Southampton Police Log: Man Charged With Selling Drugs Near A School

Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by the Southampton Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.

Southampton Town police arrest reports for west of the Shinnecock Canal through Jan. 27.

Driving While Intoxicated

• Kristopher J. Cox, 29, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Feb. 2 at 1:02 a.m. on Flanders Road near the Old Riverhead Road intersection in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, and speeding, a traffic infraction. Police said Cox was found to have a strong odor of alcohol on his breath after being pulled over for speeding, and he failed sobriety tests.

• Lilson Deus, 41, of Maspeth, Queens, was arrested Feb. 3 at 5:17 p.m. on Montauk Highway in East Quogue near the Halsey Avenue intersection and charged with DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, both misdemeanors, and a number of traffic infractions, including refusing to take a breath test. Police said she was pulled over for failing to maintain her lane when she was found to have alcohol on her breath and glassy, bloodshot eyes.

• Juan Martinez, 32, of Riverhead, was arrested Jan. 5 at 12:25 a.m. on Flanders Road in Riverside, near the Old Quogue Road intersection, and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, and moving from lane unsafely, a traffic infraction. Police said Martinez was found to be intoxicated after he was pulled over for failing to maintain his lane.

Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance Near a School

• Maurice Henderson, 24, of Shirley, was arrested Feb. 1 at 1:45 p.m. at his home and charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance near school grounds, a felony. Police could not say which school was involved. However, according to police, Henderson made several sales and in a report noted that he conducted a drug sale on Feb. 21, 2012 around 7:52 p.m., near the intersection of Montauk Highway and Canoe Place Road in Hampton Bays. Police said the arrest resulted from a narcotics investigation conducted by the Suffolk County district attorney’s East End Drug Task Force.

Circumventing in Interlock Device

• Kenneth Blanco Rivero, 27, of Southampton, was arrested Feb. 1 at 1:22 p.m. on Maple Avenue in Flanders and charged with circumventing an interlock device and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree, both misdemeanors, as well as unlawful passing, a traffic infraction. Police said Rivero was pulled over for improperly passing another vehicle and upon a check of his license, it was discovered that it had been revoked for driving while intoxicated in December 2010. Also, police said he was driving a vehicle without a court-ordered ignition interlock device, which is designed to prevent a vehicle from starting if the driver has alcohol on his breath.

Petty Larceny

•  Lina Patino, 39, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Jan. 18 at 3:46 p.m. on Montauk Highway East in Hampton Bays and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said that, according to store security personnell, at 2:48 p.m. Patino stole several items from King Kullen. According to the incident report, Patino took a bag of shrimp, a roast, chicken, sushi and other items.

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