Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Mattituck Woman Drove Drunk with Her Baby, Cops Say
Mother and child not hurt after accident in Jamesport, according to Riverhead Town police.
The following information was supplied by the East End police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
SOUTHAMPTON
• A woman who purchased a home over the summer on Mid Ocean Drive called police on Sep. 6 to report that more than $5,400 worth of items she had shipped to the home were stolen. The woman reported that she had been shipping valuables to the house in expectation of moving in after Labor Day. The victim shipped a coffee maker, a toaster, and pots and pans, but when she arrived, she noticed the shipment was missing.
RIVERHEAD
• A Mattituck woman was charged with driving while intoxicated with her 17-month-old baby in the car early Tuesday morning in Jamesport.
According to Riverhead Town police, Lindsay Marino, 22, was involved in a single-car accident at 1:27 a.m. on Main Road.
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Police said upon arrival at the scene, Marino was out of the vehicle with her baby; the car was located off the road. Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene; neither mother nor infant was injured, police said.
Upon investigation, police said Marino was charged with driving while intoxicated, a felony, under Leandra's Law, for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15. She was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
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• A Flanders man was sent to the hospital after reportedly being attacked while walking home near Cypress Avenue on Sep. 8. According to police, the victim was walking to his home on Maple Avenue at around 8:45 p.m. when he said he was approached by five or six men who ganged up on him. The men reportedly pushed him to the ground, and punched him in the head and face. The victim ran off to seek shelter at a house on Silverbrook Avenue until police arrived. The victim said the attack was unprovoked. He suffered substantial pain to his face and was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment. No arrests have been made.
NORTH FORK
• A Greenport man was slapped with a felony charge after police said he was nabbed for driving while intoxicated.
According to Southold Town police, Rudy Elias, 34, was arrested after he was pulled over on Third Street in Greenport on Aug. 13. Police said Elias was observed making an unsafe lane change; he was found to be intoxicated.
Elias had previously been convicted of DWI so his vehicle was towed to the impound yard at Southold Town Police Department, police said.
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