East Hampton Town police recently levied drunken-driving charges against two men who had been convicted of D.W.I. within the last 10 years.
On April 4 at around 10 a.m., police reported that Gerald Keating Jr. of Montauk, 56, had failed to signal a right turn onto South Euclid Avenue from South Edgemere Street. Officers pulled him over and said he showed signs of intoxication, but refused to comply with their request to perform field sobriety tests. Because of his May 2016 D.W.I. conviction in East Hampton Town Justice Court, Mr. Keating was charged with a felony. At his arraignment the next day, Justice Steven Tekulsky released him on his own recognizance to await a future court date.
Ismael C. Penafiel of East Hampton, whose prior D.W.I. conviction was in December of 2016 in Suffolk Criminal Court, was similarly charged on March 26 at around 1 a.m. In a report released on Monday, more than two weeks after his arrest, an officer stated that Mr. Penafiel had failed to stay in his lane while driving on Abraham’s Path near Springs-Fireplace Road before being stopped. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests, the report said, and was arrested. Justice Lisa Rana released Mr. Penafiel on his own recognizance at his arraignment later that morning.
