Crime & Safety
Town Police Log: Man Threatened With Chainsaw
Southampton Town Police arrest reports from west of the Shinnecock Canal for the week of May 14 to May 20:
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Menacing
• Andrew Kristiansen, 45, of Hampton Bays, was arrested May 20 at 3:19 a.m. after threatening another man with a chainsaw, according to police. Cops reported that Kristiansen, in an intoxicated condition, wielded the chainsaw in a threatening manner at a victim while at the . He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class-D felony.
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Criminal Possession of Stolen Property
• Jean Foronda, 19, of Coram, was arrested in the hamlet of East Quogue on May 19 on Lewis Road at 9:57 p.m. after she was observed operating a stolen vehicle, police said. She was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a class-E felony. Foronda was additionally charged with aggravated unlicensed operation vehicle in the second degree, a misdemeanor.
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Driving While Intoxicated
• Rigoberto Andara-Solar, 27, of Central Islip, was arrested May 20 on Poplar Street in Hampton Bays at 2:16 a.m. and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor.
• Kenneth Araya, 25, of Hampton Bays, was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, on May 20 in Bridgehampton on Ocean Road.
• Joann Dammeyer, 40, of Mastic Beach, was charged May 18 with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, a class-C felony, after police received a report of an erratic driver heading northbound on County Road 51 towards the county center in Riverhead. Upon investigation, Dammeyer admitted to being under the influence of the painkiller oxycodone, Soma, a muscle relaxant, and Xanax, a tranquilizer defined as a schedule IV substance by the Drug Enforcement Agency. Since Dammeyer admitted to be under the influence of these medications while driving, she was charged additionally with driving while impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, police said.
• Victor Paredes, 22, of Flanders, was arrested May 20 at 1:14 p.m. on Brookhaven Avenue in Flanders. Police said Paredes was involved in a motor vehicle accident while intoxicated. He also refused a breath screen test, according to the arrest report. Paredes was also wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in .
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