Crimes Nearby: Woman Ignored Closed Roads Signs, Police Say

A round-up of recent notable arrests and incidents from other areas on the East End:

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• Shannon Hofsiss, 25, of Riverhead, was arrested on Dec. 16 and charged with DWI, felony unlicensed driving, and a slew of driving violations after Southampton Town Police said the woman drove around closed road signs in Westhampton. Hofsiss was seen driving around the signs at the corner of County Road 31 and County Road 104 at about 3:36 a.m. on Dec. 16, according to a police report. Police said they the driver and determined she was driving drunk.
She was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a felony, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, open container of alcohol, driving without a seat belt and failure to obey traffic control devices, all violations.

• Carlos Ortiz Salguero, 24, a landscaper in East Quogue whose hometown is unknown, was arrested Dec. 15 at 1:17 a.m. at the corner of Ponquogue Avenue and Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Salguero drove into a parked car.

• Charity Aupperlee, 36, Hampton Bays, was arrested Dec. 17 at 2:05 a.m. at on Montauk Highway West in Hampton Bays and charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor. Police said Aupperlee was yelling at officers while they were dealing with a violent suicidal subject at the bar, and video and audio taping the incident.

NORTH FORK

• Christopher Giardiello, 22, and an 18-year-old woman, both of Manorville, were charged with drug offenses on Dec. 9 at 12:44 p.m. in Mattituck after Southold Town police stopped Giardiello for a traffic violation as he drove a 2008 Ford Mustang westbound on Sound Avenue in Mattituck, police said. During the stop, police determined that Giardiello was driving with a suspended license. They noticed an odor of marijuana in the vehicle, police said. After a search of the vehicle, police found two small bags of marijuana and Xanax pills hidden inside the car, police said. Giardiello was charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. The 18-year-old was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

EAST HAMPTON

• Yamit A. Hurtado, 32, of East Hampton, was held on $5,000 bail at the Suffolk County Jail in Riverside after he was arraigned on three misdemeanors — two criminal mischief charges and one for allegedly resisting arrest on Dec. 11. Police said they responded to a call after Hurtado reportedly took a wrench to his brother's car and house windows in Springs at about 1:45 a.m. The damage totaled about $800. When police tried to handcuff him, a struggle ensued. At headquarters, police said they weren't able to interview him due to "his combative nature." They noted in his arrest report that they had to "put a tighter restraint on his person due to the fact that he was attempting to damage the camera." He also allegedly put his socks in the toilet and kept flushing, overflowing the toilet. He eventually calmed down, police said.

• Justin M. Damark, 20, of East Hampton, was arrested on a drug possession charge after being pulled over for speeding at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone in Springs on Friday at 8:15 p.m. Police said they smelled marijuana coming from the car and during a search found a small plastic Ziplock bag with half a Hydrocodone pill. They also allegedly found 10 Oxycodone pills in his pocket. Charged with seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, which is a misdemeanor. He was released on an appearance ticket.

• An 18-year-old East Hampton man was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge after he hit a tree in Springs on Dec. 13. Police were called to Three Mile Harbor Road, near Gardiner Avenue, at about 8:40 p.m. and found a red Dodge Ram pick-up truck n the woods, against a tree, but no driver to be found. Using the vehicle's registration, officers tracked down the driver and he was arrested at about 11:20 p.m. Bail information was not available. Police withheld the defendant's name due to possible youthful offender status in court.

RIVERHEAD

• An unemployed Central Islip man was hit in the head by an unknown object in the parking lot of the Valero gas station in Riverside Dec. 16, according to a Southampton Town police report. The man told police that someone hit him in the head with a solid black object at around 9:06 p.m. He told police he didn’t fall down, but saw the man he believes hit him run up Peconic Avenue toward Riverhead Town. The man was wearing a black winter coat and black hat, according to the report. The Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance transported the Central Islip man to Peconic Bay Medical Center for a cut on his head. Police said they will use gas station surveillance cameras in their investigation.