07.11.2015 Police Cops: Riverhead man struck in head during attempted mugging 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...
06.04.2015 Police Guardian Angels patrol Riverhead, look to recruit The Angels stood their ground, and the panhandlers near the Riverhead train station “scattered.” So said Benjamin Garcia, the patrol director for the NYC Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group...
05.16.2015 News Locals give their thoughts about downtown safety in Riverhead Editor’s note: This story was published in Thursday’s paper, before an arrest was made in relation to the downtown robberies. On Monday morning, Francine Smith was walking past the...
05.14.2015 Editorials Editorial: What’s the long-term plan to curb crime downtown? We don’t need another robbery or a similar incident possibly related to gang activity as evidence that downtown Riverhead has a problem with crime. It has plagued the area...
05.14.2015 Police Drug task force recovers heroin, crack, MDMA in downtown bust In the wake of a rash of crimes downtown over the past week, an East End Drug Task Force bust on Third Street resulted in the arrest of four...
05.13.2015 Police Downtown robberies, graffiti bring crime talks to the fore Barth’s Pharmacy has stood on East Main Street since 1917 -— and in nearly all that time, no one has robbed the store. But that changed in the past...
04.13.2015 Police Police: After crashing into house, man again runs from cops Cracks criss-cross the ceiling, dart down the walls and pass through the door and window frames inside the living room of a two-story home on Roanoke Avenue near Pulaski...
03.09.2015 Police Police test seminar March 24 at Riverhead Free Library If you’re interested in becoming a police officer in Suffolk County, take note.