Cops: Bystander Wouldn't Take No for an Answer During DWI Investigation

East Hampton Town police said they had to arrest a bystander who interfered in a drunken driving investigation in Montauk on Friday night.

Christine M. Dalbora, a 27 year old from Montauk, was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge due a prior convicition after she drove her 1997 Chevrolet pick-up truck into a  tree on Navy Road at about 5:35 p.m.

When police arrived, she was sitting outside of the truck, which had severe front end damage, next to a friend Jeannine Logie, also of Montauk.

Police said Dalbora appeared drunk and also had some blood around her nostrils and on her shirt. She complained of shoulder and knee pain, as well.

She told police her dog jumped on her while she was driving west, causing her to turn into a tree.

Upon police arrival, Logie, 35, reportedly became upset and asked to speak to Dalbora alone. Police said they told Logie that they were trying to conduct an investigation and an officer escorted her away from the scene and advised to return to her own car.

As members of the began to cordon off the accident scene and stabalized the truck, Logie allegedly tried to get back to Dalbora. Police said she pushed a police officer in the chest with both hands when he tried to keep her away.

Logie was arrested on charges of second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation. She was released on $250 station-house bail and will be arraigned on Thursday.

The Montauk Ambulance Company treated Dalbora at the scene and transported her to , where she reportedly consented to a blood alcohol test.

She was released from the hospital, held overnight at headquarters, and arraigned in on Saturday. Justice Catherine A. Cahill released her on $10,000 bail.

A criminal check showed Dalbora had a previous DWI conviction in 2003 and she was charged with felony DWI, according to police. Her truck was impounded.