On Monday, the Riverhead Town Police Department Community Orientated Police Enforcement (COPE), Division with cooperation from Riverhead CAP, conducted a State Liquor Authority compliance check at 19 retail vendors throughout Riverhead Town, resulting in two arrests, according to a Riverhead Police Department press release..
Karen Monestel-Ramirez, 37, of Wading River, an employee of Gala Fresh and Pintukumar Patel, 32, of Riverhead, an employee of Polish Town Deli, were arrested and each charged with one count of Penal Law 260.20(2) Unlawful Dealing with a Child 1st Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, police said..
Both subjects were processed and released on a desk appearance ticket with a future court date, police said.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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