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Speeding, Drifting, Drinking

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 09:51

Carlos Ellis Whitt of East Hampton, 42, was pulled over on Old Northwest Road near Peach Farm Lane on the night of April 23 after an officer clocked his 2020 gray Jeep at 51 miles per hour in a 30 m.p.h. zone. The officer, who also reported seeing the Jeep drifting across the marked lines, spoke with the driver and noticed “a strong odor of alcohol” on his breath. Mr. Whitt performed poorly on the roadside sobriety tests, according to the report, and was charged with aggravated drunken driving after consenting to a breathalyzer test at police headquarters. Held overnight, he appeared in court the next morning before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana, who released him on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on May 26.

Polivio Pintado-Pizarro’s 2004 gray Cadillac was seen on Woods Lane last week by an East Hampton Village officer who reported that the rear license plate was obstructed. A check with the State Department of Motor Vehicles allegedly found that the plate had expired and that the driver’s license was suspended.

Further, there was no interlock device on the car. There should have been, because Mr. Pintado-Pizarro was found to have a past conviction for drunken driving and another for driving while ability impaired, both within the past 10 years. He was taken to village police headquarters, where, after being assigned a May 11 date in Justice Court to answer the charges, he was released.

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Fleeing Driver Goes to Court

Most of the charges against a Latham, N.Y., man who appeared in East Hampton Town Justice Court last week stem from an incident on May 25, when he allegedly fled from a town police officer who was conducting a traffic stop on Montauk Highway in Amagansett.

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Almost Struck Traffic Control Officer

Sag Harbor Village police arrested a Brooklyn man on Main Street after receiving a report that his car had “almost struck” a young T.C.O., who told police she had seen the driver head north in the southbound lane and then park against the flow of traffic.

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Left-Hand Turns Go Wrong

A bicyclist was taken to the Stony Brook East Hampton Emergency Department on Friday morning after being struck by a Subaru S.U.V. on Springs-Fireplace Road.

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