Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by the Southampton Village Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.
Obstructing Governmental Administration
• Miguel Lopez, 30, of Southampton, was arrested March 14 at 3:18 p.m. and charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Lopez called 911 approximately 42 times over the past several weeks for non-emergency reasons, after becoming "very intoxicated." Lopez was found to have a warrant from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was turned over to ICE officials for further processing and deportation, according to police.
Assault
• Police said two more East Hampton men have been arrested in connection with a March 9 brawl in a parking lot among patrons of a Main Street restaurant.
More than a dozen people were involved in the predawn fight, which left one man with a broken nose and facial lacerations, according to police. A 23-year-old East Hampton man was arrested on the day of the incident and charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
A second man, Ricardo Martinez, 44, of East Hampton, was arrested March 16 around noon, and the next day so was a third man, Rolando Mendoza-Rivas, 23, also of East Hampton. Both were charged with third-degree assault for their roles in the fight, police said.
• Julian A. Pressley, 19, of Southampton, was arrested March 12 at 1:37 p.m. and charged with assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Pressley assaulted a 58-year-old man on Feb. 24 on Hillcrest Avenue, when a verbal dispute over money became physical. The victim was treated and released at Southampton Hospital for facial injuries, and a judge issued an order of protection was issued, according to police.
Circumventing an Interlock Device
• Roberto A. DeLeon-Cojon, 23, of Flanders was arrested March 14 at 8:09 a.m. and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree and circumvention of an interlock device, both misdemeanors. Additionally, his vehicle was seized under the Suffolk County Vehicle Seizure Law, police said. DeLeon-Cojon was processed and released after posting $200 bail.
