Update 3 p.m.
Southampton Police said a 16-year-old male was shot in one of his feet and suffered non-life-threatening injuries in this morning’s shooting incident in Riverside. (more…)
Police & Fire
UPDATE (11 a.m. May 11): MTA police on Friday identified the man who was found dead Tuesday night as 41-year-old Vincent O’Dowd, who was homeless. A cause of death was not released. READ
A Florida man was arrested in Flanders Sunday after he was found sleeping in a vehicle that had been reported stolen, Southampton Town police said. (more…)
A Riverhead man was caught with a loaded pistol in the trunk of his car Saturday night after he was stopped on Cross River Drive in Riverside, according to Southampton Town police.
Michael Gilbert, 24, was stopped for an equipment violation and police searched his vehicle after detecting the smell of marijuana, officials said.
A search revealed a loaded .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol in the trunk. It was also discovered that Mr. Gilbert was driving with a suspended license, police said.
Mr. Gilbert was charged with felony second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a violation, police said. READ
Riverhead Town police arrested a Flanders resident for marijuana possession in Riverhead Saturday.
Rower Hernandez-Xajap, 19, was seen smoking “in a manner typical of persons smoking crack cocaine from a glass tube or persons smoking marijuana from a pipe,” police said. When police approached him around 7:25 p.m. he was standing near a rock in Grangebel Park and smelled of burnt marijuana, police said. He was found in possession of a glass pipe and a small amount of marijuana and admitted to recently smoking marijuana, officials said.
He was charged with misdemeanor fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana and a violation. READ
Two Queens women were arrested during a massage parlor investigation in Riverhead and the Route 58 location was condemned and deemed unfit for occupancy, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
A tree-trimming truck that swerved into the shoulder on Main Road to avoid an oncoming car struck a utility pole, pulling down power lines along with it and backing up traffic Friday in Jamesport, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
A wrong-way driver on County Road 94 in Riverside was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving while his ability was impaired by drugs, according to Southampton Town police. READ
