🌱 Southampton Daily: Fire At Hamptons Home + Off-Duty Cop DWI:PD

Get on up, Southampton! Diane Witek here to get you all caught up to start this Monday, January 10 off on an informed note. Here's everything worth knowing today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and colder. High: 30, Low: 17.

Here are the top stories today in Southampton:

1. A detached structure on the property on on Little Neck Road in Southampton was "fully engulfed and 100 percent destroyed" when the Southampton Fire Department arrived, according to Chris Brenner, public information officer for the Southampton Fire Department. Flames did ignite the main structure but firefighters were able to extinguish those flames and save the main house. No one was believed to be home and no injuries were immediately reported. (Southampton Patch)
2. After rear-ending a vehicle in Westhampton Friday night, an off-duty Southampton Town Police officer was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Girardin was placed under arrest, and charged with misdemeanor DWI. “Members of the law enforcement community should be held to a higher standard, so it is disappointing when a member allegedly violates the laws they are sworn to protect,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. (Patch)
3. Officers conducting a traffic stop on Peconic Bay Boulevard in Aquebogue determined that the operator of the vehicle, Benjamin J. Lehmann, 30, from Sag Harbor, was under an active order of protection. Police said, the order stipulated that he not possess any firearm, but the officer found him to be in possession of an unloaded 12-gauge double barreled shotgun in violation of the court order. Police arrested Lehmann on charges of Criminal Contempt in the First Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, according to the report. (RiverheadLocal)
4. A detached structure on the property on on Little Neck Road in Southampton was "fully engulfed and 100 percent destroyed" when the Southampton Fire Department arrived, according to Chris Brenner, public information officer for the Southampton Fire Department. Flames did ignite the main structure but firefighters were able to extinguish those flames and save the main house. No one was believed to be home and no injuries were immediately reported. (Southampton Patch)

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Today in Southampton:

• Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting - Tuckahoe Common School District. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation: "🚨 Found Cat 🚨 Found on Holly Lane Remsemberg Call Melissa 646-207-3133" (Facebook) (Website)
• Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation: "🚨 Found dog 🚨 This Siberian Husky was found today on Rosebud Land in East Quogue. He is wearing a red harness but has no tags or chip. Safe at SASF." (Facebook) (Website)
• Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation: "🚨This just in: Young cat fount near the Heatherwood complex in Hampton Bays." (Facebook) (Website)
• Peconic Land Trust: "The 12 days of Christmas have come and gone and you might be wondering what to do with your tree. Several local farms including Browder’s Birds, Catapano Dairy Farm, and Goodale Farms are taking tree donations to feed to their animals. C..." (Facebook) (Website)
• Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: "LICADD's Weekly Newsletter! https://conta.cc/3r4ir9c." (Facebook) (Website)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Sea: "Hiya Neighbors! I am looking for a licensed/insured contractor to fully renovate a bathroom in North Sea 🛁 I tried being resourceful and read through a few older posts to grab recommendations but I haven’t heard back from anyone yet." (Nextdoor)

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