Crime & Safety

Cops: Man Busted After Being Caught With Crack, Marijuana

The man was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, police said.

A Greenport man was cuffed early on New Year's Eve after police said he was found with crack cocaine and marijuana in Riverside.

According to Southampton Town police, Howard Brooks, 49, was arrested following a traffic stop on Flanders Road at 1:49 a.m.

Brooks was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, a misdemeanor.

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He was held for arraignment in Southampton Town Justice Court. 


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