Crime & Safety

7 Arrested At Sobriety Checkpoint

Seven people were arrested during an overnight sobriety checkpoint, Suffolk Police say.

Seven people were arrested during an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Huntington Station, police said.

Officers from the Suffolk County Police Department Highway Patrol Bureau, assisted by New York State Troopers, conducted the checkpoint at the corner of New York Avenue and Church Street. The checkpoint was conducted as part of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Saturation Saturday, a high visibility evening where police departments step up their DWI enforcement efforts to remind communities that they are out in full force, looking for impaired drivers as the Labor Day holiday approaches. A total of 417 vehicles went through the checkpoint.

The following people were charged with DWI:

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  • Jeffrey S. Hindla, 29, of Sayville
  • Raymond Archer, 51, of Huntington Station
  • Selena M. Piliere, 29, of 70 6th Avenue, Huntington Station
  • Suellen Gordon, 54, of Huntington Station
  • James R. Roldos, 51, of Huntington Station

Nicole K. Gulmi, 34, of Melville, was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol. Hixon Flores-Hernandez, 21, of Huntington Station, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs.

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