Crime & Safety
Southold Man Caught Driving Drunk: Police
He failed multiple field sobriety tests, police say.
SOUTHOLD, NY — A Southold man was cuffed after he was caught driving drunk early Friday, police said.
According to Southold Town Police, Thomas Hamlin, 61, was arrested at 1:56 a.m. on Kennys Road in Southold and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Hamlin was stopped for having a defective headlight and was found to be intoxicated, police said. Hamlin failed multiple field sobriety tests, police said.
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He was arrested, transported to police headquarters, processed and held for arraignment, police said.
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