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Guilty Plea in D.W.I. Crash

Thu, 03/02/2023 - 10:18

In a case dating back to October of 2021, East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky sentenced Wilson Sanchez-Briceno on Feb. 15 to a six-month revocation of his driver’s license and two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated, along with a stop-sign ticket.

The 29-year-old defendant, who lives in East Hampton, originally faced two misdemeanor D.W.I. charges, including one levied when a breath test indicates an over-the-limit reading of alcohol in a driver’s blood. The latter charge plus another traffic violation were dropped, however. They stemmed from an incident around 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2021, in which town police said Mr. Sanchez-Briceno drove his Ford sedan through the intersection of Abraham’s Path and Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton and crashed into a telephone pole.

As an additional consequence, Justice Tekulsky said, Mr. Sanchez-Briceno will have to have an ignition interlock device installed in his car. He is also to pay a total of $1,550 in fines and surcharges, and has 90 days to do so.

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A man was reported to be “crying in the road” on North Main Street on Sept. 14, but police were unable to find him. 

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An accident on Montauk Highway in Wainscott last week that left two drivers injured was caused by sun glare, according to East Hampton Town police. 

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On the Police Logs 09.17.26

Two neighbors on Georgica Road called police Saturday because one has been trimming the other’s hedge, which he does not want trimmed. The trimmer called the work a “neighborly gesture” based on his neighbor’s neglect of “landscaping and upkeep.”

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