Riverhead Police on March 5 arrested 10 people on criminal trespass charges for allegedly trespassing on the LIRR tracks, police said in a press release yesterday.
The arrests came after members of the Riverhead Police Department’s Cope Unit, working with MTA Police officers in the Hybrid Threat Unit and MTA Right-of-Way Task Force, conducted patrols of numerous tracks in Riverhead, police said. The patrols were part of an effort to reduce the incidence of train versus pedestrian accidents on railroad tracks in Riverhead.
There have been 61 train versus pedestrian accidents in Suffolk County since 2020, including several in Riverhead Town, according to the report. It is both dangerous and illegal to walk on the tracks, police said.
Police reported the following arrests on charges of Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree, a class B misdemeanor:
Felino Vasquez, 34, undomiciled
Edwin Tocay Camey, 31, Undomiciled
Jose Eduard Zaldivar Franco, 22, Yaphank
James Licausi, 55, Riverhead
Diego Torres, 61, Riverhead
Mario Camey-Raza, 44, undomiciled
Jennifer Sulzer, 49, Calverton
Noe Gonzalez-Tocay, 42, Islip Terrace
Edwin Rivera, 33, Riverhead
Edvin Dubondubon, 42, Riverhead
Vasquez and Torres also had outstanding arrest warrants from Riverhead Justice Court, police said.
The Riverhead Police and MTA Police will continue to conduct future operations on the Railroad Tracks.
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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