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Escaped 'Through the Trunk'

Thu, 10/27/2022 - 09:16

Lori Barnaby of Southampton, 63, was driving on Main Street near Howard Street in Sag Harbor on Friday night when her 2011 Acura struck a tree and flipped onto its side. Ms. Barnaby, who, police said, "escaped through the trunk" with assistance from the Sag Harbor Fire Department, was later charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. She was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for evaluation, cleared by medical personnel, taken back to Sag Harbor police headquarters, and then held overnight for a morning arraignment. The Acura, heavily damaged, was towed from the scene.

On the evening of Oct. 10, East Hampton Town police stopped Edwin Soliz-Soliz of Hampton Bays, 27, on Town Lane near Spring Close Highway in East Hampton after reportedly spotting his 2006 Honda swerving back and forth over the double yellow lines. The driver performed poorly on field sobriety tests, police said, and, after submitting to a blood-alcohol content test, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of drunken driving.

East Hampton Had Role in High-Stakes Poker Scandal

Rigged, illegal, and high-stakes poker games have been held in recent years in various locales, including East Hampton, according to a federal indictment filed on Oct. 9. 

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On the Police Logs 10.30.25

The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.

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On the Police Logs 10.23.25

A dog had been barking on and off in a fenced-in backyard for four days, a Springs-Fireplace Road neighbor reported on the night of Oct.15, adding that the house appeared to be empty and abandoned. Police went to the property and found a large black-and-white husky, “whimpering and shivering.”

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Felony Arrests, One Night After Another

Town police made two similar felony-level arrests for drunken driving last week, one on Main Street in Montauk and the other in East Hampton.

Oct 23, 2025

 

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