03.16.2024 Police Blotters: Reid pleads guilty, sentenced to 20 years Marcus Reid of Riverhead, 24, was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to manslaughter and criminal possession of a...
03.09.2024 Police Blotters: Adult female victim assaulted with knife Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man police say was killed in Jamesport Monday. At 11:43 p.m., Riverhead Town police officers responded to...
03.05.2024 News Jamesport man killed: police A Riverhead man was killed on Monday night by what officials described as a “sharp force injury.” Riverhead police officers responded to a 911 call at 448 Herricks Lane...
03.04.2024 Community Riverhead’s antidote to bias: film, facts and conversation The first installment in what Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force chair Mark McLaughlin calls “Black History on Screen” unfolded last Wednesday before a full house at The Suffolk with a...
03.02.2024 Police Blotters: Booker sentenced to 25 years to life On Tuesday, 38-year-old Messiah Booker of Riverhead, also known as Matthew Booker, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, after a jury found him guilty of involvement...
02.24.2024 Police Blotters: Dirt bikes reported stolen Six dirt bikes were reported stolen from a location on Sound Avenue in Riverhead, on Saturday, February 17. Police had received a 911 call that the bikes were stolen,...
02.23.2024 Police Crime stats reported, new tracking system coming The Riverhead Town area has seen a number of violent crimes in recent weeks, and several Riverhead residents were among subjects of a 103-count indictment involving people across Suffolk...
02.17.2024 Police Blotters: Armed robbery victim threatened with machete At about 5:25 p.m. Feb. 6, Riverhead police responded to a report of an armed robbery with a machete on Doctors Path. Upon police arrival, a 23-year-old Riverhead resident...
02.14.2024 News Calverton man sentenced for near-fatal stabbing A Calverton man pleaded guilty to nearly stabbing a Riverhead man to death, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. Ronald Oscal Cruz, 31, of Calverton, was sentenced to...
02.10.2024 News Blotters: Police called to group home fight Riverhead Town police were called to scene of a fight at a group home on Feb. 1, according to police. Upon officers’ arrival it was determined that the victim...