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Erratic LI Driver Smashes Into Mailbox, Takes Off Before DWI Arrest: Police
A drunk Long Island driver struck a mailbox and fled before officers tracked him down on Saturday night, Oct. 24, police said.
Hugo Diaz Melgar, 36, of Hampton Bays, was driving erratically in Hampton Bays around 11 p.m. Saturday, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
A report came in that Diaz Melgar hit a mailbox and fled the scene without reporting the collision, police said. Cops located Diaz Melgar a short time later and determined he had been driving drunk, authorities said.
Diaz Melgar was arrested and taken to police headquarters, where he was charged with two counts of DWI …
Fisherman Drowns Off Long Island Coast Trying To Rescue Gear: Reports
A fisherman drowned off the coast of Long Island on Saturday morning, Oct. 24, according to multiple reports.
Police said Luis Alciviades Encalada Ojeda, 48, of Corona, Queens, was fishing with two other men near Southold Town Beach, Newsday reported.
Investigators said the small vessel began taking on water east of the beach around 7:15 a.m. Saturday, according to Patch.
All three men were wearing life jackets when they abandoned the ship, the Suffolk Times reported. However, Encalada Ojeda went back into the water attempting to retrieve belongings from the boat, cops said.
After he bega…
Drunk LI Driver Slams Audi Into Tree In Afternoon Crash: Cops
A drunk Long Island driver was arrested after crashing into a tree, police said.
Dylan Matthew Jagdeo, 29, was traveling on Boatheaders Lane near Bow Oarsman Road in East Hampton around 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, the East Hampton Town Police Department said.
Jagdeo crashed his black 2012 Audi into a tree on the side of the road, police said. When cops arrived, they detected alcohol on his breath, noticed his eyes were glassy, and observed him unsteady on his feet, according to authorities.
Responding officers put Jagdeo through a series of field sobriety tests, which he performed poorly on…
LI Theft Suspect Tries To Outrun Cops After Being Caught In Parked Car: Police
A Long Island man was caught red-handed looking through a parked car, then tied to four other recent thefts, police said Monday, Oct. 26.
Chase T. Wintjen, 33, of East Hampton, was busted just before midnight Sunday night, Oct. 25 on Floyd Street, the East Hampton Town Police Department said.
Police got a call about a man trying to enter a parked car on Springs Fireplace Road, then canvassed the area and located Wintjen rummaging through a vehicle on Floyd Street, police said.
Wintjen ran from the scene, but cops caught him after a brief foot chase, authorities said. The investigators also…
Mom Faked Son’s Death For GoFundMe, Then Her Own To Avoid Court: Affidavit
A mom charged with collecting donations for her living son’s funeral faked her own death to get the case closed — but cellphone records, a Snapchat post, and a dumpster order helped expose the scheme, detectives wrote in court documents.
Jennifer Marie Lamer, 39, of Carrolltown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, faces 29 charges stemming from fabricated medical documents and an obituary submitted to Blair County officials, according to court records.
Lamer waived her preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 20, sending all 29 charges to county court, as shown in court documents Daily Voice obtained…
