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Snowy Roads, Sliding Cars

Thu, 01/13/2022 - 10:19

Last week’s storm didn’t leave large piles of snow, but it was still enough to cause a couple of accidents on local roads.

Jennifer Cardenas of East Hampton, 23, was driving her 2016 Honda sedan south on Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs on Friday morning when she lost traction on the snowy road and slid off the shoulder, hitting a utility pole. She was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital complaining of abdominal pain. Her car was towed from the scene by Fireplace Auto Collision.

A few hours earlier, at 4:15 a.m., slippery roads caused another accident, although less serious. A village police officer witnessed a 30-year-old Manhasset man in a 2015 Ford Suburban attempt and fail to navigate a left turn from Gingerbread Lane onto Toilsome Lane. The  car veered off the road and struck a nearby building. The driver was uninjured, according to the report.

On Jan. 4, another accident occurred on Gingerbread Lane, this time at the corner of King Street, when Thomas Courtenay of East Quogue, 72, driving a 2004 Hyundai, ran a stop sign and collided with a 2021 Land Rover driven by Michael Commander, 22, of Baiting Hollow. The younger man complained of a head injury and was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The Hyundai was towed by Hammer Towing; the Land Rover was towed by Rob’s Towing.

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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