Man Found Slumped Over Wheel Charged With Felony DWI: Police

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A man found slumped over the wheel at a gas station in Southampton was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, Derek S. Quinn, 51, who lives on Old Point Road on the Shinnecock reservation, was arrested on Wednesday at the Speedway gas station on Country Road 39 after someone called police to say he was slumped over the wheel.

Quinn was interviewed and found to be intoxicated; he was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance; driving while intoxicated, second offense, a felony; circumventing an ignition interlock device; second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle; operating a vehicle without insurance; unregistered motor vehicle; uninspected vehicle; improper vehicle plates; and a cracked/broken windshield, police said.

Quinn was processed at police headquarters and held overnight for arraignment, authorities said.