🌱 Southampton Daily: Car Catches Fire After DWI Crash + Cocaine Bust

Hello, neighbors! Diane Witek here with a fresh issue of the Southampton Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 53, low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Southampton today:

1. Colin Taylor, 23, a Sag Harbor man, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DWI, police said. According to Southampton Town police, at 1:10 a.m., Sunday, a report came in about a car fire at Old Sag Harbor Road and Millstone Road in Bridgehampton. Taylor, driving while intoxicated, crashed into a tree causing his vehicle to catch fire, police said. (Patch)
2. Police said two people were arrested and charged after they were found drinking at a Northampton beach while in possession of cocaine; a digital scale was also found. On Saturday, Ronald Vinicio Espino-Borja, 31, and Ines Orellana-DeLopez 28, were arrested for drinking an alcoholic beverage at Wildwood Lake bathing beach, a violation of Southampton town code, and for possession of cocaine. Orellana-DeLopez was released on her own recognizance for future arraignment, police said. (Patch)
3. Oscar Kleber Valencia-Vega, 34, a Hampton Bays man, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, and fleeing from an officer, police said. On April 20 at 1:29 a.m., Valencia-Vega was seen failing to maintain his lane as he headed west on Flying Point Road near Bowers Lane. After fleeing the scene, Valencia-Vega turned himself in at Southampton Town police headquarters, police said. (Southampton Patch)

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• F.A.S.T. Program - Fun Activities with Snacks and Time to Do Homework! (4 p.m.)
• Youth Court - Town of Southampton Youth Bureau. (6 p.m.)
• From Plankton to Whales - Why our Local Waters are Worth Protecting (In-Person). (6 p.m.)

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