09.05.2013 News Woman critically injured in Florida hit-and-run back in N.Y. Ashley Johnson, the former Riverhead High School student who was critically injured during a hit-and-run accident in Florida in June, is back in New York after months of effort...
08.30.2013 News Authorities say laws reward those who flee scenes About two months ago, Brooke Wayte approached the podium in a Suffolk County courtroom and confronted the driver who struck and killed her father on East Main Street last...
08.30.2013 News Two days, three arrests for leaving crash scenes In just one weekend, three men found themselves facing drunken driving charges after allegedly fleeing the scenes of unrelated car accidents in the Riverhead area. Suffolk County District Attorney...
08.30.2013 Editorials Editorial: Just close the loopholes It should go without saying that tough drunk driving laws have prevented countless deaths here and across the United States. But there are also the laws of unintended consequences....
08.25.2013 Police Riverhead man charged with DWI, leaving scene of Northampton crash A Riverhead man was arrested Saturday night after he left the scene of a crash on Wildwood Trail in Northampton, Southampton Town police said. Gregory Lee, 43, was involved in...
08.25.2013 Police Cops: Seafood truck driver charged in hit-and-run A seafood delivery truck driver from Southold was arrested on drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident charges after a two-car crash Saturday evening in Riverhead, authorities...
07.17.2013 Police Mother mourned as cops hunt for crash suspects Two men were driving in a stolen Cadillac that struck and killed a 26-year-old Riverhead mother in a hit-and-run crash on Route 58 Tuesday night, Riverhead police said. The...
07.10.2013 Police Fatal hit-and-run driver gets 2 to 6 years The sister of a Brookhaven man killed in a hit-and-run on East Main Street last December stood in a Suffolk County courtroom Wednesday morning — a few feet from...