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Thomas Woods Lawton, 23, a Sag Harbor resident, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of DWI around midnight on Friday in Sag Harbor. Sag Harbor Village Police said Lawton was driving a 2008 Prius the wrong way on Washington Street, which, the arrest report notes, is clearly marked as a one-way street. After making the traffic stop, the officer believed Lawton to be possibly intoxicated, and had him perform roadside sobriety tests, which Lawton reportedly failed. Lawton was placed under arrest and taken to headquarters where a breath test produced a reading of .12, exceeding the .08 mark that defines intoxication in the State of New York, according to the police. He was arraigned Saturday morning in front of Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace, who agreed to release Lawton without any conditions after the defendant’s attorney, Edward Burke Jr., assured the judge that Lawton would appear in court whenever required.
