One man was seriously injured during an attempted robbery and another man was robbed at gunpoint during two separate incidents that occurred minutes apart Monday night in Riverhead. READ
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Riverhead police are searching for a robbery suspect after a Riverhead man said he was attacked late Thursday while parked in his driveway by an armed man wearing a ski mask. READ
Police are again searching for information following another mugging in the downtown Riverhead area. READ
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A 25-year-old man was injured during an attempted mugging near Pulaski Street School in Riverhead early Saturday morning, Riverhead Town police said, and authorities are now investigating to find the attackers. (more…)
Update: Police have arrested the second suspect in an alleged robbery that happened outside the Riverhead DMV early Monday.
Bobby Riddick, 46, turned himself into police after learning he was a wanted man, authorities said.
He was charged with second-degree robbery and held for arraignment.
Original story: A Riverhead man who recently pleaded guilty after he was caught stealing candy from a Mattituck home with a weapon was arrested again early Monday — this time, according to police, for mugging a man near the DMV and taking $300 from him.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward after a disabled man was assaulted in downtown Riverhead on June 1, being knocked from his wheelchair by a group of men who beat him with sticks or pipes before fleeing the scene. (more…)