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• Michael J. Morris, 45, of Montauk, was arrested outside the 7-Eleven store in Montauk, where he was allegedly drunk and acting disorderly on Aug. 19 just after midnight. Police received a call about a man at 7-Eleven who was becoming violent toward patrons inside the store. As police arrived, they were approached by Morris, outside the store as he exited and he immediately was confrontational, they said. He appeared highly intoxicated and as the officer started to put him under arrest, he resisted. Even when handcuffed, he became uncooperative and aggressive and attempted to kick the officer, police said. He was charged with resisting arrest, which is a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment and disorderly conduct, both violations. He was released on $250 bail.
Skate Park Arrest
• Joshua T. Ryan, 19, of East Hampton, was arrested for allegedly trespassing at the Montauk Skate Park on Aug. 20. Police were called to the park about an unwanted guest at about 6:20 p.m. Ryan hopped the fence and ran towards Lions Field, police said. Police caught up with him and placed him under arrest. While searching him, they found a small cigarette filled with what later tested positive for marijuana. A sergeant released him on an appearance ticket.
DWI Arrests
• Daniel I. Bailey, 30, of Southampton, was charged with felony aggravated DWI, and misdemeanors operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17, as well as unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, after being pulled over for speeding in Amagansett on Friday. Police said they clocked his Subaru going 44 mph in a 30 mph zone on Montauk Highway, near Miankoma Lane, at about 2 a.m. 2:29 a.m. Police said that during the traffic stop, Bailey produced a glass jar containing a green, leafy substance that later tested positive for marijuana from under his seat. Police had a judge sign a warrant for a blood sample to be taken from Bailey after his arrest.
• Joseph M. Cortese Jr., 48, of Tuxedo Park, NY, was arrested on a misdemeanor aggravated DWI charge and spent one night in the Suffolk County jail until his $500 bail was posted on Aug. 24, according to jail records. Police received a call about a possible drunken driver on Old Montauk Highway in Montauk on the morning of Aug. 23. They located a car that fit the description and pulled it over at 9:48 a.m. He appeared drunk and failed field sobriety tests, but police also found two open bottles of Bacardi rum bottles in his car. His license was reportedly suspended on a previous drunken driving charge. He was also charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
• Patrick A. Lockwood, 32, of East Hampton, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, in Amagansett on Saturday at about 3:10 a.m. Police said Lockwood's Ford pickup truck was following a sedan at an unsafe distance on Montauk Highway, near the Stephen Talkhouse, at about 2:45 a.m. Police turned around to follow the vehicle and saw the truck pass the car in front in a no passing zone, in a heavy pedestrian traffic area, near Indian Wells Highway. Police pulled Lockwood over near the American legion. He appeared drunk and failed field sobriety tests. The next morning, he was released on $500 bail.
• Betty M. Dankowski, 25, of Wainscott, was also arrested on a DWI charge on Montauk Highway in Amagansett on Saturday at about 3:30 a.m. Police said she was swerving in her 2001 BMW on the highway, near Mitchell Dunes, at abou 3:10 a.m. She failed field sobriety tests, police said. She was held for morning arraignment and released on her own recognizance.
• Brian J. Stefano, 28, of Chadds Ford, Penn., was charged with DWI on Aug. 22 on Springs Fireplace Road, near Old Stone Highway. Stefano was behind the wheel of a 2010 Mercedes Benz, traveling at a speed of 46 mph in a 30 mph zone at about 1:30 a.m., police said. He was arrested about 20 minutes later. He was released on $350 later that morning.
• Astrid L. Rubin, 29, of Southampton, was arrested on a drunken driving charge on Aug. 20 in Amagansett. Police said they observed a 2001 Jeep traveling north on Old Stone Highway, swerving across the lane while going around a turn at about 4 a.ma. A tail light on the Jeep was also out. She was pulled over, appeared drunk and failed all field sobriety tests, police said. She was released on $300 bail.
