A 63-year-old Hampton Bays man was arrested Sunday for driving while intoxicated after a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 105 and Flanders Road in Riverside.
Kenneth Mujsce reportedly told police a vehicle cut him off and he was taken to PBMC shortly before midnight.
Police arrested Mr. Mujsce for DWI at the hospital and released him on an appearance ticket.
• Police arrested a 28-year-old Flanders man for DWI after he ran a stop sign in Hampton Bays early Sunday.
Police said Gelcin Alvarado-Garcia rapidly approached a police vehicle at a stop sign near Montauk Highway and North Shore Road shortly after midnight, then “abruptly pulled into the right turn lane” and sped through with tires screeching.
Police car lights. (Credit: aaron anderer/flickr)
The Riverhead Community Oriented Policing Enforcement unit, also known as COPE, conducted a townwide taxicab compliance enforcement check last Wednesday morning and only one cab company operating in the town was in compliance with local and state regulations, according to police.
Officers conducted a total of seven compliance checks, resulting in 11 town code summonses and one state vehicle and traffic law violation, according to police.
In total, police said, five taxicab companies were inspected and only one was found to be in compliance with local and state regulations.
The primary mission of the enforcement is to maintain public safety by deterring illegal operation of non-permitted vehicles and ensuring compliance with Riverhead town code and all vehicle and traffic laws.