East Hampton Village police were notified by town cops on Saturday night about an erratic driver who may have been in an accident in Amagansett, and found the man, John Schroeder of Smithtown, on Main Street near David’s Lane, driving “recklessly.”
The officer reported that Mr. Schroeder’s blue Honda CR-V had crossed the double yellow lines and driven on the shoulder, and pulled him over. Mr. Schroeder’s breath smelled of alcohol, according to the report, and he did poorly on the roadside tests.
Another driver, who’d apparently followed the Honda from Amagansett, stopped to speak with the officers and told them that Mr. Schroeder, who was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, had struck his car mirror back on Amagansett Main Street.
Mr. Schroeder, a bartender at Il Buco in Amagansett, was held overnight, appeared in Town Justice Court in the morning, and was due back there yesterday.
Carlos Pucha-Guaman of East Hampton, 23, was northbound on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road in Springs May 23 in a 2017 Suzuki motorcycle when, he told East Hampton Town police, he swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle, lost control, and drove into a tree.
The officer who responded reported smelling alcohol on the young man’s breath and said he performed poorly on the standard field sobriety tests. Mr. Pucha-Guaman injured his lower leg in the accident, and an ambulance was called to take him to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where he remained until early the next morning. Charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, he was given an appearance ticket and released on his own recognizance. He was to have appeared yesterday in Town Justice Court.
Jairo Gomez Llivisaca, 23, of East Hampton, had difficulty Sunday negotiating the turn from Cedar Street onto Cooper Lane in East Hampton. His 2011 Jeep Patriot crossed the lines on Cedar, police reported; then drove over grass, overcorrected, and once again drove over the lines, this time on Cooper Lane.
He was charged with misdemeanor D.W.I. after an unsatisfactory field test, police said. Later, back at headquarters, his blood-alcohol level was found to be higher than the standard .08, and police added a charge of aggravated drunken driving. He was held overnight and arraigned the next morning by Justice Lisa R. Rana before being released on his own recognizance, and is expected back in court on June 15.
