Crime & Safety

Police Report: Four Charged With DWI

Southold Town Police report four incidents of driving while intoxicated this week.

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Ronald Franklin, 50, of Islip Terrace was charged with driving while intoxicated on Aug. 17 at 9:08 p.m. after police stopped him for failing to maintain his lane on Route 48 in Southold, police said.

William Kelly, 71, of Southold was charged with aggravated DWI on Aug. 18 at 11:51 a.m. after police stopped him for driving a 1987 Mazda pickup truck onto the the shoulder of Route 25 in Southold near Harbor Lane, police said.

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Robert Aleksander, 55, of Cutchogue was charged with DWI and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle on Saturday at 3:44 p.m. after police, who reported that the defendant was known to have a suspended license, observed him driving east on Sterling Road in Cutchogue, police said. He was found to be intoxicated after he was stopped and his vehicle was towed from the scene because of an expired registration and no insurance, police said.

Amanda Sharkey, 27, of Riverhead was charged with aggravated DWI and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle on Sunday at 2:08 a.m. after police stopped her for a traffic violation on Route 48 in Mattituck, police said. Police also said that she had a prior DWI conviction and her driver's license was revoked.

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