Crime & Safety
Woman Charged With DWI After Hampton Bays Crash: Police
She fled the scene but was located and arrested, police say.
HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A Flanders woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a Hampton Bays crash on Independence Day, police said.
According to Southampton Town police, at about 7:38 p.m., Lorraine Faulhaber, 55, was involved in the crash on Montauk Highway and left the scene without reporting the incident.
She was located a short time later and found to be intoxicated, then brought to police headquarters, where she was processed and held for arraignment, police said.
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She was charged with misdemeanor DWI, police said.
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