Repeat Offender Found Guilty For 4th Time Of Felony DWI, Released By Judge Pending Sentencing: DA

FLANDERS, NY — A repeat offender was found guilty again for the fourth time of felony DWI recently, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

Pablo Aguilar-Alvarez, 36, a Salvadoran national, was found guilty by a jury of driving while intoxicated per se, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle for driving erratically with a blood alcohol content of .17, more than twice the legal limit, Tierney said.

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The conviction marked Aguilar-Alvarez's fourth DWI felony conviction within the past 10 years, in addition to a prior misdemeanor DWI conviction, Tierney said.

The evidence at trial established that on November 29, 2025, at about 1:24 a.m., Aguilar-Alvarez got behind the wheel of a car after an evening of drinking, the DA said.

He drove with his girlfriend to the USA gas station at the intersection of Flanders Road and Longneck Boulevard in Flanders to purchase additional alcohol, Tierney said.

While inside the store, Aguilar-Alvarez's girlfriend asked the clerk to call 911, the DA said. The man and his girlfriend then drove away from the location, Tierney said.

After receiving the 911 call that included a description of the vehicle and the license plate, members of the Southampton Town Police Department located Aguilar-Alvarez's vehicle, the DA said.

Officers witnessed Aguilar-Alvarez fail to stop at a stop sign and cross over the double yellow center line on Longneck Boulevard before initiating a traffic stop, Tierney said.

When the vehicle came to a stop, Aguilar-Alvarez exited from the passenger side in an attempt to conceal that he had been driving, Tierney said.

Aguilar-Alvarez failed standardized field sobriety tests and consented to a chemical breath test, which revealed a blood alcohol content of .17 percent, Tierne said.

On Friday, Aguilar-Alvarez was convicted after a jury trial on charges including one count of driving while intoxicated per se and one count of driving while intoxicated, both Class D felonies, and one count of second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor, police said.

Following the verdict, the District Attorney's Office requested that Aguilar-Alvarez be remanded into custody, as this was his fourth felony DWI conviction and the DA's Office said there was reason to believe he was planning on fleeing from Suffolk County, Tierney said.

The Honorable Bryan L. Browns, county court judge, who presided over the trial, released Aguilar-Alvarez pending sentencing scheduled for October 2, Tierney said.

The defendant faces up to 2 and 1/3 to seven years in prison, Tierney said.

He is being represented by the Legal Aid Society.

Aguilar-Alvarez was previously convicted of the following crimes, Tierney said: Aggravated DWI, a Class D felony, on June 16, 2022; DWI, a Class E felony, on October 11, 2017; driving while ability impaired, combined drugs and alcohol, a Class E felony, on April 19, 2017; DWI, an unclassified misdemeanor, on May 14, 2012.

Records indicate that he was deported from the United States on March 1, 2024, on the basis of his prior felony convictions, and he is currently illegally present in the United States, Tierney said.

"There is no question that Pablo Aguilar-Alvarez is a danger to society," Tierney said. "Despite multiple prior felony DWI convictions, this defendant once again chose to get behind the wheel after drinking, putting everyone on the road at risk. And even now, despite the jury's verdict, there is nothing to stop him from once again getting behind the wheel and endangering the lives of Suffolk County residents."