Crime & Safety
Village Police: Manorville Man Faces Felony DWI
The following information was supplied by the Quogue Village Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
reports from Oct. 11 through Oct. 18:
Aggravated DWI
Police arrested a 19-year-old Manorville man Saturday for driving drunk with two 15-year-olds in the car, officers said today.
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Police stopped Brian Smith Saturday at 1:30 a.m. on Montauk Highway for changing lanes unsafely and having a broken taillight, they said. Officers then discovered he appeared intoxicated, and charged him with aggravated DWI, a felony, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
Smith was driving with two 15-year-olds from Westhampton in the car, which resulted in the felony DWI charge under Leandra’s Law, police said.
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Smith was arraigned Sunday.
Heroin Found on Driver
Police arrested two Port Jefferson men Tuesday morning after officers discovered they had heroin and a hypodermic needle in the car.
Officers pulled over Victor Cohen, 39, of Port Jefferson for speeding on County Road 104 at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, police said. Police found that his license had been suspended and that he was under the influence of heroin and possibly marijuana, they said. He also had a hypodermic needle with heroin in it, officers said.
Cohen was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, all misdemeanors. He was also charged with a violation, unlawful possession of marijuana.
Cohen’s passenger, James Tomasso, 43, of Port Jefferson Station, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said. He also had heroin.
Unlicensed Operation
Jeanne Dumont, 61, of Wantagh was stopped Friday at 5:47 p.m. on Montauk Highway in Quogue and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and failure to comply, a violation. Police tried to stop Dumont for speeding and ignoring a stop sign but she did not heed to their signals to pull over, officers said.
After the arrest, Dumont was transported to Stony Brook University Medical Center for a medical evaluation, because she had a physical ailment, police said. They did not have any further details.
