Cops: Unlicensed driver charged with DWI after hitting mailbox

A 36-year old man was arrested on a drunken driving charge Saturday after crashing his car into a mailbox and tress in Laurel, according to a Southold Town police press release.

Ilfeo Gregorio-Lopez of Mattituck was driving a 1993 Honda at around 8:10 a.m. eastbound on Peconic Bay Boulevard when he veered off the road, police said.

Following an investigation, police determined Mr. Gregorio-Lopez was intoxicated and driving without a license, officials said.

He was charged with aggravated DWI and unlicensed operation of a vehicle, police said.