Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Springs Man Stabbed in Stomach, Suspect Arrested

Also among the week's arrests, the East End Drug Task Force charges Hampton Bays man with illegally selling prescription pills.

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.

Recent arrests elsewhere on the East End:

EAST HAMPTON

• A resident of the Springs Fireplace Apartments was on Monday morning. East Hampton Town police say his attacker has been arrested and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, although a search is underway to find the knife. Police Chief Ed Ecker said that Ismael Hernandez, who is 36, was stabbed in the stomach outside 140 Springs Fireplace Road at around 5 a.m. Emergency medical services transported him to , where he underwent an operation and is listed in stable condition, Ecker said. Carlos Bedoya, of Prospect Boulevard, East Hampton, was apprehended. His motive was unclear, Ecker said.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

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• Michael A. Bianchi, 45, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Aug. 12 at 3:45 a.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree-alcohol related, a felony, as well as moving from lane unsafely, a traffic infraction. Police said Bianchi was pulled over for failing to maintain his lane while driving northbound on Ponquogue Avenue and he performed poorly on sobriety tests.

• The has charged James R. Connolly, 30, of Hampton Bays, with three counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, a class B felony. Connolly was charged, according to , after members of the task force conducted an investigation for several months into illegal prescription pain medication sales.

• Southampton Town police say they have arrested a 32-year-old Speonk man who severely beat a woman with a pool stick, metal pipe and stool for several hours on July 26 in a Speonk home. Police said the man, Beswick A. Grizzle, has been charged with assault in the second degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, both felonies.

NORTH FORK

• Wayne E. Rogers, 55, of Greenport, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana on Aug. 12 at 10:43 p.m., after observed him smoking a pipe outside of the restaurant in Greenport, police said. Upon seeing the officer, Rogers ran into the Rhumb Line's bathroom, police said. When officers made entry into the bathroom, a pipe containing hashish was found smoking in the garbage, police said. Rogers was arrested, transported to police headquarters in Peconic and released on bail for a later court date.

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