'Reckless And Erratic' Driver Charged With DWI: Police

Southampton NY

11 July, 2021

2:27 PM

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FLANDERS, NY— A Port Jefferson Station man was arrested Saturday after he was caught driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license in Flanders, police said. According to Southampton Town Police, the incident took place at 6:17 p.m. when authorities received a report regarding a motorist headed north on Flanders Road and driving in a "reckless and erratic manner." A Southampton Town Police community response unit officer responded and saw the driver turning the vehicle into a nearby gas station, authorities said. Edward V. Gregory, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, police said. Gregory was processed at Southampton Town Police headquarters and held for morning arraignment, police said.