Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Helicopter Crash, Multiple DWIs

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

North Fork:

An ultralight helicopter crashed into a marsh near the Mattituck Inlet on Oct. 26 at 7:57 p.m., reported.

Erwin Rodger, 68, of Mattituck was attempting to fly the single-engine ultralight helicopter he owned over the inlet and was flying too low due to darkness, police said. He then crashed into a marsh area, flipped the helicopter and left the scene to walk home to his East Side Avenue residence, police said. After seeing rescue personnel looking for him, Rodger, who had facial injuries from the crash, returned to the scene, where he refused medical treatment, police said.

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No charges have been filed and no other information was available from authorities at press time. Members of the and Suffolk County Aviation assisted Southold Town Police and Bay Constables at the scene.

Juan Hernandez-Huertas, 27, of Greenport was charged with driving while intoxicated, failing to maintain his lane, unlicensed operation, cracked window shield, and failing to submit to a roadside breath test on Oct. 30 at 7:47 p.m., after police responded to a report of a silver four-door sedan driving erratically eastbound on Route 48 in Cutchogue, police said. Hernandez-Huertas was found to be intoxicated and was also found to have an active immigration warrant, police said.

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East Hampton:

Matthew J. McGuire, 21, of East Hampton, was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, on Saturday at about 3:40 a.m. Police pulled him over in a Chevy pickup truck on Route 114, near Mane Lane, 20 minutes earlier after he was driving in the shoulder, almost off the roadway, kicking up rocks and debris while passing through an intersection. As the vehicle headed toward East Hampton Village, police said he swerved several more times. He appeared drunk and refused to take a blood alcohol test. He reportedly told police, "I'm gonna be over if I blow into that thing." He was arrested and refused to take a breath test at police headquarters. East Hampton Town Justice Catherine A. Cahill arraigned him the following day, releasing him on $350 bail.

Dedrick T. Malone, 25, of East Hampton, was arrested on a DWI charge on Sunday at about 3:30 a.m. Police said they saw Malone driving a 2004 Acura on Montauk Highway, near Abraham's Path, and swerve into the shoulder and over the double-yellow lines several times. When he was stopped on Pantigo Road, near Amy's Lane, he appeared drunk. "When asked to produce his driver's license, he had a delayed response and then very slowly began to look through his pockets," police said in his arrest report. At headquarters, he refused to submit to a breath test. Justice Cahill released him on $500 bail later that morning.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays:

A 53-year-old man from St. James told Town Police that sometime between Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. and Sunday, someone broke into his home on Old Wakeman Road in Hampton Bays and stole a television and DVD player, worth a total of $250. Police are investigating for fingerprints and police determined that local kids go through the man’s property to get to Canoe Place Road.

Craig Oudeans, 42, of East Quogue was arrested Saturday at 3 a.m. on West Side Avenue in East Quogue and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. Oudeans kicked in the front door of a home, damaging it and its jamb, police said.

A 54-year-old man from the Bronx arrived at his Hampton Bays home, on Grant Boulevard, Saturday at 3 p.m. and discovered a small pile of vomit on his couch and household items scattered throughout the residence. Small footprints were found around the windows and doors, and two chimney flues on the roof were uncapped. Police determined that a raccoon had most likely entered the home, which had last been secured Oct. 19.

Southampton: 

A 17-year-old senior was arrested Oct. 26 after parking in the school lot with a shotgun in the car, according to police. The student was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor. No threat was ever made against anyone and there was no ammunition in the car, the school superintendent said. At a court appearance, his attorney said the shotgun was an antique and inoperable, 27east reported.

Garfield Reid, 38, of East Hampton was arrested last Oct. 27 at 10:38 p.m. at the corner of Sunrise Avenue and Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. Reid was a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic violation when officers saw that he had over 25 grams of marijuana, according to police.

Jairo Lopez-Bonilla, 20, of Bridgehampton was arrested Saturday at 1:27 a.m. at the corner of Sag Harbor Turnpike and Scuttlehole Road in Bridgehampton and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Police said they saw Lopez-Bonilla driving out of lane when they pulled him over.


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