A woman who is already in legal hot water with East Hampton Village seems to have found herself in more of it after a new arrest last Thursday.
Back in May, Pamela Guzman Rosario, 22, was accused of stealing over $20,000 worth of merchandise from the Double RL clothing store. This week, village police have arrested her after she allegedly broke into police property.
A police captain, a sergeant, and an officer reported being called to their Cedar Street headquarters that morning, where they observed Ms. Guzman Rosario “walking in the area of the secured evidence container and storage shed” in the parking lot behind the building. She then entered the police storage shed, they said, where she was arrested.
Police claimed, however, that it was not without a fight. According to a report, Ms. Guzman Rosario “flailed her arms, balled her fists, twisted her torso, and pulled away while officers attempted to secure her in handcuffs.”
Detective Sgt. Jennifer Dunn, the police information officer, said this week that the woman did not make a statement as to why she was on police property. However, according to a separate report, Ms. Guzman Rosario had appeared at the police station the day before, “demanding that her two cellphones be returned to her.”
Police had seized the phones and logged them as evidence in connection with the Double RL theft. The report did not say whether they were in the evidence container or storage shed.
When told they would be unable to return the devices, Ms. Guzman Rosario “remained in the lobby and began causing a disturbance by yelling and knocking on door/windows.” She was warned she would be arrested and subsequently left the station, although police noted she had left her passport and identification behind. She returned for those items that same day and left without further incident, police said.
For the Double RL break-in, she was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, grand larceny, and criminal possession of stolen property, all third-degree felonies. At the time, it appeared that Ms. Guzman Rosario, who is from Brooklyn, only had ties to East Hampton through a friend living in an apartment on Newtown Lane.
Later this summer, she was a no-show in court to face those charges.
This time around, police said they have charged Ms. Guzman Rosario with lesser misdemeanor offenses of criminal trespassing in the third-degree, second-degree obstructing government administration, and resisting arrest. She was released on her own recognizance, and is scheduled to answer to the new charges in Town Justice Court on Oct. 21.
