The following information was supplied by the East Hampton Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
• Jonathan M. Elsis, 26, of Montauk, was arrested on felony charges related to drunken driving, as well as misdemeanor drug charges, on Aug. 4 in Montauk.
At about 4:50 a.m., police were dispatched to a report of a possible drunk driver in a BMW heading east on Montauk Highway. When police saw the car on Old Montauk Highway, it appeared to be crossing over the double-yellow line. The officer pulled the driver over in front of Gurney's Inn.
Police found the driver's license was suspended on April 1 for possession and/or sale of drugs and there was a bench warrant from the New York City Police Department.
Elsis, who appeared intoxicated, was taken into custody, and police searched the BMW. They found a rice box containing white rice, 20 wax paper envelopes with a white powdery substance inside, held together with rubber bands and silica gel held together with rubber bands. It later tested positive for heroin.
In the back of the vehicle, police found a small Dior canvas bag with a pair of shoes and three clear and orange hypodermic needles, a metal spoon, a sample of urine inside a blue rubber glove, along with a Ziplock bag, cotton swabs, alcohol wipes, and band aids.
Police said he was previously convicted on Aug. 8, 2012, and his vehicle was seized.
Elsis was charged with of driving while ability impaired by drugs with a prior conviction and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, both felonies, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument, both misdemeanors. He was held on $2,500 cash bail or $10,000 bond, and turned over to the Suffolk County Sheriff's office.
• Jason B. Milius, 38, of East Hampton, was arrested on a felony DWI charge after driving drunk with a child in the car on Route 114 in East Hampton, police said.
Police said they saw Milius by the Cove Hollow Road intersection, speaking on his cellphone without a hand-held device at about 7:05 p.m.. He was pulled over near Toilsome Lane, and appeared intoxicated, according to police.
A check of his license showed it was suspended on May 15 for failure to answer a summons out of Nassau County. He was arrested at about 7:30 p.m., and police obtained a warrant to draw blood from the defendant. A clear glass containing alcohol was found under the front passenger seat, police said.
The child was released into the custody of his mother.
Milius was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony, and acting in a manner injurious to a child, a misdemeanor, and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, also a misdemeanor, at about 7:30 p.m. Justice Rana released him on $5,000 bail.
• Police arrested two people on boating while intoxicated charges on Aug. 4 in Northwest Harbor in East Hampton.
Brendan T. McCay, 25, of East Hampton, was charged after the Shelter Island Harbormaster and the Coast Guard called police to Northwest Harbor, east of Barcelona Neck, after they spotted his Boston Whaler was overloaded with six people on board at about 4:15 p.m. The East Hampton Town Marine patrol vessel responded, and sobriety tests were administered. Police said McCay did poorly. He was arrested at 4:55 p.m.
Bryan T. Beyer, 32, of Southampton, was arrested after police on harbor patrol reported he almost hit the back engines of the marked police vessel while navigating an inflatable dinghy with an outboard engine in Northwest Creek at about 6:15 p.m. Police said he was driving erratically while drunk, and he was arrested at 7:05 p.m.
• Lisa F. Nuttall, 59, of East Guttenberg, NJ, was arrested on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge on July 27 in Montauk. Police said they saw a 2009 Toyota Camry heading north on Second House Road at a speed of 17 mph, when it crossed over the double-yellow lines and drive into the southbound lane. Nuttall was pulled over on South Elroy Drive, and placed under arrest at 1:05 a.m. She was released on her own recognizance.
• Charles D. Stephani, 66, of Montauk, was arrested on a drunken driving charge in Montauk on July 30. According to police, he failed to maintain his lane of travel on Old Montauk Highway, near Washington Avenue, at about 9:25 p.m. Charged with misdemeanor DWI, he was released on his own recognizance the next day.
