Crime & Safety
Man Nabbed In Thanksgiving Eve DWI Checkpoint: Police
He was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, police say.
FLANDERS, NY — A Riverhead man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated as the result of a Thanksgiving Eve sobriety checkpoint on Flanders Road, police said.
According to Southampton Town Police, Robert Hamilton, Jr., 57, was arrested and charged with DWI.
Southampton Town Police conducted the three-hour checkpoint on the northbound side of Flanders Road at the rest area, authorities said. A total of 309 vehicles were screened with just one arrest, police said.
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Hamilton was taken to Southampton Town Police headquarters in Hampton Bays where he was processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.
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