Cops: Flanders man arrested in armed robbery
A 24-year-old Flanders man was arrested Friday night for an armed robbery in the Target parking lot on Route 58, according to Riverhead Town police. Brandon Wollney faces one count of first-degree...
View ArticlePolice chief, Town Board discuss downtown safety after recent armed robberies
Despite some recent incidents involving guns pointed and even fired at people in Riverhead, officials say it’s just a “perception” that downtown has a crime problem. They say much of the crime that’s...
View ArticlePolice seek public’s help to locate 15-year-old girl
Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 15-year-old girl reported missing from the Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch. Mya Feliciano-Rameriez left the ranch at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday...
View ArticlePolice seek information on theft at Riverhead Target
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month. A man allegedly stole a...
View ArticlePolice Blotters: Flanders woman reports car stolen from her driveway
• A Flanders caller told Southampton Town police her 2022 Toyota Camry was stolen from her driveway last Tuesday. She said she’s unsure how it was taken, since the vehicle was locked and she has the...
View ArticleWoman found dead in Wading River Sunday; police say no criminality suspected
A women believed to be between 35 and 40 years old was found dead Sunday afternoon in a wooded area behind 20th Street in Wading River, according to Riverhead Town police. Investigators do not believe...
View ArticleRiverhead woman charged with leaving the scene of fatal pedestrian crash
A 28-year-old Riverhead woman has been charged in connection with a crash that left a pedestrian dead along Route 58, police announced Friday. Corrilyn Rose Meyer was arrested and charged with leaving...
View ArticlePolice: 47-year-old Flanders man shot in the head in Riverhead; no arrests made
Riverhead Town police responded Friday evening to a report of a man shot in the head, with two possible perpetrators fleeing in an unknown direction, according to a press release. When police and...
View ArticlePolice chief: Crime statistics may rise under new reporting system
Crime will be going up in Riverhead soon, and it won’t be entirely due to criminals. “The state now wants us to count things a little different from the way we’ve been counting,” Riverhead Police...
View ArticlePolice: Man attacked with a baseball bat in the parking lot of Riverhead...
Riverhead Town police are investigating a reported assault on a male that took place at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a press release. Police responded to an area hospital “where a...
View ArticleCops: Teens remain in critical condition after early morning car crash
Two teenagers are in critical condition at area hospitals after an early-morning collision with a tree along Sound Avenue, Riverhead Town police said in a press release Monday. The crash occurred...
View ArticlePolice: Sanitation worker airlifted after serious injury in Jamesport
A local sanitation worker suffered a serious leg injury after the garbage truck he was riding on struck a dump truck in Jamesport, Riverhead police said. Police received a 911 call shortly before 10...
View ArticleRiverhead high school locked down after student brought bullets — but no...
A Riverhead high school student was taken into police custody Friday after bringing more than a dozen .22 caliber bullets into the school and prompting a security alert that sent the school into...
View ArticleD.A.: Middle Island man sentenced to 10 years for 2022 shooting outside East...
A Middle Island man convicted in a 2022 Memorial Day weekend shooting that injured two at the now-closed Mambo Grill & Lounge on East Main Street has been sentenced to 10 years in prison,...
View ArticleBlotters: Arrest in April Laundromat theft
Riverhead Police arrested a 29-year old man on a third-degree burglary charge Wednesdsay for an incident that was captured on video in April. Jose Rivera-Martinez, who is homeless, had entered the...
View ArticleRiverhead declares state of emergency over potential migrant influx
In a sign that the massive influx of migrants into New York City in recent months could spread to Long Island, Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar on Tuesday declared a state of emergency that...
View ArticleTown to install more surveillance cameras in key areas
Riverhead Town is set to install more surveillance cameras in areas including downtown, the Peconic riverfront and other locations, according to Police Chief David Hegermiller, who addressed the issue...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Arrest for burglary and grand larceny
Jamal Langhorne, 37, address not available, was arrested and charged with burglary and attempted grand larceny at Sandy Pond Golf Course on Roanoke Avenue in Riverhead, according to police, who said...
View ArticleCounty leaders split on response to New York City’s migrant crisis
Republican legislators in Suffolk County said on Sunday that they intend to hire a lawyer to explore legal options to prevent migrants and asylum seekers being bussed daily to New York City from being...
View ArticleRiverhead extends controversial migrant ‘state of emergency’
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar has extended a controversial executive order declaring a state of emergency in an effort to prevent Mayor Eric Adams of New York City— which has been inundated with...
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