Crime & Safety
Police: Flanders Man Busted for Cocaine, Crack Possession
The driver had a suspended license, police said.
A Flanders man was arrested early Friday morning after police said he was caught driving with a suspended license with crack and cocaine in his car.
According to Southampton Town police, Walter A. Mims IV, 28, was stopped at 3:08 a.m. in Hampton Bays for a traffic violation.
An investigation revealed Mims to be in possession of both crack and powder cocaine, police said.
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He was was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a felony, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, misdemeanor, police said; he was held overnight for morning arraignment.
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