Update: Sound Avenue reopens following car crash
Update (10 a.m.): Sound Avenue has now reopened to traffic following the morning crash. The road was reopened shortly before 10 a.m. (Original post): Fire officials have closed off a section of Sound...
View ArticleBlotters: Riverhead man arrested on weapons charges
Tywan Jones, 41, of Aldersgate Drive in Riverhead, was arrested last Wednesday morning at his home and charged with third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and-second degree menacing,...
View ArticlePolice assist two people in disabled boat in Long Island Sound
The Riverhead Town Police Dive team assisted two people in a disabled 14-foot aluminum vessel about 1/2 mile north of Wading River Beach Monday. Police received a report of the people appearing to...
View ArticleUpdate: 12-year-old located ‘in good health’
Update (11 a.m.): Riverhead police announced Tuesday morning that the missing 12-year-old boy has been located “in good health.” Original Story: Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to...
View ArticleArson squad investigating ‘suspicious’ vehicle fire overnight in Riverhead
The Suffolk County Police Department’s Arson Squad is investigating a vehicle fire overnight on Lewis Street in Riverhead. Police were notified at 4:21 a.m. Tuesday of the vehicle fire at the...
View ArticleDetectives investigating burglary at Calverton deli
Riverhead Town police are searching for a suspect who allegedly broke into Wine Country Deli in Calverton overnight and stole cash. Police responded to a commercial alarm at 12:18 a.m. Tuesday at the...
View ArticleBlotters: Steel reported missing from storage area in Riverhead
A man told police last Thursday morning that $34,500 worth of steel was missing from a storage area he rents on River Road and West Main Street in Riverhead, according to police. The Detective...
View ArticlePolice seek public’s help to locate 13-year-old girl
Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 13-year-old girl who has been reported missing. Angelica Ortiz Cano left her residence in Riverhead several days ago, police said, and...
View ArticleCops: Victim robbed after withdrawing money at ATM late Thursday
Riverhead Town police are investigating a robbery that occurred late Thursday night when a man robbed a victim who had just taken money out of an ATM at Chase Bank on West Main Street. Police were...
View ArticleBlotters: Driver in stolen car attempts to flee police
Southampton Town police arrested Marcelo Velezvelin, 38, of Hampton Bays in Riverside Sunday for driving a vehicle with stolen plates and fleeing a police officer. According to a police report, Mr....
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Update: Police identify woman who died in submerged vehicle
UPDATE: Police have identified the woman who died June 29 in a submerged vehicle at Iron Pier Beach as Kathleen Minogue of Port Jefferson Station. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with...
View ArticleCops: Two girls reported missing from Little Flower
Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to locate two girls who have been reported missing from Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River. The girls were last seen at...
View ArticleCops: Two charged with burglary for breaking into Aquebogue home
An investigation into a home burglary last week in Aquebogue resulted in two arrests, Riverhead Town police announced Friday. Police responded to a report of a burglary in progress last Friday at a...
View ArticleBlotters: Wading River driving SCWA vehicle charged with driving while...
Southampton police arrested a man operating a Suffolk County Water Authority vehicle for driving while ability impaired on Monday morning. Police say Brett Miller, 29, of Wading River was impaired by...
View ArticleCops: Woman arrested under Leandra’s Law after motorists assist in shutting...
A Greenlawn woman was arrested under Leandra’s Law after she was allegedly driving while intoxicated with a 10-year-old child in the car Monday, according to Riverhead Town police. The woman was...
View ArticleBlotters: Riverside man charged with assault after hitting someone with wrench
Southampton police arrested Ruben Estrada, 43, of Riverside in his hometown last Tuesday for second-degree assault. According to a police report, Mr. Estrada injured someone by hitting them with a...
View ArticleTwo arrests made after robbery and beating of man on West Main Street
Two teenagers were arrested late Friday night on robbery charges, according to Riverhead Town Police. On Friday at 11:23 P.M., police responded to the area of West Main Street and Griffing Avenue in...
View ArticlePolice seek public’s help to locate 13-year-old girl
Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 13-year-old girl who has been reported missing. Angelica Ortiz Cano is described as 5-foot-3, 90 pounds with long black hair and brown...
View ArticleBlotters: $15K reported stolen from Pulaski Street business
A woman stole an estimated $15,000 in cash from Hairstyles in Motion on Pulaski Street in Riverhead Sunday afternoon, according to police. Additional information was not available. • An unknown...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man arrested in connection to three burglaries
A Riverhead man allegedly responsible for multiple burglaries was arrested Saturday, according to Riverhead Town police. An investigation by Riverhead detectives led to the arrest of Kenneth Hughes,...
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