06.19.2021 News Blotters: Riverside man charged with DWI after crash A 55-year-old Riverside man was arrested Saturday for driving while intoxicated following a single-vehicle crash in Flanders. Christopher Smothers was driving north on County Road 104 when his vehicle...
06.16.2021 Police Cops: Teenager slashed in chest, woman charged with assault Riverhead Town police arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly slashing a 16-year-old Tuesday night at the Riverpoint Apartments on East Main Street. Police responded shortly after 7 p.m. and...
06.15.2021 News Cops: K-9 helps track down suspect who had stolen car A theft at the West Main Street 7-Eleven led police to a stolen vehicle and, with the assistance of a K-9, the arrest of a homeless man on a...
06.14.2021 Police Police, fire crews aid four people struggling in small vessel in L.I. Sound Four people and a dog were rescued Sunday afternoon in an approximately 10-foot aluminum vessel that was 1/2-mile north of Wading River Beach, according to Riverhead Town police. A...
06.12.2021 Police Blotters: Riverhead teen arrested after fleeing crash Police arrested a 19-year-old Riverhead man early Sunday morning in East Quogue after he fled the scene of an accident in Bridgehampton, in which he rear-ended another driver. Police...
06.11.2021 Police Riverhead man arrested for possession of crack cocaine, fentanyl An East End Drug Task Force investigation resulted in the arrest of a 41-year-old Riverhead man on numerous drug charges, according to Riverhead Town police. Tywan Jones was arrested...
06.10.2021 News Dispatcher’s suit against town dismissed, while claims against chief still pending A state Supreme Court judge has dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by a Riverhead Town police dispatcher, who claimed the town created a “hostile work environment and sexual...
06.08.2021 Government Riverhead police chief looking to fund body cameras in next budget The Riverhead Police Department is looking into purchasing body cameras for its officers next year, Chief David Hegermiller said at a virtual Synergy meeting Monday night. The department doesn’t...
06.07.2021 Police Four people rescued in Long Island Sound when inflatable raft drifts out to sea Four people were rescued in Long Island Sound Sunday night when their inflatable raft began to drift out to sea, according to Suffolk County police. A 911 caller reported...
06.05.2021 Police Blotters: Riverhead woman arrested on drug charges following traffic stop Southampton Town police arrested a 24-year-old Riverhead woman on drug charges following a traffic stop on Flanders Road in Riverside Monday. According to police, Maria Bustillo was stopped for...
