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Cops: Four arrests made over holiday weekend

Riverhead Town Police arrested four people over Fourth of July weekend as part of the department’s Stop-DWI campaign.

The enforcement ran from 8 p.m Saturday until 4 a.m. Sunday, police said.

Police arrested:

• Juan Gutierrez, 25, of Stamford, Conn., was arrested after crashing his car into “numerous highway markers and signs” while driving eastbound on the Long Island Expressway near the exit 72 ramp. No other information about the single-car accident was immediately available.

• Gambino Ruiz Coz, 47 of Riverhead was arrested near the intersection of Sound Avenue and West Lane.

• Jorge Garcia Aguilar, 31, of Riverhead was arrested near the intersection of East Main Street and Elton Avenue.

• Leopoldo Ferrufino, 50, of Flanders was arrested near the intersection of Peconic Avenue and East Main Street.

All four drivers were processed at police headquarters and held for arraignment, police said.

The Riverhead Police Department plans to continue Stop-DWI enforcement throughout the rest of the year, especially during holiday weekends, according to a press release.