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Police seek public’s help in UGG boot heist

By Vera Chinese

Riverhead Police Detectives are asking for the public’s help in investigating a commercial burglarly of more than 250 UGG brand boots — worth a grand total of about $40,000 — from a strorage facility in Calverton.

The burglary occurred at a storage unit at the Dollar Storage facility on River Road in Calverton between 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and 3:45 p.m. Nov. 23. Police said during that time someone broke into the unit and stole the boots which were in assorted styles and colors.

Police are asking with any information pertaining to the theft to call the detective division at 727-4500 ex. 289. All calls are confidential and any information leading to an arrest may be eligible for an award.

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

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