East Hampton Town Justice Court Judge David Filer suspended Edward Yedid's driver's license for a year after he pleaded not guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated.
East Hampton Town Justice Court Judge David Filer told Edward Yedid — the co-founder of upscale architecture and design company Grade New York — during an arraignment Wednesday that his license was suspended for a year for not taking a breath test. “If you choose to drive, if you’re stopped by the police — you will be arrested you could spend time in jail,” the judge said to Yedid.
Yedid allegedly admitted to cops at the time of his arrest that he “had two tequila vodkas hours ago,” according to law enforcement records. When cops arrived at the scene of the crash and asked Yedid how much he’d drank, he allegedly responded, “Just today?” a passenger in the other car said.Edward Yedid was chided for his “really offensive” drunken car crash Christmas Day by a judge at his arraignment.One of Louisiana’s youngest mayors arrested in connection with drug-trafficking investigationin his DWI case in the Hamptons last year — entered a plea of not guilty on his client’s behalf to one misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated and several moving violations. Filer said he found Yedid’s alleged conduct “really offensive” — especially given that someone had already called 911, alerting the police about Yedid’s erratic driving even before he got into a wreck with a car carrying a family of three on Newtown Lane around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 25. Suffolk County prosecutor Samantha Sparacino asked the judge to set conditional release terms, including screening Yedid for alcohol and drug use with a bracelet monitor — noting Yedid had pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges related to a Manhattan drunk driving case.Burke said Yedid knew about the “severity” of the situation and said conditional release wouldn’t be necessary as Yedid had entered a 90-day rehab program at the Dunes in East Hampton. “He’s committed to the Dunes. He’s committed to AA,” Burke said. “Let him prove himself to his famil
DWI DRUNK DRIVING LICENSE SUSPENSION CHRISTMAS DAY EAST HAMPTON
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