Five people were arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and one person was arrested on a charge of driving while ability impaired by drugs during an enforcement detail of the East End DWI task force last night in Riverhead Town.
Riverhead police said two vehicles were seized by task force officers, consisting of officers from Riverhead, Westhampton Beach and the Quogue Village police departments.
Police said the following people were charged with driving while intoxicated:
Tranquilino CHamale, 35, Aquebogue;
Nelson Avelar, 33, Riverhead;
Rogelio Boch, 27, Riverhead;
Otto Rac-Subuyuj, 29, Water Mill;
Richard Kruedelbach, 53, Southampton.
Shamir Euceda, 23, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Avelar was additionally charged with operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device and with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree.
The DWI task force operating in Southold Town last night resulted in the arrests of four people, including a Riverhead man, Jose Hernandez, 20.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. By law, a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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