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Driver Allegedly Fled Crash

Wed, 12/07/2022 - 18:05

Marcelino Luna of East Hampton, 42, ran away, according to East Hampton Town police, after crashing a 2003 Mini Cooper into a 2011 Kia minivan on the afternoon of Nov. 29. The accident happened on Springs-Fireplace Road near Old Fireplace Road.

After police caught up with Mr. Luna, they charged him with two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated, and a third misdemeanor for falsely representing himself as someone else.

Duvan Salcedo-Pachon, a 22-year-old East Hampton resident, was involved in an accident on Nov. 26 at 4 a.m. while northbound in a 2007 BMW on Stephen Hand’s Path near Wheelock Lane. Police reported that the driver had failed to navigate a bend in the road and crashed into a tree and a utility pole. He faces a first-offense misdemeanor charge of drunken driving.

Felony Drug Possession Charged

East Hampton Village police officers searched the car of Richard Daunt of Montauk and allegedly found a plastic bag containing 17 individual smaller bags each with a white powdery substance inside.

May 8, 2025

Montauk Fire District Faulted Again

The New York State comptroller’s office has completed another audit of the Montauk Fire District, alleging that the district overcompensated its 17 paid emergency responders and failed to resolve discrepancies in time-clock activity for three of those employees.

May 8, 2025

On the Police Logs 05.08.25

In April a woman reported seven broken windows at her Sag Harbor house. She told police the windows were fine last July, when she’d last been in town, but that a caretaker had since reported finding four teenagers in the house, and kicked them out.

May 8, 2025

A Jeep, a Volvo, and a Crash on Route 114

Two East Hampton women were involved in the sole serious road-related accident reported last week.

May 8, 2025

 

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