Man Caught With Cocaine Again In Montauk: Police

MONTAUK, NY — A Montauk man was arrested after he was caught with cocaine for the second time in two months, police said.

According to East Hampton Town Police, Richard P. Daunt, 27, was arrested on S. Federal Street at 3:03 a.m. and charged with fifth degree criminal possession of a controlled substance: cocaine, 500 milligrams, a felony.

Daunt had two, knot-tied plastic bags containing the cocaine on his person, and the cocaine weighed more than 500 milligrams, police said.

He was released into the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, police said.

Daunt was also arrested in September after he was found with cocaine in a Montauk parking lot and charged with fourth degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug, a felony, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, police said.