Southampton Town Police report two DWI arrests on Flanders Road last night, one involving a crash at the intersection of Oak Avenue. There were no injuries, police said.
Police responded to the two-car crash just before 6 p.m., according to the report. Responding officers determined that one of the drivers involved was intoxicated by alcohol, police said.
Leonel Zuleta, 47, of Hampton Bays was arrested on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor, police said. He was taken to Southampton Town Police Headquarters in Hampton
Bays, where he was processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.
At about 7:26 p.m. last night, Southampton Town Police responded to a report of an erratic
driver northbound on Flanders Road. Police located the vehicle in the vicinity of
Flanders Road and Red Creek Road in Flanders, still operating erratically. Police conducted a traffic stop and determined that the driver, Calixto Cruz, 39, of Sagaponack, was intoxicated by alcohol, according to the report. Cruz was arrested on a felony charge of Driving While Intoxicated, taken to Southampton Town Police Headquarters in Hampton Bays, where he was processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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