Village Police Log: DWI Suspect Drove Double Speed Limit

Arrests by the Southampton Village Police Department between May 14 and May 20:

Felony Driving While Intoxicated

• Claude L. Eleazer, 34, of Southampton, was arrested May 18 at 5:29 p.m. and charged with a felony count of DWI, among other charges, after he was pulled over for driving at more than twice the speed limit, according to police.

Police said Eleazer speeded past a patrol officer on Tuckahoe Lane in a 1998 Dodge Durango, going 62 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone .  When the officer attempted to stop Eleazer, he continued to speed onto Montauk Hwy and then onto Middle Gate Road, where he finally stopped, according to police

Eleazer refused to take an Intoxilyzer test — a breath test to determine his blood alcohol content — according to police.

The DWI charge was elevated to a felony due to a previous DWI conviction in 2011, police said. He was also charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, also a felony; and unlawfully fleeing from a police officer, reckless driving and  aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree, all misdemeanors.

He was arraigned then released on $400 bail and the Durango was seized under the Suffolk County Vehicle Seizure Law for repeat DWI offenders.

Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance

• Peter J. Shaw, 72, of Southampton, was arrested May 16 at 9:17 p.m. and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.  Police said Shaw had cocaine and after his arrest he was released on an appearance ticket for a later court date.

Petty Larceny

• Maureen F. Ward, 47, of Southampton, was arrested May 15 at 2:37 p.m. and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor.  Police said Ward was involved in a minor traffic accident with another driver on May 14 and took the person's cellphone.