Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Manager Charged With Stealing From Developmentally Disabled

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Robert E. Gill, 43, of Southampton, was arrested Friday at 12:45 a.m. and charged with driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash on Osborne Avenue in which he struck a tree and a parked vehicle, according to Southampton Village police. Gill was held pending a morning arraignment and then released.

Southampton Town police arrested a 28-year-old Southampton man after he bit and punched his ex-girlfriend, according to reports. Willie Jenkins got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend, and then punched her in the face twice and bit her on the wrist, according to police. While she was trying to call 911, Jenkins grabbed the phone from her and broke it, police said. He was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation.

RIVERHEAD

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The former manager of a Northampton group home for developmentally disabled people was charged with petty larceny for allegedly stealing money from her wards, Southampton Town Police said. Police said Nicole Leggon, 28, of Riverhead pocketed about $400 in cash from the residents of the Aid to the Developmentally Disabled home in Northampton between June 1 and Sept. 1. She was the house manager at the time, but is now unemployed, according to her arrest report. Leggon was arrested and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, on Friday at 4:44 p.m. at police headquarters in Hampton Bays. The residents of the home were reimbursed for the losses, police said.

A Flanders man was arrested by Southampton Town police and charged with numerous drug-related violations after police allegedly found he was carrying a quantity of drugs including PCP, heroin, marijuana and both crack and powered cocaine, on Saturday morning. Natia Yisrael, 36, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation on Flanders Road in Riverside at 12:46 a.m, according to a police report. Police found he was carrying various illegal drugs and arrested him, police said. Yisrael was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, three counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.

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A Riverhead man was charged with drunk driving on Sunday after police said he crashed head-on into another car on Montauk Highway, sending both drivers to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Jose Carabantes, 25, was arrested by on Sunday at about 10:35 p.m. in Water Mill and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and driving without a license and failure to maintain lane, both infractions. Police said Carabantes was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi eastbound on Montauk Highway when he crossed into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 1989 Chevrolet pickup. and the Ambulance Company responded to the crash and transported both drivers to for non-life threatening injuries, according to police. Because of his injuries, Carabantes was released at the hospital on an appearance ticket, pending future legal action, police said.

NORTH FORK

Brian Evans, 59, of Cutchogue, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and impaired by drugs on Thursday at 12:06 a.m. after police saw him fail to stop at a stop sign and attempt to make a U-turn at the intersection of Route 25 and Alvah's Lane in Cutchogue and drive over a lawn, police said. Evans did not stop for the officer trying to pull him over until he pulled into his driveway at Alvah's Lane, police said.

Allissa Goodale, 21, of Mattituck, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana on Sunday at 3:15 a.m., after police stopped her for speeding on Route 48 near Alvah's Lane in Cutchogue, police reported. Goodale had been heading west in a 1995 Chrysler on Route 48. During processing at police headquarters, a small amount of marijuana was also found in her possession, police said.

Katie Wood, 29, of Riverhead, was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property on Sunday at 8 p.m., after police investigated a claim from a 49-year-old Greenport woman that her Medicaid card had been stolen, police said. Further investigation revealed that Wood was in possession of the card, police said. She was processed and released on cash bail.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

Richard Galli, 45, of Brooklyn, was arrested Saturday at 8:28 a.m. at the corner of Montauk Highway West and Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a misdemeanor. Galli was stopped for a traffic violation when police discovered he had stolen Florida license plates on his car, police said.

Elder Guerra, 33, of Hempstead, was arrested Saturday at 12:52 a.m. on the corner of County Road 31 and Stewart Avenue in Westhampton and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, and false personation and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. Guerra was stopped for a traffic violation when police discovered he provided a false name to officers. Police said that Guerra, whose license was suspended following a 2010 DWI, appeared intoxicated, but his blood alcohol content did not meet requirements for a DWI charge.

Jennifer Nappi, 42, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Saturday at 8:50 p.m. at St. Rosalie’s Roman Catholic Church and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation. Police responded to the church to check on Nappi’s well-being at the request of a friend, but she appeared intoxicated, according to police. Nappi yelled and pushed officers, and threatened to injure them, police said.


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