Crimes Nearby: Arson in Hampton Bays, Hit-and-Run Crash in Southampton

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS:

• A 911 call made late in the evening on March 8 brought to a Hampton Bays residence on Springville Road where 27-year-old Callie Hester was arrested at 11:50 p.m. and charged with fifth-degree arson, child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance, all misdemeanors. According to officers at the scene, Hester had set the contents of a small plastic garbage can on fire during a dispute at her home where children were present.

SOUTHAMPTON:

• A man suspected in on Montauk Highway in Sagaponack was arrested shortly after the accident, according to police. said George Strobin, 43, of East Hampton, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with an injury, a misdemeanor.

• Derek Quinn, 42, of Southampton, was arrested March 10 at 1:21 a.m. in Southampton at the intersection of Prospect Street West and North Sea Road, according to Southampton Town police. Quinn was charged with DWI, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle in the third degree and speeding, police said. Officers said Quinn was additionally charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree for possessing a small quantity of heroin that was recovered from a Newport cigarette box on the passenger seat of his vehicle.

EAST HAMPTON:

• A drunken driver with a passenger in the car led police on a chase before crashing on March 3, according to. Police said Christian M. Campoverde Lucero, who has since turned 33, was speeding in a 2000 Mazda MPV while going north on Springs-Fireplace Road, near Fort Pond Boulevard, in Springs at about 9:30 p.m. The officer activated his lights and sirens in an attempt to pull the vehicle over, but the defendant allegedly continued on, "at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner," according to the arrest report.

He made a left hand turn onto Hog Creek Road, where he continued on until pulling over near Locust Drive, police said. When police approached the vehicle, the driver took off, again, causing the officer to fall down on the pavement.

RIVERHEAD:

• Following an East End Drug Task Force investigation, a . According to Riverhead Police, Robert Trent, 22, of Riverhead, was arrested shortly after noon, and charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree. It was the in the area within the past week. Following Monday's arrest, Trent was remanded to Suffolk County Jail and is due back in court on Friday.

• Two Riverhead men were arrested on March 3 after police said they were . Julian Wright, 38, and Terrance Latimore, 34, were arrested around 1:30 p.m. According to reports, police responded to a 911 call about people lying in the roadway. Upon police arrival, the two reportedly continued to lie and walk in the roadway.

According to police reports, an officer attempted to interview Wright and Latimore, but both showed signs of an "extreme altered mental status consistent with the use of phencyclidine." Both were arrested on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, loitering, and appearance in public under the influence of narcotics.

• Riverhead Police , who was already facing new charges of burglary and petit larceny in Nassau County, for reportedly robbing a Wading River bank nearly a month ago.
Robert Fornal, 41, of Bethpage, is charged with robbery in the third degree, and according to police was arraigned in Riverhead Justice Court. He is due back in court on Thursday.
Police reported that in Wading River and subsequently fled the scene of the crime.

MILLER PLACE - ROCKY POINT:

• Mitchell Taylor, 18, of Rocky Point, was arrested March 5 on multiple charges. Taylor allegedly repeatedly called a male victim over the phone and screamed obscenities at him. According to police, he then told officers he was a different person in order to avoid being arrested on a warrant. Taylor was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment, second-degree criminal personation and resisting arrest.

• Anthony Dambrosio, 31, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries related to an early morning accident on Montauk Highway on March 4. The crash seriously injured Douglas Piekarski, 46, of Sound Beach, who was driving a Newsday delivery truck when Dambrosio's Chevy Malibu slammed into the truck. Dambrosio's brother, Michael Dambrosio, 42, of Medford, was also arrested on charges of tampering with physical evidence and hindering prosecution.