Riverhead Police made 53 arrests in the month of November, according to data. None were juveniles.
According to the data, the breakdown of arrests and charges in November were:
Aggravated unlicensed operation (2)
Assault (1)
Criminal possession of a controlled substance (5)
Criminal possession of stolen property (1)
Criminal contempt (3)
Criminal mischief (2)
Criminal sake of a controlled substance (2)
Criminal obstruction of breathing (1)
Driving while intoxicated (7)
Harassment (3)
Menacing (2)
Petit larceny (6)
Robbery (3)
Town code violation (2)
Trespass (1)
Unlicensed operation (1)
Unlawful possession of marijuana (1)
Warrants (11)
Thirty-three prisoners were detained in November, according to the report.
Overall crime in November was down compared to the average for the year, with a total of 100 criminal incidents reported to police, compared to an average of 155 criminal incident reports per month. Reports of criminal incidents peaked in the summer months of June, July and August, when they averaged 206 per month.
Riverhead Police received 2,463 calls in the month of November. In addition to the 100 criminal incidents there were 2,363 reports of noncriminal incidents.
The 100 criminal incidents reported included:
Aggravated harassment (3)
Assault (2)
Attempted burglary (1)
Burglary (4)
Criminal contempt (1)
Criminal mischief (9)
Criminal obstruction of breathing (1)
Criminal tampering (1)
Endangering the welfare of a child (1)
Forcible touching (1)
Forgery (1)
Fraud (2)
Grand larceny (8)
Harassment (16)
Identity theft (3)
Parole violation (1)
Petit larceny (38)
Robbery (3)
Stolen vehicle (1)
Theft of service (2)
Unlawful possession of marijuana (1)
Noncriminal incident calls, 2,363 in total for November, included a wide variety of things, from responding to ambulance calls, known as “aided cases” (334), automatic alarms (258) disturbances (94), suspicious person/suspicious vehicle reports (83), disputes (57), dangerous conditions (42), town code violations (32), and disabled motor vehicles (12).
There were two nonfatal overdoses reported in November.
Fifty-nine calls were classified as domestic incidents last months.
Police responded to 203 motor vehicle accidents in November. There were no fatalities.
Police issued 667 summonses last month, including 116 parking tickets.
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