Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Erratic Driver, DWI, Burglary

The following information was supplied by East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.

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

NORTH FORK

Mariusz Pawelski, 28, of Mattituck was charged with driving while intoxicated on Sunday at 8:49 p.m. after police responded to a report of an erratic driver possibly involved in a motor vehicle accident on New Suffolk Road in Cutchogue, police said. Pawelski was stopped, and he failed several roadside sobriety tests, police said.

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Ronald Franklin, 50, of Islip Terrace was charged with driving while intoxicated on Aug. 17 at 9:08 p.m. after police stopped him for failing to maintain his lane on Route 48 in Southold, police said.

William Kelly, 71, of Southold was charged with aggravated DWI on Aug. 18 at 11:51 a.m. after police stopped him for driving a 1987 Mazda pickup truck onto the the shoulder of Route 25 in Southold near Harbor Lane, police said.

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Robert Aleksander, 55, of Cutchogue was charged with DWI and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle on Saturday at 3:44 p.m. after police, who reported that the defendant was known to have a suspended license, observed him driving east on Sterling Road in Cutchogue, police said. He was found to be intoxicated after he was stopped and his vehicle was towed from the scene because of an expired registration and no insurance, police said.

Amanda Sharkey, 27, of Riverhead was charged with aggravated DWI and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle on Sunday at 2:08 a.m. after she was stopped for a traffic violation on Route 48 in Mattituck, police said. Police also said that she had a prior DWI conviction and her driver's license was revoked.

EAST HAMPTON

Genaro Sandoval, 31, of East Hampton, was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge after police said he was driving with a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit and with a suspended license on Thursday. He is now being held at Suffolk County jail in Riverside on a detainer from the Bureau of Immigration and Enforcement Control. Police said they found Sandoval after he tried to back unsafely into a driveway on Edwards Avenue, near Royal Street, in East Hampton at about 1 a.m. Sandoval had a previous DWI conviction within the past 10 years, police indicated on the report.
He was charged with aggravated DWI as a felony and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Lisa R. Rana also set bail at $5,000.

Rian J. White, 56, of Springs, was arrested on drunken driving and marijuana possession charges following an accident on Three Mile Harbor Road in Springs on Thursday. Police said a witness saw a 1992 Honda two-door car go off the road, near Washington Avenue, and strike a street sign at about 9 p.m. The witness provided a license plate number.

During a special enforcement detail, plain clothes officers , on cocaine and marijuana charges in Amagansett on Aug. 9.

have in connection with a burglary investigation on Tuesday afternoon. Det. Lt. Chris Anderson said police arrested Roberto E. Swift, a 23-year-old currently homeless man, at the Amagansett railroad station at about 4:15 p.m.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

A 26-year-old woman who was at the Sunday told police that at around 7 p.m. that day she was assaulted. The woman, who was highly intoxicated, had a cut about her right eye and swelling on her eye and forehead. She declined to give police her address, or any details about the attacker. Police told her that she could report the incident Monday and press charges.

Marc D’Aconta, 34, of Southampton was arrested Tuesday, August 16 at 1:30 a.m. on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. D’Aconta crashed into three unoccupied parked cars along Main Street in Hampton Bays and was reportedly discovered to appear intoxicated.


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