Crime & Safety
Man Charged With DWI After 2 Greenport Crashes In 1 Night: Police
He was involved in a crash in the parking lot at Claudio's and then hit a car on Main Street in Greenport, police say.
GREENPORT, NY — A Cutchogue man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash in the Claudio's parking lot in Greenport Sunday — and then another close by, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, the first crash took place at 12:05 a.m. on Main Street in Greenport. Police said they received reports of an "erratic driver" who'd left the scene of the crash in the Claudio's parking lot. Before police arrived, the driver, Jason Mann, 40, in the same vehicle, a 2013 Ram 1500 pickup truck, struck a parked vehicle on Main Street and came to rest on the sidewalk, police said.
Mann was arrested and charged with DWI, first offense; aggravated DWI: per se-no prior; refusal to take a breath test; and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, police said.
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Mann, the driver and sole occupant in the pickup, was arrested; he declined medical treatment and no other injuries were reported in either crash, police said.
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