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POLICE BLOTTER Southampton Town

Police responded to a report of possible shots fired at an out-of-control Priscilla Avenue party early Sunday in Flanders, Southampton Town Police said.

About 500 people attended the private party and there was a report of shots being fired about 1 a.m., according to police, who said there were several sporadic incidents of violence and fighting reported — and one man was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center for injuries unrelated to gunplay.

Southampton Town police were assisted by state police and Riverhead Town Police, along with a county police helicopter, in searching for a possible gunman, authorities said.

The one injury reported was a 23-year-old Flanders man who said he was attacked by four people on Priscilla Avenue about 12:30 a.m. as he walked home from the party. The victim was thrown to the ground and punched and kicked repeatedly, according to police, who said he was taken to the hospital by Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance for treatment of a broken jaw, but was uncooperative with officers and did not want to press charges.

• A Hampton Bays man was arrested for driving while intoxicated for the second time this month in the Flanders and Riverside area, according to police.

Erwin Coronado, 21, of Washington Heights Avenue in Hampton Bays was charged with DWI about 12:30 a.m. Monday on Flanders Road and Longneck Boulevard in Flanders after being pulled over for swerving out of his lane, police said. He also was charged with failing to stay in his lane and driving without a license, officials said.

Mr. Coronado was charged with DWI on July 10 in Riverside, police said.

• A Jamesport man who was allegedly driving drunk was also found to be carrying anabolic steroids and a knife during a traffic stop last Thursday, police said.

Dillon Cassidy, 23, of Herricks Lane in Jamesport was observed pulling onto Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays without signaling and then failing to keep his lane about 3 a.m., at which point he was pulled over and found to be intoxicated, police said. When an officer conducted a search after his arrest, Mr. Cassidy was asked if he had any weapons; he said he had a knife in the center console of his car, officials said. The officer was given permission to check for the knife but then also saw a vial of anabolic steroids in the same center console

Mr. Cassidy was charged with DWI, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and traffic violations, police said. He was not charged for possessing the knife.

• Jamal Langhorne, 25, of East Street in Flanders was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal mischief Friday night on Flanders Road in Flanders, police said.

He is accused of causing about $500 worth of damage to someone’s car on July 16, and during his arrest on that charge, he was found to be in possession of PCP, officials said.

• Henry Mills, 54, of Riverside was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and growing cannabis without a license last Wednesday night on Lake Avenue in Riverside, police said.

An officer observed 20 clay pots with marijuana on the Lake Avenue property and Mr. Mills admitted, “Those are my plants,” according to a police report.

• Bayron Leon, 22, of Flanders Road in Riverside was charged with DWI about 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Flanders Road in Flanders, police said.

He was pulled over for failing to stay in his lane and had alcohol on his breath and showed poor coordination, officials said. He also was charged with moving from a lane unsafely.

• About $250 worth of copper tubing was reported stolen from a home under construction on County Road 104 in Riverside last Sunday night, police said.

• A $200 television and a $700 laptop were reported stolen from a Riverleigh Avenue house in Riverside last Wednesday after someone pushed in an air conditioner unit to gain entry through a window, according to police.

Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime or violation. The charges against them may later be reduced or withdrawn, or they may be found innocent.