Crimes Nearby: Drunk Woman With Child in Car Causes Hamptons Crash

The following information was supplied by various police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

SOUTHAMPTON

• A 47-year-old woman from Great Neck was drunk and carrying an 8-year-old passenger when she caused a chain-reaction rear-end accident in Bridgehampton in Monday, according to police. Southampton Town police said Lee Introp was driving on Montauk Highway when she hit a vehicle so hard that it was pushed into the rear of a third vehicle. Bridgehampton Fire Department responded to the accident to clean up a fuel spill. Introp was arrested at 6:09 p.m. and charged with aggravated DWI with a child in vehicle, a felony charge under Leandra's Law. She was additionally charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. There were no injuries reported. Police said the child was returned to the custody of his parents.

• The owner of a 2012 BMW reported to Southampton Town police Oct. 5 that his vehicle was stolen from a driveway on St. Andrews Road in Southampton. Several wedding presents, he said, had been locked in the trunk, such as Wedgewood china, a Sodastream appliance and a portable baby crib.

• Juan M. Osorio, 46, of East Hampton, was arrested Oct. 2 at 8:52 a.m. and charged with felony DWI. Southampton Village police said that at 8:24 a.m. they received a call of a possibly intoxicated motorist. Upon arrival, police  stopped Osorio, who was driving a 2001 Toyota Tundra, on Mariner Drive and he was placed under arrest. Police said Osorio has two previous DWI convictions.  His vehicle was seized under the Suffolk County Vehicle Seizure Law.

• Olena Tymofieievaschwart, 35, of Manhattan, was arrested Oct. 3 at 6:28 p.m. and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, a felony, as well as DWI and obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, both misdemeanors. Southampton Village police said they responded to a call of an intoxicated person getting into a vehicle in the Waldbaum's parking lot. When an officer arrived, Tymofieievaschwart was found slouched over the wheel of a 2012 Mercedes Benz with the key in the ignition, according to police. A check of her driver’s license revealed a revocation on December 29, 2011, for refusing to submit to a chemical test and a suspension on March 18, 2012, for driving while ability impaired by alcohol, police said. The vehicle was impounded. Tymofieievaschwart was processed and held for morning arraignment.

MILLER PLACE-ROCKY POINT

• Charles Killian of Mt. Sinai, was arrested Oct. 5 in Rocky Point and charged with 3rd degree burglary – illegal entry with intent, a felony. Killian allegedly entered St. Anthony of Padua Church through an unlocked door and fled with property belonging to the church.

• Melissa Kust, 31, of Rocky Point, was arrested Oct. 2 in Coram and charged with third degree robbery, a felony. According to police, at 1:32 a.m. Kust stole a pocketbook from a woman while she was seated in a vehicle. Police arrested her short time later on Route 112.

• Richard McGee, 25, of Sound Beach, was arrested in Sound Beach Sept. 29 and charged with fourth degree grand larceny, a felony. McGee allegedly stole a pocketbook from a shopping cart at the Stop and Shop in Miller Place on Sept. 8

RIVERHEAD

• Noel Castaneda, 26, of Riverhead, was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and leaving the scene of an accident on Oct. 7 at 7:58 p.m., after Castaneda was involved in a car accident on Sound Avenue in Mattituck, police said. After the crash, Castaneda fled eastbound on foot and was found a short time later by the Southold Town Police K-9 unit. Castaneda was found to be intoxicated, arrested and transported to police headquarters in Peconic for processing

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• Craig Veet, 36, of Nescopeck, Pa., was charged with falsifying business records in the first degree, a felony, and third-degree grand larceny, a felony. Police reported that Veet was charged at headquarters in Hampton Bays Oct. 6 at 7:35 a.m. after turning himself in.

• Charles Dressler, 56, of East Quogue, was charged on Oct. 7 with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, both misdemeanors. Police charged Dressler at 4:33 a.m. in Hampton Bays after his car was stopped on Montauk Highway.