WESTHAMPTON BEACH — Dario Vasquez, 26, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Westhampton Beach Village Police on December 9 and charged with driving while ability impaired by alcohol, a misdemeanor. At 1:09 a.m., Police said they observed a blue Chevrolet Silverado traveling west on Mill Road in an unsafe manner by failing to maintain its designated lane. Officers conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Mill Road and Wayne Court. The driver exhibited signs of intoxication and was placed under arrest, according to police.
FLANDERS — Walmer Santos-Alvarez, 25, of Riverhead was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 10:45 p.m. on December 3 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after a motor vehicle accident. Police said that after the accident occurred, Santos-Alvarez fled the scene. A witness followed him to a house on Nassau Street and called police. When officers arrived, Santos-Alvarez admitted to having been driving the car and was placed under arrest, police said. He was charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor, for having a blood-alcohol level over 0.18 percent, as well as leaving the scene of an accident, an infraction.
BRIDGEHAMPTON — A man told police that he was sitting on a bench in the Bridgehampton Commons at about 11:30 p.m. on December 3 when he was approached and “beat up by a skinny Hispanic male,” whom he didn’t know. Police said the victim, who was highly intoxicated, suffered some minor cuts and scrapes on his face and right hand. He was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment and was asked to report to the Southampton Town Police headquarters to make a statement about the assault when he was sober.
HAMPTON BAYS — Southampton Town Police arrested the owner of a Wading River construction company on December 4 and charged him with grand larceny in the third degree, a felony, related to a residential construction contract that police said was never followed through on. Police say that they received a complaint from a property owner claiming that they had hired Singco Construction Company to build a residence in Southampton in July 2024 and provided a $15,000 check to Jeffrey Singer, 39, of Wading River. But, to date, none of the construction has begun, and no architectural plans have been produced. The victim said that they had tried repeatedly to contact Singco Construction, unsuccessfully.
HAMPTON BAYS — Erik Ulate-Cardenas, 22, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 2:10 a.m. on December 5 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over on Springville Road and an officer determined that he was intoxicated. In addition to misdemeanor DWI, he was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and several vehicle and traffic violations.
SHINNECOCK HILLS — Morgan Doroska, 22, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 1:10 a.m. on December 5 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over for speeding on County Road 39 near Tuckahoe Lane. A Southampton Town Police officer determined that he was intoxicated.
RIVERSIDE — A masked man stole a vehicle from a gas station on Peconic Avenue on December 5 after chatting briefly with the car’s owner. The victim told police that he was inside the gas station’s store and left his car running in front of the entrance. A man, whom police described as “a slim white male” wearing all black and a black ski mask, walked around his car and entered the store. The man asked the victim where he worked, then exited the store and got into the man’s car and drove up Flanders Road.
SHINNECOCK HILLS — Juan Palacio-Cortez, 22, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on December 5 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after a police officer found him asleep behind the wheel of his running car at the intersection of County Road 39 and North Road. The officer tried to wake the driver up by pounding on the window. When he did awake, Palacio-Cortez was disoriented, rolled down a passenger side window and put the car in gear to drive away, police said. An officer reached inside the passenger window and put the car back into park and unlocked the doors.
QUOGUE — Jalen Shelby, 32, of Greenport turned himself in at Quogue Village Police headquarters on November 25 at 9:56 p.m. after police said he violated an order of protection that stemmed from an investigation into a domestic incident earlier this month. He was charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned and released the same day.
QUOGUE — Karl MacDonald, 46, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Quogue Village Police on November 30 and charged with misdemeanor DWI. He was pulled over on Old Country Road in Quogue at 11:31 p.m. after being observed failing to maintain his lane of travel, police said; an investigation revealed he was intoxicated. He was arraigned the following morning and released.
HAMPTON BAYS — Daniel Zabala-Cueva, 26, of Southampton was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. on December 6 and charged with DWI after he was pulled over for speeding on Flanders Road near the intersection with Montauk Highway.
WATER MILL — Luis Garcia-Gomez, 25, of North Sea was arrested at about 2 a.m. on December 6 after he was pulled over for speeding on Montauk Highway; a Southampton Town Police officer determined that he was intoxicated.
BRIDGEHAMPTON — A candy store employee reported to Southampton Town Police on December 6 that a woman had stolen 8-ounce bags of “Swedish gummy drops,” valued at $15.99 each. The employee told police that the woman had come into the store and taken the bags of candy off the shelf and placed them in a shoulder bag. She then came to the store’s counter and told the employee that she had previously purchased two “dark chocolate peppermint trees” and had accidentally left the items behind. The employee notified the store’s owner, who told the employee to give the woman two of the tree-shaped chocolates. The woman then left the store without paying for the items she had put in her bag. Store employees later determined from sales records that her tale about having left the chocolate trees behind was false. The store employees were able to identify the woman to police as a Northwest Harbor resident, but she has yet to be charged.
HAMPTON BAYS — Miguel Flores, 23, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 11:40 p.m. on December 6 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after a Southampton Town Police officer on patrol noticed a running car parked in the movie theater parking lot with a beer can on its roof. The officer said that when he approached the vehicle, Flores had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol.
Staff Writer on Dec 12, 2025