Five out-of-towners charged

Last week, five out-of-towners were arrested for drunk driving and grand larceny.

*A report of a single-car accident brought Port Chester police officers to the front of Corpus Christi Church on South Regent Street on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Police claim they found a Toyota backed onto the sidewalk in front of the church with Natalya Frankel sitting in the driver’s seat.

While speaking with her, officers allegedly smelled the odor of alcohol in the car.

When officers requested the Rye resident step out of the car to partake in standardized field sobriety tests, Frankel asked for a moment to collect herself. According to the police report, an officer realized the 53-year-old was drinking from a small bottle of liquor hidden in her bag right in front of them.

Frankel was arrested at 4:51 p.m. after she allegedly resisted the officer’s efforts to take the alcohol from her.

While in custody, she allegedly refused to submit to a chemical test.

She was charged with driving while intoxicated, obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors. She also received infractions for drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle, driving on the sidewalk and refusing to take a breath test.

*Port Chester police officers arrested two men for allegedly attempting to cash a fraudulent check on Thursday, Nov. 14.

Employees of the USA Alliance Credit Union at 555 Boston Post Rd. called the police after Lenya Rouse, a Yonkers resident, and Aderogba Oluokun of Queens entered the bank and allegedly tried to cash a $19,500 check at 2:04 p.m.

Officers located the men in the parking lot near the bank using a description provided by the teller.

While searching their car, officers allegedly found two similar checks on the back seat for $42,700 and $16,400.

According to the police report, the checks were printed on standard printer paper and lacked the appropriate watermarks. During their investigation, officers allegedly found photos of one of the fake checks being created in Photoshop on Oluokun’s cell phone.

Rouse, 23, and Oluokun, 26, were charged with grand larceny in the third degree, a felony. Additionally, they were charged with possession of a forged instrument in the third degree, a misdemeanor.

*While patrolling North Main Street on Saturday, Nov. 16, a Port Chester police officer allegedly witnessed a Norwalk, Conn., driver perform several traffic violations.

Police claim David Morales Cervantes turned left onto Adee Street despite signage prohibiting the maneuver, then pulled onto Abendroth Avenue without the use of a proper signal.

The 27-year-old allegedly provided the officer with a New York State driver's license, but told them he hadn’t lived at the address on the license for five years.

A background check allegedly revealed the vehicle was uninsured and unregistered.

During the interaction, the officer allegedly observed Morales Cervantes slurring his words and asked him to consent to standardized field sobriety tests. After allegedly performing poorly on the examinations, a preliminary breath test detected alcohol in Morales Cervantes’ system and he was arrested at 2:28 a.m.

When tested later that morning, his blood alcohol content was revealed to be .13%, over the legal limit of .08%.

Morales Cervantes was charged with driving while intoxicated. He also received infractions for failing to turn as required, turning without a signal, driving a vehicle without insurance, driving an unregistered vehicle and failing to notify the DMV of an address change.

*Reports of a car accident brought Port Chester police officers to the area of Pitt Street and Midland Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 17.

One of the drivers involved had to be extracted from their car and transported to Westchester Medical Center. The operator of the second vehicle, Gabriel Tapia Flores, met with the police and provided them his documents, but he allegedly told them the address listed on his license did not match where he was living.

During the conversation, the officer allegedly smelled the odor of alcohol on the 42-year-old’s breath and conducted standardized field sobriety tests. During the examinations, the police say, Tapia Flores had difficulty following instructions and maintaining balance, leading officers to end them early. He was arrested at 8:19 p.m.

His blood alcohol content was discovered to be .32%, four times the legal limit of .08%.

The Mamaroneck resident was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and received an infraction for failing to notify the DMV of an address change.