Crime & Safety
Town Police Log: DWI, Resisting Arrest and Criminal Mischief
Police say Noyac man slammed a door on a police officer's arm.
arrest reports, Dec. 20 to Dec. 26:
DWI
Kerri A. Walsh, 44, of Sag Harbor was pulled over on Dec. 21 at around 7:46 p.m. near the Montauk Highway and Fairbanks Court intersection in Water Mill and charged with DWI. Police said Walsh was stopped for multiple vehicle and traffic violations and was found to have alcohol on her breath and was slurring her speech and unsteady on her feet. He also performed poorly on the standard field sobriety test, police said. Walsh was additionally charged with following too closely, failure to keep right, driving an uninspected vehicle, and moving from lane unsafely, all traffic infractions.
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Criminal Mischief
Joe L. Coffey, 48, of Tuckahoe turned himself in Dec. 20 at Southampton Town Justice Court in Hampton Bays for an outstanding criminal arrest warrant for criminal mischief in the third degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Coffey was wanted in relation to an incident on Fords Lane in Southampton on Dec. 10 at around 3:15 p.m. According to the incident report, Coffey punched the side view mirror of another man's Grand Am when the man refused to give Coffey a ride to an unknown location. Upon turning himself in, Coffey was transported to town police headquarters in Hampton Bays for processing, then back to court for arraignment.
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Resisting Arrest
Jeffrey Scott Phillips, 40, of Noyac was arrested at around 9 p.m. on Dec. 21 and charged with disorderly conduct, a violation; and obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. Police said they were called to Noyac for a domestic incident and Phillips was highly intoxicated and refused to cooperate with the responding officer. He punched the kitchen wall and slammed a door on the officer's arm, according to police.
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