Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Cops Warn Springs Residents about Thefts from Cars
Also: A 22-year-old woman driving with her 17-month old was arrested on a drunken driving charge after an accident in Jamesport.
The following information was supplied by the East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
• Some residents in Springs came home earlier this week to find notices from the East Hampton Town Police Department, warning of criminal activity in their neighborhood.
Detective Lt. Chris Anderson said on Wednesday that there were three reports of items being stolen from cars on Montauk Boulevard, Seabright Avenue and Hildreth Place.
Over the past few years, there are have been several rashes of larcenies from vehicles.
RIVERHEAD
• A Mattituck woman was charged with driving while intoxicated with her 17-month-old baby in the car early Tuesday morning in Jamesport.
According to Riverhead Town police, Lindsay Marino, 22, was involved in a single-car accident at 1:27 a.m. on Main Road.
Police said upon arrival at the scene, Marino was out of the vehicle with her baby; the car was located off the road. Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene; neither mother nor infant was injured, police said.
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Upon investigation, police said Marino was charged with driving while intoxicated, a felony, under Leandra's Law, for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15. She was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
Both mother and child were taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center "as a precaution measure," police said; both were released. Marino was taken to police headquarters and arraigned in the morning. The baby was released to its grandfather, police said.
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• A Greenport man was slapped with a felony charge after police said he was nabbed for driving while intoxicated.
According to Southold Town police, Rudy Elias, 34, was arrested after he was pulled over on Third Street in Greenport on Aug. 13. Police said Elias was observed making an unsafe lane change; he was found to be intoxicated.
Elias had previously been convicted of DWI so his vehicle was towed to the impound yard at Southold Town Police Department, police said.
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