SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — Matthew Kopoulos, 34, of East Hampton was arrested by Village Police on December 2 and charged with petit larceny and unlawfully fleeing an officer, both misdemeanors, stemming from a September 25 incident in which police say Kopoulos stole items from the 7-Eleven on North Sea Road and then fled the scene on an e-bike. When a Village Police officer attempted to stop him he sped away and drove onto the Shinnecock Territory. A village officer recognized Kopoulos walking on the side of Tuckahoe Road this week and placed him under arrest. He was arraigned in Village Justice Court and turned over to East Hampton Town Police on an arrest warrant.
QUOGUE — On November 25 at 9:56 a.m. Quogue Village Police arrested Jalen C. Shelby, 32, of Greenport on charges of second-degree criminal contempt, based on an incident that happened two days earlier in Quogue. He was arraigned in Quogue Village Justice Court on November 25.
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 11:11 p.m. after being observed making an unsafe lane change, crossing double yellow lines and driving on the shoulder. His vehicle was subject to seizure under Suffolk County Code. He was arraigned in Quogue Village Justice Court on December 1.
HAMPTON BAYS — Avy Rivera-Piedra, 21, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Southampton Town Police on November 21 and charged with unlawfully fleeing a police officer, a misdemeanor, after an extensive search for the driver of an SUV that had fled at a high speed from a police officer who had tried to pull it over on Sunrise Highway near exit 63. The vehicle was found abandoned on Argonne Road East a short time later and a search was mounted for the driver. A Southampton Village Police K-9 was called in and New York State Troopers drone unit was deployed. The driver was located near the Chase Bank in downtown Hampton Bays and placed under arrest.
HAMPTON BAYS — Southampton Town Police apprehended the man who they say was driving a car that fled from an officer attempting to pull it over for traffic violations on West Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays on November 16. Jack Ramos-Hernandez, 25, of Riverhead was ultimately identified as the driver of the vehicle and was arrested on November 23 and charged with unlawful fleeing a police officer, a misdemeanor, and “a multitude” of traffic law violations, police said.
RIVERSIDE — A Manorville resident reported to Southampton Town Police on November 26 that someone had broken into his tool trailer at a Brown Street job site and stolen thousands of dollars worth of tools. Police are investigating.
HAMPTON BAYS — Aris Munoz, 30, of the Bronx was arrested at about 3:30 a.m. on November 27 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over for speeding on Montauk Highway near Canoe Place Road; a Southampton Town Police officer determined that he was intoxicated.
QUIOGUE — Xenia Garcia-Lopez, 34, of Huntington Station was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 11:30 p.m. on November 28 and charged with felony DWI after police were called with a report of someone stealing a large white candle from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street. Witnesses said the woman had taken the candle from a closet in the church without permission and then gotten a white Mazda and drove toward Westhampton. An officer spotted the car and pulled it over and discovered the driver to be intoxicated, police said. The charge was a felony because Garcia-Lopez had previously been convicted of DWI within the last 10 years.
RIVERSIDE — Boris Velasquez-Estrada, 46, of Flanders was arrested by Southampton Town Police and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, after police responded to an incident on Old Quogue Road and found him to be in possession of a small amount of crack cocaine.
FLANDERS — Pablo Aguilar, 36, of Shirley was arrested at about 1:25 a.m. on November 29 and charged with felony DWI, as well as third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and false personation, both misdemeanors, and numerous vehicle and traffic law violations after he was pulled over by a Southampton Town Police officer for, police said, driving erratically. When the officer approached the car he found the driver to smell of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet, according to police, who said that when asked his name, Aguilar told the officer a fake name. Further investigation revealed his actual identity and that he had two previous DWI convictions and an outstanding arrest warrant.
SOUTHAMPTON — Diego Ordonez-Contreras, 42, of Flanders was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. on November 29 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over on County Road 39 for driving erratically. A Southampton Town Police officer determined that he was intoxicated.
HAMPTON BAYS — Antwan Gutierrez-Alcaute, 22, of Aquebogue was arrested by Southampton Town Police shortly after 3 a.m. on November 30 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over for driving erratically on Sunrise Highway near the Flanders Road exit and the officer determined he was intoxicated.
TUCKAHOE — Gabriel Mejia, 21, of Southampton was arrested at about 3:35 a.m. on November 30 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was pulled over on County Road 39 and a Southampton Town Police officer determined he was intoxicated.
RIVERSIDE — Ronaldo Nunez-Rodriguez, 36, of East Quogue was arrested at about 3:50 a.m. on November 30 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after he was involved in a car crash on Quogue-Riverhead Road. A responding Southampton Town Police officer found him to smell of alcohol and reported that the driver performed poorly on a field sobriety test.
SOUTHAMPTON — Steven Castro, 22, of Northwest Harbor was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 4 a.m. on November 30 and charged with misdemeanor DWI and leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries, after an officer responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on County Road 39 near David Whites Lane from which one of the involved vehicles had fled the scene. While officers were at the site of the crash interviewing the driver of the other car involved, the man pointed out a passing Chevrolet SUV as the vehicle that had fled. The officer pulled the vehicle over and found Castro to be intoxicated. Both occupants of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the crash.
HAMPTON BAYS — Kevin Yuque-Masabanda, 28, of Southampton was arrested at about 4:45 a.m. on November 30 and charged with DWI after he was pulled over for driving erratically on Montauk Highway. A Southampton Town Police officer determined that was intoxicated.
HAMPTON BAYS — Erik D. Lopes Ochoa, 26, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 7:20 p.m. on December 1 and charged with DWI after police responded to the scene of a motor vehicle crash on Ponquogue Avenue near Faith Drive. The officers found a car had crashed into a tree and determined that the driver, Ochoa, was intoxicated.
Staff Writer on Dec 4, 2025