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Five Drunken-Driving Charges in a Week

Thu, 07/14/2022 - 09:55

Three men from away and two residents were charged over the past week with driving while intoxicated.

East Hampton Village police arrested Noah Jenson, 21, of Mount Kisco, N.Y., early on the morning of July 5 after pulling him over at the corner of Main Street and Newtown Lane for speeding — his 2019 Alfa Romeo was allegedly clocked at 47 miles an hour in a 30 m.p.h. zone — and making an illegal lane change. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol, they said, adding that he performed poorly on field sobriety tests. He was charged with aggravated D.W.I. and a number of traffic infractions, and held overnight for a morning arraignment.

Thomas J. Jurkiewicz of Illinois had pulled his Jeep to the side of Two Holes of Water Road in Northwest on July 3, following a collision with another vehicle. Town police arrived to find him standing outside his vehicle with seatbelt abrasions on his chest and neck, and smelling strongly of alcohol. He reportedly failed roadside tests before being charged.

That night, Ryshiem Kelly of Baltimore was heading east on Montauk Highway when his vehicle left the road and ran over a stop sign in a grassy area. He too was charged with drunken driving.

Early Friday, Zed Albertini of Amagansett, 19, was southbound in a 2007 BMW on Louse Point Road, Springs, when, he told police, he braked hard to avoid hitting a deer. A vehicle behind him sideswiped the BMW as it avoided a rear-end collision. The deer was apparently unharmed, but Mr. Albertini subsequently failed sobriety tests, police said, and was booked on suspicion of D.W.I.

Finally, at around 1 a.m. Saturday, police stopped Lawrence Zakrevsky of Sagaponack, driving a 2021 Porsche, reporting that the car had been seen swerving and that he did not do well on the field tests. He was pulled over near Hedges Lane in Amagansett and reportedly failed the roadside test before being charged. 

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