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An Infamous Intersection

Thu, 08/19/2021 - 08:02

Two men were charged over the weekend with drunken driving on local roads. At 1 a.m. on Saturday, East Hampton Town police stopped a 2019 Subaru driven by Cormac Patrick Lawler, 31, of Sag Harbor after he turned from Stephen Hand's Path onto Route 114 without signaling, and then drifted into the oncoming lane. That intersection has been the subject of numerous complaints from neighbors this summer, citing screeching tires and loud noises. Mr. Lawler, after allegedly failing a field sobriety test, was held overnight for a morning arraignment before Justice Steven Tekulsky in East Hampton Town Court.

 Luiz Lopez-Velez of East Hampton, 26, was charged on Sunday at around 3:30 a.m. Officers said they pulled him over he veered out of his lane while turning right from Springs-Fireplace Road onto Abraham's Path, and that he performed poorly on the field test. Mr. Lopez-Velez was later determined to have been driving with twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, an additional misdemeanor. Later that day he too appeared before Justice Tekulsky.

 Later Sunday morning, in a non-alcohol-related incident, Nelson Randolph, 58, of New York City, was riding his bicycle on Bluff Road in Amagansett when he struck the rear passenger side of a 2017 Lexus driven by Caroline Silver, 21, of Scarsdale, N.Y., who was turning into her driveway on Mako Lane. Mr. Randolph complained of elbow pain and was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for minor bleeding. He told police he did not have enough time to stop, and a witness agreed with him.

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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