08.02.2024 Featured Story Ed Frost sworn in as new chief of the Riverhead Police Department What looked to be the entirety of the Riverhead Police force showed out for the momentous swearing in of their brother in blue, Lt. Edward Frost, as the new...
07.30.2024 Education Armed school resource officers approved for Riverhead district Effective for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, two armed school resource officers — also known as SROs — provided by the Riverhead Police Department will be stationed at...
05.29.2024 Police Stepping out in style: Detective Edward Carey retires Detective Edward Carey, a 22-year member of the Riverhead Police Department, was honored by fellow officers with a traditional “walk-out” ceremony Friday — his last day on the job. ...
07.26.2023 Police Police: Barber indicted for attempted sexual abuse involving 11-year-old boy A Riverhead man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly attempting to sexually abuse a young boy. Hilario Hernandez de la Cruz, 35, was indicted for an attempted criminal sexual act...
03.21.2023 Police Armed carjacking underscores ongoing crime crisis at Tanger Riverhead’s police chief said over the weekend that investigators have a lead on a suspect in an armed carjacking earlier this month at Tanger Outlets — and expect to...
12.30.2022 News Two people rescued from Friday evening house fire in Riverhead Two people were rescued from a house fire on Doris Avenue in Riverhead Friday night. Police received a 911 call around 4:54 p.m. and arrived to find the single-story...