Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested six impaired drivers for Driving While Intoxicated from Thanksgiving Eve through the holiday weekend. Four of the impaired drivers were arrested late Wednesday night into Thanksgiving morning. Deputies also arrested one driver for unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
As part of ongoing DWI enforcement by the Sheriff’s Office, Deputies were out in force on what many commonly refer to as “Amateur Night.” The night before Thanksgiving is historically a night where college students are home and get together with old friends. Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. has recently taken to social media to remind residents, young and old, to drink responsibly and have a designated driver or call for a ride if you have been drinking.
AGGRAVATED DWI
Jose Suruy Cubule, 35, of Flanders, on 11/22/23, entered a roadside sobriety checkpoint on CR 31 in the Village of Westhampton Beach. When asked if he had consumed any alcoholic beverages he stated, “just one beer.” Mr. Suruy Cubule demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. He was arrested and submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .23% BAC.
Deyvid Cabreraposadas, 17, of Westhampton Beach, on 11/24/23, was stopped eastbound on the Long Island Expressway near exit 68 for traveling 95 mph in a posted 55 mph zone, while failing to maintain a single lane of travel and following a vehicle too closely. Mr. Cabreraposadas demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. He submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .19% BAC.
Derek Kotsay, 43, of Holbrook, on 11/22/23, was stopped while traveling southbound on Patchogue-Holbrook Road in Islip, for traveling 90 mph in a posted 45 mph zone. He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. While administering the walk and turn test the defendant refused to continue the standardized field sobriety tests. Mr. Kotsay was arrested and submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .16 BAC.
Richard Pino, 33, of Nesconset, on 11/22/23, was pulled over for traveling at 95 miles per hour eastbound on the Long Island Expressway near exit 62, in Brookhaven. When asked how much he had to drink, Mr. Pino stated he had a glass of wine. He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. Mr. Pino was arrested and submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .15% BAC.
Francisco Palaciosmillan, 23, of Mastic Beach, on 11/23/23, was pulled over for traveling 35 mph and failing to maintain his lane on Sunrise Hwy, eastbound near exit 61 in Brookhaven. When asked how fast he was traveling, Mr. Palaciosmillan stated he was doing about 65 mph. He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. Mr. Palaciosmillan was arrested and submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .15% BAC.
Richard Bente, 61, of Lindenhurst, on 11/26/23, was stopped while traveling westbound on Sunrise Highway east of exit 50A in Islip for failing to maintain a single lane of travel. He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated. Mr. Bente was arrested and submitted to a chemical breath test resulting in a .15% BAC.
Monique Rodriguez, 41, of Patchogue, on 11/26/23, was stopped on Barton Avenue in Medford for having a taillight out. A routine computer check revealed the vehicle to be a rental car that had been reported stolen from a rental company at MacArthur Airport. Ms. Rodriguez, the driver, was also found to be in possession of a large quantity of suboxone without a prescription. She was taken into custody for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 5th degree.
Suffolk County Sheriff Dr. Errol D. Toulon, Jr. thanks his Deputies for their hard work. “Thanksgiving is a time to come together and give thanks with family and friends. Unfortunately, that celebrating sometimes leads to poor choices and dangerous situations on our county’s roads. I commend my staff for their hard work in safely removing these impaired drivers from the streets so that those who were traveling for Thanksgiving arrived safe and sound.”
For more information, please contact Sgt. Paul Spinella at (631) 852-3405 or [email protected].
All information contained in this release has been provided for general informational purposes only. To the extent that pending criminal matters are discussed, all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
