Crime & Safety
Charges Piled on Unruly Pair During DWI Arrest, Cops Say
Shinnecock Reservation residents arrested in Hampton Bays.
A driver and her passenger did not take well to being pulled over predawn on Sunday in Hampton Bays, according to police.
A pair of arrest reports by Southampton Town police said that when the driver was finally put in the back of a police cruiser, she kicked out the rear window — adding to the charges leveled against her.
Police said Nia Hunter, 26, of the Shinnecock Reservation, was pulled over at the intersection of Montauk Highway East and Peconic Road at 2:43 a.m. for failing to stay in a lane and for a window tint violation when she was found to be drunk. According to the arrest report, when told she was under arrest, Hunter walked away. Then, when she was grabbed, she pulled away and refused to place her hands behind her back, the report states.
Hunter was charged with criminal mischief in the third degree, a felony; and DWI and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. She was also cited for having an open container of an alcoholic beverage in the vehicle, the arrest report states.
Hunter's passenger, Robert A. Reddick, 23, of the Shinnecock Reservation, was arrested and charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor. Police said Reddick interfered in the investigation.