Crimes Nearby: Man Charged With BWI; 16 Minors Aboard, Cops Say

Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by various East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.

NORTH FORK

• Charles D. Miller, 47, of Manhasset, was charged with boating while intoxicated, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless operation of a vehicle on Aug. 5 at 2:52 p.m., after stopped him for operating a 22-foot boat that was overloaded 16 minors aboard in the Greenport breakwater area, police said. He was found to be operating the vessel in an intoxicated condition, police said. Miller was placed under arrest, transported to Southold Town police headquarters and held pending arraignment in Southold Town Justice Court.

• Ralph Mims III, 34, of East Marion, was charged with driving with a suspended license, evading police and other offenses on Aug. 4 at 12:48 a.m., after police observed Mims speeding in a 2004 Nissan Maxima on Route 48 in Greenport, police said. A registration check on the license plate revealed that the vehicle was displaying plates that did not match the car. The vehicle in question turned off onto Ruch Lane in a manner that suggested that the operator was attempting to hide from the officer, police said. Read the full article here.

• Glenn Milowski, 39, of Mattituck, was charged with driving while intoxicated by drugs and crack possession on Aug. 3 at 1:10 a.m. after police stopped him for a traffic violation on Route 25 in Laurel, reported. He was found to be impaired by drugs and was also found to be in possession of a quantity of crack cocaine, police said. He was arrested and transported to police headquarters in Peconic where he was processed and held for arraignment.

RIVERHEAD

• A Suffolk County grand jury indicted a Flanders man on Friday for allegedly sexually abusing two children. According to Robert Clifford, the spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, Flanders resident Albert J. Carini, 53, was indicted on charges that he committed the crimes from mid-2011 through May of 2012. He is charged with sexually abusing a child less than 11 years old and another alleged victim less than 14 years old. Carini, who is currently in the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in lieu of $150,000 cash bail following his Friday arraignment, pleaded not guilty to two charges of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first and second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

• One man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a T-bone crash on Horton Avenue in Riverhead this week. According to Riverhead Town police, Samuel McCoy, 63, of Riverhead was driving a 2008 Dodge 4500 series truck northbound on Horton Avenue when he was allegedly struck by a 2009 Honda Accord operated by Robert McCoy, 50, of Happauge; the men are not related.Robert McCoy was arrested at the scene and charged with DWI. Samuel McCoy, who was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center by the Riverhead Town Volunteer Ambulance Corp., was treated and released. Robert McCoy was transported by a Suffolk County police helicopter for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries, police said.

• On August 1, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office East End Drug Task Force and Southampton Town Police arrested Moses Bullock, 39, of Vail Avenue in Riverside and charged him with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony.Bullock was arrested after police said he had allegedly sold a quantity of crack cocaine on multiple dates

• Riverhead Town police reported catching a burglar red-handed on Sunday night. Police say they received a call at approximately 9:38 p.m. from Julio Romero, of 313 Osborne Avenue, reporting a burglary at his home. Riverhead Town Police and a K-9 unit responded to the scene; the K-9 unit tracked the residence and police found a male suspect hiding behind the house with a pocketbook and cash belonging to the owner of the home. Cristobal Cruz, 44, who also lives at 313 Osbourne Avenue, was arrested at the scene and charged with burglary in the second degree. Police say although both parties lived at the address, there are multiple units on the property and the men are not related.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• On August 6, police charged Marvan Rodas, 38, of Guatemala, with DWI with a BAC of .08 and DWI. Police said Rodas was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Springville Road in Hampton Bays. Rodas was also charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

• Police charged Conor Nolan, 27, of East Quogue, with DWI and aggravated DWI on August 8. Police say they pulled Nolan over on the westbound service road of Sunrise Highway for improper use of signals.

• On August 4, police charged Bacilio Negrete-Gonzalez, 38 of Hampton Bays with DWI and Aggravated DWI. Police said they pulled Negrete-Gonzalez over on Sugarloaf Road in Southampton. He was initially stopped for moving from his lane unsafely.

EAST HAMPTON

• Electronics and cash were over the weekend, according to East Hampton Town Police Det. Lt. Chris Anderson. While Anderson could not provide an exact number, he estimated that between 20 and 30 reports were filed about items stolen from inside cars. Some cars were also rummaged through, in search of valuables, but nothing was found. Little damage occurred. Detectives are investigating the rash of vehicle burglaries in the area between Church Lane and Hildreth Place, as well as a few on or near Hog Creek Road. "We are certainly exploring the likelihood hat all the events are linked to a common perpetrator or perpetrators," Anderson said on Tuesday.
"The common thread is that the vehicles are all left unsecured and unlocked," Anderson said.