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Crime & Safety

Town Police Log: DWIs, Driving High

Drug possession arrests also in the week's Southampton Town police blotter.

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Southampton Town police arrest reports from east of the Shinnecock Canal for the week of June 11 through June 17:

Driving While Intoxicated

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• Jose R. Cabrera, 30, of Southampton, was arrested June 17 at 3:29 a.m. on Montauk Highway East in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Cabrera was pulled over after failing to maintain his lane. He was additionally charged with being an unlicensed driver and moving from a lane unsafely, both infractions.

• Gus Garcia-Blancarte, 26, of Flanders, was arrested June 16 at 10:18 p.m. on County Road 39 in Southampton and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Garcia-Blancarte was speeding and failing to maintain his lane while driving on County Road 39 westbound near the Shrubland Road intersection. He was additionally charged with speeding, a traffic infraction.

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• Douglas H. Murphy, 50, of New Canaan, Conn., was arrested June 16 at 12:31 a.m. on Long Beach Road in Noyac and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, as well as speeding, a traffic infraction. Police said Murphy had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath after he was pulled over for speeding. Police said he was unsteady on his feet and performed poorly on sobriety tests.

• Evan C. DeRobertis, 30, of Southampton, was arrested June 14 at 2:48 a.m. on Roses Grove Road in Noyac and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, as well as multiple traffic infractions. Police said DeRobertis was failing to maintain his lane and driving into the oncoming traffic lane. He had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath, slurred speech and was unsteady on his feet, according to the arrest report. Police said DeRobertis admitted to drinking “a bunch of beers” at a bar.

Drugs

• Andrew P. DeRobertis, 33, of Southampton, was arrested June 14 at 3:23 a.m. on Roses Grove Road in Noyac and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Police said DeRobertis was the passenger in a vehicle when the driver was arrested for DWI. Marijuana was located in plain view in the driver side door pocket of the vehicle, and a search of the vehicle turned up a micro Ziplock bag of cocaine in the center console, according to the arrest report. Police said DeRobertis admitted that the marijuana and cocaine were his.

• Cameron L. Greenbaum, 23, of East Hampton, was arrested June 13 at 10:46 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, both misdemeanors. Greenbaum was pulled over for an illegal U-turn and found to have a suspended driver’s license, according to the arrest report. Police said a search turned up a tablet of methadone.

Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs

• Patrick James McGay, 18, of Southampton, was arrested June 17 at 1:43 a.m. on Majors Path in North Sea and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, as well as vehicle and traffic infractions. Police said McGay was stopped for failing to maintain his lane and when an officer approached the vehicle there was a strong odor of marijuana. McGay was brought to police headquarters in Hampton Bays, processed and held for arraignment.

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