Crimes Nearby: Man Tries to Pawn Stolen Jewelry

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

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

• New York State Police are reporting that they charged an East Hampton man with DWI and various traffic violations after they say he tried to leave the scene of an accident on Sunrise Highway near the Flanders Road exit.
Police said that after they were gged down by a motorist involved in a crash, Julio Parapi, 32, tried to drive off when officers attempted to stop him. Police said Parapi "stumbled out of his car."
• On May 11, Bryce Danowski, 18, of Flanders, was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class-E felony, after police reported that on West Montauk Highway at 10:46 p.m. He was transported to police headquarters in Hampton Bays and processed for arraignment the following day.

North Fork

• Joshua Georges, 30, of Jamesport, was charged with petit larceny on May 12 at 2:20 a.m., after he drove into the rear parking lot of in Mattituck, where he physically removed the sides to a utility trailer and then drove off with it, police said. Georges was found later in the day at his residence with the trailer parts in his back yard, police said. Georges was arrested and transported to police headquarters in Peconic for processing.

• Vasilios Tsisinos, 72, of Orient, was charged with numerous vehicle and traffic infractions and a violation of Southold Town Code on May 15 at 8:55 a.m., after police observed him operating his unregistered ATV eastbound on North Sea Drive in Orient, police said. Vasilios became confrontational with the officer on the scene when he was told that his actions were in violation of the Southold Town Code, police said.
While police attempted to impound the ATV, Vasilios attempted to chain and lock the ATV in a gated area. When another officer attempted to get Vasilios to refrain from his actions, Vasilios shoved the officer away with both hands, police said. Vasilios reportedly refused to provide police with his hands and resisted arrest. Vasilios was arrested, processed, released on bail, and ordered to appear before Southold Town Justice Court at a later date.

• Carrie McCabe, 38, of Cutchogue, was charged with DWI, expired registration and unregistered vehicle on May 13 at 7:24 p.m., after police responded to a call of an erratic driver operating a vehicle westbound on Route 25 in the Mattituck area, police said. The defendant was located, observed to be failing to maintain her lane of traffic and was found to be intoxicated after she failed roadside sobriety tests, police said. McCabe was arrested, transported to police headquarters, processed and held overnight pending arraignment.

Southampton

• Kerri Ligouri, 46, of East Moriches, was arrested May 8 at 11:08 p.m. on Old Riverhead Road West in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a class-E felony. Police said Ligouri had attempted to pawn an item of jewelry that had been stolen in the jurisdiction of the town of Southampton. She was processed at police headquarters and released on an appearance ticket to appear at a later date in court.

• at 1:51 a.m. in North Sea at the corner of Noyac Road and Cove Road. Police said that Reisini was stopped for a vehicular equipment violation and further investigation revealed that he had in his possession an illegal weapon and he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, which is classified as a class-A misdemeanor. Additionally Reisini was found to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana, which police described as concentrated cannabis, defined as hash oil, in the fifth degree, a class-D felony.

• A Noyac man complained to police May 12 that a neighbor yelled at his daughter and threatened to shoot her dog because the dog was, according to the police report, doing damage on Ridge Drive. The girl and a friend were walking the dog at the time of the incident, police said. No arrests have been made. Police are monitoring the situation.

East Hampton

• Christopher J. Reale, 32, of East Hampton, was arrested on a charge of driving while ability impaired by drugs, a felony due to two prior convictions in the past 10 years, after an accident in Amagansett on May 4. East Hampton Town police said his 2002 Toyota struck multiple trees along Montauk Highway, near Mitchell Dunes Lane, when he left the roadway shortly after noon. Reale consented to a blood test at police headquarters. He was held overnight for arraignment. East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana ordered him held without bail. According to police, Reale's last conviction was on Jan. 24.

• East Hampton Town police responded to a burglary in progress on North Main Street, just outside the village, on Monday at about 1:25 a.m. A woman said she heard glass break and saw a man running north on North Main Street. Police found that a glass window at the had been shattered. Police searched the area and brought in a Suffolk County Sheriff's K-9 unit was brought in to canvas the area, but the suspect was not located. When the manager arrived, he didn't say whether any items had been taken, police said.