Crimes Nearby: East Quogue Mom Arrested on Imprisonment, Neglect Charges

A round-up of recent notable arrests from other areas on the East End:

Southampton

Brian Zeh, 43, of Southampton was arrested by Southampton Town police July 23 at 4:15 p.m. on the corner of Flying Point and Luther roads in Southampton and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with personal injuries, a misdemeanor, after he hit and seriously injured a cyclist and fled, according to police. On Friday at 4:20 p.m. at his home in Southampton, he was additionally charged with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. Zeh’s license has been suspended due to a prior alcohol-related conviction, police said.

Waldemar Sequen, 28, of Riverhead  was arrested by Southampton Village police Tuesday at 6:27 a.m. on an outstanding Southampton Village Police Warrant for failure to appear for a prior aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree charge, a misdemeanor. He was additionally charged with bail jumping in the second degree, a felony.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

Southampton Town police charged a 49-year-old woman from East Quogue with neglecting and imprisoning her children Saturday morning, according to authorities.

Police say they were called to a home on Acorn Path in East Quogue, and found that Debra Coppola was highly intoxicated and had been neglecting her 6- and 10-year-old sons. The older son was locked in the basement, though police could not say for how long.

Police say they had to call in extra officers to subdue and arrest Coppola, who was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors.

William Stevens, 21, of Medford was arrested by Southampton Town police on Sunday at 4:43 a.m. on Dune Road in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI and third-degree unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. Stevens jumped into an unmanned taxi in front of The Drift Inn in East Quogue and tried to drive away by making an illegal u-turn, police said.

An East Quogue man told on Saturday that his Dodge Viper was stolen. Police say it was a fabricated story meant to distract law enforcement from an earlier car accident.  According to police, Michael Calise, 40, of East Quogue drove his off the exit ramp from Sunrise Highway leading into Hampton Bays Saturday at around 4:41 p.m. He was charged with DWI and falsely reporting an incident, both misdemeanors.

Westhampton Beach Village Police say they arrested Rodney Brooks, 24, of Westhampton Beach and Jessica Lobiak, 37, of Riverhead Friday morning after a pocketbook heist went awry at Finn McCool’s. Police say after they discovered a wallet in Lobiak’s car, Brooks fled the scene. Police said they used a Taser on Brooks and charged him with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal trespass, all misdemeanors. Lobiak was arrested later that morning at Village Police headquarters. She was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor.

Riverhead

Samuel Guevara, 18, of Riverhead was arrested on July 26 in Bridgehampton and charged with third-degree assault and false personation, both misdemeanors. Police said Guevara punched a man in the face and head, giving him a broken nose. He then gave police a false name because of an existing warrant from Riverhead Town police, according to a police report.

Tommy Giffin, 30, of Ridge was arrested on July 29 in Flanders and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Giffin was stopped by police for a seat-belt violation and was allegedly found to have a large amount of marijuana and a smaller amount of hallucinogenic mushrooms in his possession.

Anthony Francis, 28, of Riverhead was arrested July 22 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. Police said they arrested Francis on a previous warrant after responding to a harassment call. Once at police headquarters, Francis reportedly was discovered to be in possession of crack cocaine. He was processed and held for arraignment.

North Fork

Samantha Dittmeier, 22, of Mattituck was charged with possession of marijuana, criminal impersonation and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on Monday at 1:28 p.m. after police responded to a call of a suspicious person in a car on Moores Lane in Greenport, police said.
The officer on the scene found Dittmeier in the vehicle and during the interview, police said that she gave the officer a fictitious name. After investigation, police said they also found a small amount of marijuana in her possession and determined that the vehicle she was driving had been reported as being used without the owner's consent.

John Neuberger, 41, of New York City, was charged with driving while intoxicated on Sunday at 10:52 p.m. after an officer observed him to be in a severe state of intoxication on Front Street in Greenport, police said. The officer on the scene advised the man not to drive, but he did so moments later, was stopped and found to be intoxicated after failing roadside sobriety tests, police said.