Charged as First Offender | The East Hampton Star

East Hampton Town police reported a single alcohol-related arrest on local roads last week.

Alex Ortega-Pinto of Hampton Bays, 33, was pulled over on Three Mile Harbor Road near Boatsteerers Court in East Hampton on Friday night following an accident with a 2022 Toyota. Mr. Ortega-Pinto was driving a 2018 Mercedes when police said he swerved into the opposite lane of traffic and struck the Toyota.

Mr. Ortega-Pinto performed poorly on field sobriety tests, according to the report, and was subsequently charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, a first offense.

There was also one traffic accident involving injury during the week.

On Nov. 8, Erik Siguenza-Zhagui of East Hampton was westbound on Route 27 on Napeague, near the fork for Old Montauk Highway, when his 2004 Lincoln struck a 2008 Toyota driven by Candace Wilkerson, also of East Hampton, who had been trying to make a left-hand turn. Ms. Wilkerson was evaluated for minor bleeding and pain in her left hand and wrist following the collision.

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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