A Riverhead man was arrested this morning after a tenant of his said he threatened him with a baton.
According to police, 47-year-old John Kwasna was accused by his tenant, a 22-year-old Riverhead man, of menacing him. After a police investigation, Mr. Kwasna was charged with second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor.
After being arrested on a civilian complaint, Mr. Kwasna was later released on his own recognizance.
An order of protection was requested by the victim.
Police arrested a Brooklyn woman on Friday they say had forged traveler’s checks at a children’s store at Tanger Outlet mall.
According to Riverhead Police, an employee at Ralph Lauren Children’s Outlet 
called police around 8:30 p.m. yesterday to a report that a female could possibly have a forged $100 American Express traveler’s check.
Following an investigation, it was determined that 18-year-old Deja Kilpatrick was in possession of a forged traveler’s check as well as other ones.
She was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a felony.
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Two men were arrested on a slew of drug charges after police executed a search warrant at a house in Riverhead Friday afternoon, authorities said.
The 2 p.m. raid at 17 Wilson Avenue in the Millbrook Gables neighborhood off East Main Street came as part of an East End Drug Task Force investigation into alleged drug sales at the residence, Riverhead Town police said.
Darius Mims
Police arrested Robert Mahoney, 26, and Darius Mims, 24, who live at the house, and recovered unspecified quantities of crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, the painkiller suboxone and cash, police said.
Task force members were assisted by town police, county police and sheriff’s deputies, including two K-9 units.
Mr. Mahoney was also arrested as part of a task force investigation in 2012.
Friday’s raid comes just weeks after another East End Drug Task Force search warrant was executed at an Oakland Drive North house in Riverhead.
The arrest of Darius Strong, 35, at that house was the latest in an East End Drug Task Force investigation that stretched back to May 2013 and netted over a dozen arrests thus far — with more expected.
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Mr. Mahoney was charged Friday with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance — one with intent to sell — two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia for scales and packaging materials, and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Mr. Mims was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance — one with intent to sell — two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia for scales and packaging materials, and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Robert Mahoney
The district attorney’s East End Drug Task Force is made up of DA investigators and police personnel from the East End town and villages police departments, as well as state police, members of the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, the county Department of Probation, Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Sgt. Jill Kubetz was promoted last week to be the department’s first female sergeant. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
Jill Kubetz’s 4-year-old daughter, Rachel, has given her a new nickname: “Sgt. Mommy.”
It’s a moniker she’s proud of, because it proves to her two young daughters that they can be grow up to be whatever they want.
So at last Thursday’s Riverhead Town Board meeting, when it came time for her to become the town’s first female police sergeant, Sgt. Kubetz knew exactly who would be front and center at her promotion. (more…)
Megan Finne (Credit: Riverhead Police Department)
A Ridge woman was arrested on drunken driving charges Thursday after she was caught driving erratically in Riverhead with her 2-month-old child in the car, according to a police press release.
Riverhead police said they received a report at around 2:30 p.m. of a woman driving erratically with an infant in the car at around 2:30 p.m.
Police later located Megan Finne, 20, in a vehicle matching the description in the report, officials said.
She was arrested after police found her to be intoxicated and transported to headquarters for processing, officials said.
Ms. Finne was charged with DWI Leandra’s Law and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, police said.
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A Riverhead man is being held on $100,000 cash bail after being charged with robbing three different businesses in western Suffolk County late last year. (more…)
