Man Caught Speeding 102 MPH on Drugs; Heroin, Cocaine Hidden in His Pants on Route 48: Police

CUTCHOGUE, NY- A Riverhead man was caught speeding 102 miles an hour while impaired by drugs— with narcotics hidden in his pants, police said.

According to Southold Town Police, Daniel Cirello, 26, of Riverhead, was arrested at 6:35 a.m. on Friday on Route 48 and Horseshoe Drive in Cutchogue.

Cirello was seen driving west on County Road 48 at 102 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone, near the BP gas station, police said; he was also driving in a reckless manner by failing to maintain his lane or signal lane changes, police said.

Cirello, police said, was finally stopped at the intersection of Route 48 and Horseshoe Lane, where an office “observed the defendant with slow slurred speech, blood-shot glassy eyes, and drooling from mouth.”

He was also having a hard time walking and staying awake,” police said, and failed standardized field sobriety tests administered.

Further investigation revealed that Cirello was concealing a “large quantity of narcotics in his pants,” police said.

Cirello was arrested and transported to Eastern Long Island Hospital for a blood test, police said.

He was charged with felony possession of cocaine, felony possession of cocaine by weight, three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance for possession of heroin, Xanax and suboxone, aggravated unlicensed operation in the third degree, reckless driving, speeding in zone, failure to maintain lane of travel, and failure to signal multiple lane changes, police said.