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Crimes Nearby: Man Charged with Attacking Girlfriend with Eating Utensil

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

A roundup of recent notable arrests on the East End:

EAST HAMPTON

Zachary A. Martin, 29, of East Hampton, was arrested after his girlfriend said he attacked her with a utensil on Oct. 15. Police were called to Abraham's Path for a domestic dispute at about 10:30 p.m. and found Martin's girlfriend injured. She reportedly told them she had been attacked with either a knife or a fork, which was consistent with her injuries, police said. The Amagansett Fire Department's ambulance company transported her to . Martin had already left the scene, but police arrested him at the house on Oct. 16 at about 3:45 a.m. He was charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, a misdemeanor. Following arraignment in East Hampton Town Justice Court, he was turned over to the Suffolk County Sheriff's office and held on $5,000 bail.

Maria M. Castro, 34, of Hampton Bays, was charged with third-degree identity theft after being arrested at police headquarters on Oct. 17 for an alleged crime in New Jersey. The Mantua Police Department contact East Hampton Town police about a victim of identity theft whose Social Security card was compromised. Police tracked down the use of the Social Security card to in Wainscott. Castro had allegedly been using a Social Security card that wasn't hers since 2002. She turned herself into police, accompanied by an attorney and was released on $200 station-house bail. She will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Nov. 10. 

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WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

James Gibbons, 60, of Houston, was arrested Friday at 12:43 p.m. on North Phillips Avenue in Speonk and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Gibbons was in a car accident, colliding with the Long Island Rail Road gate and a Ford pickup truck driven by an Eastport man, according to police. Upon investigation, police discovered Gibbons appeared intoxicated, officers said. An ambulance took him to for minor injuries.

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RIVERHEAD

Southampton Town police arrested a 38-year-old Riverhead woman and 41-year-old man from upstate New York on drug charges last week. Police said officers approached Tara Bennett and Brian Hambrick, who were parked on the corner of Flanders Road and Enterprise Zone Drive in Riverside on Oct. 18 at about 12:42 a.m. Bennett, the passenger, admitted to officers that she had a needle and crack cocaine with her, according to a police report. Police said they discovered that Hambrick, who is from Monroe, New York had crack in a glass pipe. Bennett was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, both misdemeanors. Police charged Hambrick with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

Christopher Dopkins, 48, of Mount Sinai was arrested and charged with DWI on Oct. 15, after he was allegedly caught driving a party bus while nearly three times the legal limit for blood alcohol content, according to police. Dopkins, who worked for Red Carpet Limousines, was driving a wine tour bus with 25 passengers on Sound Avenue when a man at his company called to speak to Dopkins. The Red Carpet official thought Dopkins sounded intoxicated and called police, said Lt. Robert Peeker. Police also received a call from a witness who said the bus driver drove over a traffic sign, Peeker said. Police pulled Dopkins over in the parking lot of East Wind, where he blew a .21 blood alcohol content, police said. "[The passengers] were going out to have a good time so they could drink, but unfortunately he violated that trust," Peeker said. He added that no children were on the bus at the time. Dopkins was charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor, and held for arraignment.

NORTH FORK

Victor Guerra-Guzman, 28, of Mattituck, was charged with DWI on Monday at 2:55 a.m. after police stopped him for a traffic violation on Route 25 in Mattituck, police said. Police also reported finding Guzman's license was suspended and charged him with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He was arrested and held overnight at police headquarters in Peconic pending arraignment.

Mark Lacy, 56, of Bayport, was charged with driving while intoxicated on Saturday at 10:27 p.m., after police stopped him for leaving the roadway and driving onto the grassy median on Route 48 in Southold, police said. Lacy, who was heading east, was found to be intoxicated after failing several roadside sobriety tests, police said. He was arrested and held overnight pending arraignment at Southold Town Police headquarters in Peconic.

Brant Ovsianik, 27, of Cutchogue, and Spencer Stewart, 31, of Riverhead, were charged with third-degree burglary, fourth-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal mischief on Friday after a police investigation revealed that the two men allegedly stole $40 from East End Auto Repair in Cutchogue and damaged several vehicles at the location, police said. The owner of the shop had reported to police earlier this week that someone had forced open a rear door of the shop and stolen the money, police said. The owner also reported that the suspects removed car batteries from eight vehicles and removed a car stereo, cutting wiring and causing more that $400 in damage, police said. Ovsianik and Stewart were located and found with the money and batteries, police said.


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