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Martin Calieca-Cruz, 33, of Southampton was arrested by Quogue Village Police on November 15 and charged with misdemeanor DWI. Cruz was pulled over at 8:01 p.m. on Quogue Plaza Trail after being observed failing to stop at a stop sign, failing to maintain his lane, and driving 46 mph in a 25-mph zone on Old Country Road, police said, adding that an investigation revealed he was intoxicated. He was processed at Quogue Police headquarters and held for morning arraignment, then released.
Rudy Ordonez Ruano, 36, of Shirley, was arrested by Westhampton Beach Village Police on November 10 and charged with DWI. Ruano was pulled over at Montauk Highway and Depot Road at 8:48 p.m. after being observed failing to maintain his lane while heading west on Montauk Highway. Two empty 12-ounce bottles of Corona Light were found in the backseat of the car. Ruano said he had had two beers before driving, the last of them about an hour before he got behind the wheel. He performed poorly on a field sobriety test, and a breath test came up with a reading of .15, police said. He was transported to Southampton Town Police headquarters for the night and was released in the morning. He was arraigned that morning at Westhampton Beach Justice Court.
Carlos Parra Mendez, 51, of Riverhead was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 11:30 p.m. on November 16 and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after an officer responding to a report of a vehicle having struck a parked car observed his Ford van parked on the side of Norbury Lane with the engine running. Police said Mendez admitted to having hit the parked vehicle and the officer determined that he had been drinking and placed him under arrest.
Varun Dubey, 36, of Southampton was arrested at about 11:30 p.m. on November 16 and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after a passing motorist reported a single-car crash on Hills Station Road. A responding officer said he found Dubey in the driver’s seat of the vehicle with the engine running. The officer reported the driver failed a field sobriety test and showed signs of intoxication. He was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital by ambulance and released into police custody for arraignment.
Alejandro Ponce-Nunez, 25, of Mastic was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. on November 17 and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after he was pulled over for driving erratically on County Road 39 and police said a breath-alcohol test showed that he had been drinking.
Cesar Euceda-Recarte, 43, of Hampton Bays was arrested at about 6:15 p.m. on November 17 and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, after he was pulled over for a traffic violation on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays. The officer reported that he detected the smell of alcohol on the driver’s breath and that he performed poorly on a field sobriety test and placed him under arrest.
