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Crimes Nearby: Former Justice Gets Probation for Identity Theft

The following information was supplied by various police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

 

The following information was supplied by various police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

North Fork

After pleading in an embezzlement case Katherine Pope, who served as Shelter Island justice from 1998 to 2002, and her husband, Wayne, were both given probation on Jan. 10, according to a report on The Suffolk Times.

On Nov. 15, Katherine Pope pleaded guilty to fourth-degree identity theft, a misdemeanor, and her husband, Wayne Pope, pleaded guilty to fourth degree grand larceny, a felony, for stealing more than a million dollars from an 89-year-old Water Mill woman suffering from dementia.

Husband and wife will each serve a sentence of five years probation, and they are not required to pay back any money to the estate of Estabrook.

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Emmanuel Solis-Torres, 27, of Greenport, was charged with DWI on Jan. 15 at 12 a.m. after police stopped him for traffic violation as he drove on Route 48 in Mattituck and was found to be intoxicated, police said. He was arrested, taken to police headquarters and held pending arraignment.

Southampton

David J. Ramunno, 50, of Sag Harbor, was arrested Jan. 12 at 2:20 a.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, as well as moving from lane unsafely, a traffic violation. Southampton Town police said Ramunno was pulled over near Sagg Road and Mount Misery Drive in unincorporated Sag Harbor for failing to maintain his lane. According to the arrest report, Ramunno had crack cocaine on him. He was arrested and transported to police headquarters in Hampton Bays for arraignment.

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Rebecca Darlene Drew, 28, of East Hampton, was arrested Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Southampton Town police said Drew was caught on a surveillance camera three times at her job at the Bridgehampton Commons taking money from the cash register, including the day she was arrested, according to the police reports. Police said Drew took a total of $535. She was arrested and released on a field appearance ticket.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

James Kenneth Bradnick, 45, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Jan. 10 at 7:34 p.m. at police headquarters in Hampton Bays and charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, a felony, falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, a misdemeanor, and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, a traffic infraction.

Police said Bradnick was in a car accident and fled the scene without reporting it. The next day, he went to police headquarters and reported his vehicle was stolen, police said. According to the arrest report, after a police investigation Bradnick turned himself in at police headquarters, where he was processed and released on an appearance ticket.

East Hampton

Joseph A. Hawkins, 21, of East Hampton, was charged with three misdemeanors following a domestic disturbance on Saturday at 5 a.m. Two hours earlier, East Hampton Town police had been called after Hawkins reportedly left the house with a knife, but police were unable to find him. Police received a phone call at about 4:15 a.m., when he allegedly threatened to stab someone during a fight. He was charged with third-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and fourth-degree criminal mischief, as well as second-degree harassment. Later that morning, East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana released him on his own recognizance following arraignment.

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Josue D. Gomez, 24, of Sag Harbor, was arrested after police said he was caught driving with a suspended license and without the ignition device that tests his blood alcohol level, both of which are misdemeanors. Gomez was pulled over for reportedly speeding on Montauk Highway, near Second House Road, in Montauk on Jan. 11 at about 9 a.m. He presented a Honduras identification and a check with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles showed his license had been suspended on Oct. 25, 2011 and on Aug. 2, 2011 for driving while intoxicated. There was also a restriction on his license that mandated the use of an Interlock device. He was processed at the Montauk precinct and released on $200 bail. His 1990 Honda was impounded.

oh yeah

2:02 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012

Why was Mr. Gomez not deported?

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