around 4 o’clock.” Unsteady on her feet and glassy-eyed, she failed roadside tests and was taken to headquarters before a morning arraignment.

On the Police Logs 07.17.25

A man “with white hair and a blue jacket” took another patron’s phone during a movie at the Regal Cinema and said he would not return it. He later told police he’d taken the phone to “make a stand” because the owner was talking loudly on it during the movie.

Jul 17, 2025

Found With Coke in Cars

Two drivers were charged last week in unrelated cases with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after East Hampton Town police found bags containing a “white rock-like substance” in their vehicles.

Jul 17, 2025

Overturned by the Overlook

A Brooklyn man was arraigned recently on multiple misdemeanor charges related to a May 25 accident that injured four passengers in his Mercedes S.U.V., according to police.

Jul 17, 2025

Combs Verdict on Trafficking Is Examined

To Cate Carbonaro, executive director of the East Hampton advocacy organization the Retreat, who has worked extensively with victims of sex and labor trafficking as a public defender, the split verdict in the federal criminal trial of Sean (Diddy) Combs presents a “stark reminder of how far we still have to go” to educate both the courts and the public about what the “often misunderstood” charge of sex trafficking really means.

Jul 10, 2025

 

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