A North Carolina man was arrested on a charge of damaging private property, a class-E felony, after an incident at Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk early Saturday morning.
Odhran Coyle, 22, allegedly tore a rear windshield wiper off the back of a white vehicle. The estimated cost of repair for the damage was $300.
East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky released Mr. Coyle on his own recognizance later that morning. He will appear in Justice Court on Wednesday for arraignment.
A single-car accident on Three Mile Harbor Road in Springs, in which a driver struck mailboxes and shrubs by the side of the road, led to an arrest on a charge of felony drunken driving on the night of Nov. 30.
Carl Irace, a Sag Harbor Village Justice and local attorney who argued a case last month before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, has since been appointed to represent a defendant on federal charges involving a fentanyl-induced death.
Two drivers were taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after recent accidents on local roads.
A caller reported a man “trying to give candy out of his trunk to kids” near the duck pond at the Nature Trail. Police spoke with the man, who said he keeps snacks in his car because he works for a family with children. While cleaning out the car, he said, he saw a child and thought it would be nice to offer him a snack. Police determined that he was “not attempting to lure anyone near his vehicle.”
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