Crimes Nearby: Suspect Allegedly Drunk, High, Drove Without Headlights

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

•  have charged a 21-year-old Nesconset man for attempting to smash the windows of the  using a flag pole with an American Flag attached to it.
Police say James Figliozzi was charged with attempted criminal mischief, a misdemeanor and disorderly conduct, a violation, on Monday at 11:40 p.m. after a member of the Southampton Town Detective Division witnessed the crime.

• Hamdi Selvi, 30, of Nesconset, was arrested June 24 at 2:30 a.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree, a misdemeanor, and tampering with physical evidence, a felony. Police said Selvi was the front seat passenger of a vehicle that was being stopped for a traffic infraction when he threw a lit marijuana cigarette out the window.

• Barry Eugene Mills, 55, of Quogue, was arrested June 17 at 9:33 p.m. in Riverside and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, and inadequate lights and no signal or bell on his bicycle, both traffic infractions. Police said Mills was stopped for biking at night with no lights and he was holding a crack pipe in his left hand. While being interviews, he dropped a small piece of crack cocaine from his hand, and a search located a large piece of crack in his hat, according to the arrest report.
North Fork

North Fork

Megan Combs, 21, of East Marion, was charged with petit larceny and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance on June 25 at 3:21 p.m. after police responded to a report that Combs had been shoplifting from in Greenport, police said. Police observed Combs was exiting the store and was found to be in possession of numerous items she did not pay for, police said. She was also found to be in possession of methadone hydrochloride, and clonazepam, which she did not have a prescription for, police said. Combs was arrested and transported to police headquarters, where she was processed and released on bail.

Keith Whitenack, 36, of Levittown, was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to yield the right-of-way on June 26 at 3:45 p.m. after his involvement in a car crash on Route 25 in Peconic, police said. Whitenack was traveling east on Route when he made a left turn and failed to yield right of way to Christine Watts-Gorman, 49, of Peconic, who was traveling west on Route 25. Whitenack struck Watts-Gorman's vehicle, then fled the scene on foot, police said. Whitenack was later apprehended by police and was found to have a suspended license. He was arrested and transported to police headquarters where he was processed and released on bail. There were no injuries, police said.

Southampton

• A Southampton man was jailed June 19 in lieu of $5,000 bail after charged him with burglary. Det. Sgt. Herman Lamison said 30-year-old Seth T. Hilbert entered an unlocked residence on North Main Street and stole various items, including jewelry. The total value of items was estimated at $1,800. Detectives tied Hilbert to the burglary after he sold the items to a Southampton pawn shop, Lamison said.
When detectives went to an East Quogue residence to arrest Hilbert, he jumped out of a window and led police on a brief foot chase, Lamison said. Hilbert was charged with burglary in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, both felonies, as well as obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor. Hilbert had yet to post bail as of Wednesday morning, but was due back in Wednesday afternoon.

• Irineo Gutierrez, 37, of Southampton, was arrested June 23 at 11:01 p.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree-alcohol related, a felony, and driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree-alcohol related, both misdemeanors. Police said Gutierrez was pulled over on Montauk Highway East for driving without his headlights on. Police said he had a marijuana cigarette and an open 12-ounce bottle of Bud Light in the vehicle, and he admitted to drinking and smoking marijuana several hours prior. He was additionally charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, and several vehicle and traffic infractions, including consuming an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle and insufficient lights.

• A contractor took a whack to the head after he approached three skateboarders who ruined a brand new tennis court in Sagaponack, according to an incident report. The police report states that the contractor approached three young adults, between the ages of 17 and 20, who were skateboarding on a newly finished tennis court at a property on Merchants Path. He told police that one of the skateboarders hit him with a skateboard before the trio ran into the woods. The man tried to run after them, but could not catch up and called police, according to the incident report. The skateboarders were not apprehended. The man suffered great pain and a lump on his head, the report states. There was approximately $10,000 in damage to the tennis court.