Police investigating pair of burglaries
Riverhead Town police are investigating a pair of burglaries that occurred late Thursday night and early Friday morning. In the first instance, an employee at the IHOP on Route 58 told police that...
View ArticleCops: Three men charged for car break-in early Friday in Wading River
Three men were arrested for breaking into a vehicle in Wading River after Riverhead Town police located the suspects early Friday morning with assistance from a homeowner who caught one suspect in the...
View ArticleCops: Two women arrested following assault at 7-Eleven in November
Riverhead Town police arrested two women for an assault that occurred in November at the 7-Eleven located near the Department of Motor Vehicles. Angie Vanegas, 19, and Iona Weston, 20, both of whom...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man stole $11K worth of merchandise from Home Depot
A Riverhead who allegedly stole more than $11,000 worth of merchandise from the Route 58 Home Depot surrendered to police Wednesday. Police charged Charles Lamb, 45, with five counts of fourth-degree...
View ArticlePolice trying to determine identity of man found dead at tent encampment...
A man believed to be in his 40s or 50s was found dead at a tent encampment in a wooded area near the railroad tracks located south of Pulaski Street near Riverhead Building Supply. Police received a...
View ArticlePolice say man lied about robbery in September
Riverhead Town police have charged a man for falsely claiming he was robbed at knifepoint in September. Charles Tyler, 51, was charged with making a punishable false written statement after he...
View ArticlePolice say no opioids, fentanyl involved in unrelated cases involving high...
Opioids or fentanyl were not responsible for the suspected overdoses at Riverhead High School that resulted in two students receiving Narcan in a one-week span, according to Riverhead Town police. In...
View ArticleInvestigation in suspected overdoses at H.S. shows no evidence of fentanyl,...
A “thorough investigation” by Riverhead detectives into suspected overdoses that occurred at Riverhead High School Feb. 4 and 10 determined that each case did not involve fentanyl, illicit narcotics...
View ArticleBlotters: Shirley man charged for thefts at Home Depot, Lowe’s
Riverhead Town police arrested a Shirley man on three counts of grand larceny for thefts at the Home Depot and Lowe’s stores on Route 58. Salvatore Paulette, 32, was charged with fourth-degree grand...
View ArticlePolice arrest 20-year-old after middle school students found with THC candy
A 14-year-old student at Riverhead Middle School shared THC candy with two friends last week and an investigation into the drugs resulted in the arrest of a 20-year-old Riverhead man, according to...
View ArticleBlotters: Riverhead man charged with DWI in Riverside
Southampton police arrested a Riverhead man on Monday for driving while intoxicated. Mario Tocayxuya, 32, was observed failing to maintain his lane while traveling south on Flanders Road. He was...
View ArticlePolice investigating report of attempted armed burglary
Riverhead Town police are investigating an attempted armed burglary that occurred on West Main Street Wednesday night. A suspect reportedly armed with a handgun attempted to gain entry into a room at...
View ArticleDomestic incident leads police to man responsible for two prior robberies
A man allegedly responsible for two robberies was arrested Thursday morning following a short foot pursuit as officers tracked him down following an unrelated domestic incident, according to Riverhead...
View ArticleCops: Body found inside burned vehicle at Baiting Hollow home
A person was found dead inside a vehicle that had been engulfed in flames outside a Baiting Hollow home Tuesday night, according to Riverhead Town police. The body was discovered inside the vehicle...
View ArticleFire at Home Depot started in outdoor lawn furniture, appears to be non-criminal
A fire that appears to have started in some plastic lawn chairs sent black smoke billowing in the air outside the Home Depot on Route 58, and was extinguished relatively quickly by the Riverhead Fire...
View ArticleBlotters: Police investigating two commercial burglaries
Riverhead Town police are investigating a pair of commercial burglaries that occurred early Wednesday morning. In the first instance, police responded to a burglary alarm at Country Rotisserie on...
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‘The flames were too high;’ Police investigation sheds new light on how...
As the first 911 calls alerted the Riverhead Fire Department of smoke in the area of East Second Street on the night of Nov. 16, officer Anthony Chiaramonte of the Riverhead Town Police Department...
View ArticleCops: Two suspects charged with burglary
Two suspects who attempted to flee the area after committing a burglary Thursday morning were arrested, according to Riverhead Town police. Police received a 911 call just after 8 a.m. of a burglary...
View ArticleBlotters: Riverhead man found asleep at wheel, faces drug, weapon charges
A Riverhead man was arrested last Friday morning after police found him asleep at the wheel in the roadway, and then found him in possession of weapons and drugs, according to Riverhead police. At...
View ArticlePolice arrest 15-year-old in connection to armed robbery of ride-share driver
Riverhead Town police have arrested a 15-year-old in connection to the armed robbery of a ride-share driver in Wading River last week. The juvenile was taken into custody Monday and processed on one...
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