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Southampton Blotter: Riverhead man interfered with arrest

Southampton Town police arrested a Riverhead man Sunday for interfering with an arrest in Hampton Bays. 

Darius Mims, 26, was allegedly told several times to back up while police arrested another person for disorderly conduct at about 9:35 p.m. at Moe’s Southwestern Grill on Montauk Highway, police said. Mr. Mims allegedly refused to do so. He also reportedly spit in the face of an officer while being placed in a cell.

He was charged with second-degree obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors, and second-degree harassment, a violation.

• New York State police arrested a Medford woman on a drug charge in Riverhead last Tuesday.

Nadine Mayer, 27, was stopped on Route 58 for moving from her lane unsafely and was later charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Police did not specify the specific drug.

• State police arrested a Center Moriches man for drunk driving in Riverside Saturday.

Marino Pincay-Sanchez, 31, was stopped on Route 104 for driving over hazard marks, police said.

He was charged with driving while ability impaired by alcohol, a misdemeanor, police said.

• State police arrested a Cutchogue woman on a drug charge in Riverside Sunday.

Following a traffic stop on Route 104, Chrisy LaColla, 34, was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors, officials said.

• A homeless man was arrested for criminal contempt in Riverside last Tuesday.

Daiquan Bland, 22, violated an active stay-away order of protection on Vail Avenue about 6 p.m. and was taken to headquarters, where he was held for arraignment, police said.

Mr. Bland was charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor.

• A woman reported that an iPad, a Louis Vuitton pocketbook and a video game system with four controllers were stolen from her home on Priscilla Avenue in Flanders about 8 a.m. last Tuesday. No arrest has been made.

• A FitBit and red laptop were reportedly removed from an unlocked car parked in a Priscilla Avenue driveway about 9:20 a.m. last Tuesday, officials said. No arrest has been made.

Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime or violation. The charges against them may later be reduced or withdrawn, or they may be found innocent.