SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A Southampton man was arrested and charged with felony driving while intoxicated early Sunday, police said.
According to Southampton Town police, at about 12:40 a.m., a driver was stopped after multiple traffic violations in the parking lot of a business on County Road 39 in Southampton.
The driver, Anthony Paul Vitola, 22, was found to be operating while intoxicated by alcohol, police said.
Vitola was arrested and transported to Southampton Town police headquarters for arrest processing; he was charged with two counts of felony DWI; one count of second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor; one count of circumventing an interlock device, a misdemeanor, and multiple violations of the vehicle and traffic law, police said.
Vitola was held overnight to appear in Southampton Town Justice Court for morning arraignment, police said.
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