Crime & Safety

Man Charged With Felony DWI In Southampton: Police

He was stopped after multiple traffic violations, police say.

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.

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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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