Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Alleged Drunk Driver Hits Tree During Car Chase
The following information was supplied by East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate convictions.
Recent arrests and reported crimes from elsewhere on the East End:
Ryan Valek, 18, of Laurel, was charged with and one count of third-degree criminal trespassing on Tuesday, after an investigation into a string of graffiti incidents that occurred during the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 lead police to Valek, police said.
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Police said Christian M. Campoverde Lucero, who has since turned 33, was speeding in a 2000 Mazda MPV while going north on Springs-Fireplace Road, near Fort Pond Boulevard, in Springs at about 9:30 p.m. The officer activated his lights and sirens in an attempt to pull the vehicle over, but the defendant allegedly continued on, "at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner," according to the arrest report.
He made a left hand turn onto Hog Creek Road, where he continued on until pulling over near Locust Drive, police said. When police approached the vehicle, the driver took off, again, causing the officer to fall down on the pavement.
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A 911 call made late in the evening on March 8 brought to a Hampton Bays residence on Springville Road where 27-year-old Callie Hester was arrested at 11:50 p.m. and charged with fifth-degree arson, child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance, all misdemeanors.
According to officers at the scene, Hester had set the contents of a small plastic garbage can on fire during a dispute at her home where children were present.
Derek Quinn, 42, of Southampton, was arrested March 10 at 1:21 a.m. in Southampton at the intersection of Prospect Street West and North Sea Road, according to Southampton Town police. Quinn was charged with DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle in the third degree and speeding, police said. Officers said Quinn was additionally charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree for possessing a small quantity of heroin that was recovered from a Newport cigarette box on the passenger seat of his vehicle.
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