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Update: Missing Riverhead woman located

by Nov 9, 2026
Riverhead Police are asking for the public’s help locating Colleen Evans (Loria), 46, who has not been heard from since Nov. 4, 2026. She may be driving a 2016 white Fiat with NY plate MEC6578.

Pedestrian airlifted with life-threatening injuries after crash on E. Main Street, Riverhead Police say

by Nov 4, 2026
A pedestrian was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on East Main Street in Riverhead Tuesday evening, police said.

Former Riverhead teacher and coach sentenced to three years in prison for sending explicit images to minors

by Oct 21, 2026
A former Riverhead High School teacher and soccer coach was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for soliciting nude images from underage girls and sending them sexually explicit images of himself.

Riverhead man pleads guilty in pandemic grant fraud case

by Oct 20, 2026
A Riverhead man accused of using falsified tax returns to obtain state pandemic relief grants for Brooklyn residents has pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny.

Riverhead Police ID woman killed in Wading River crash Oct. 3

by Oct 8, 2026
Riverhead Police are investigating a fatal crash reported Oct. 3 on Wading River Manor Road north of Grumman Boulevard. One occupant was pronounced dead at the scene and another was hospitalized, police said.

Woman killed, man seriously injured in crash on Wading River Manor Road

by Oct 4, 2026
Riverhead Police are investigating a crash on Wading River Manor Road Saturday night that killed a woman and left a man seriously injured. Police are asking witnesses to call 631-727-4500.

Police: Manorville man charged with drug-impaired driving after LIE crash

by Sep 14, 2026
A Manorville man faces drug-impaired driving and drug possession charges after a Sunday crash on the Long Island Expressway in Melville that seriously injured a pedestrian, police said.

Riverhead High School grad arrested after running onto Yankee Stadium field during 9/11 game waving Palestinian flag

by Sep 13, 2026
A 2006 Riverhead High School graduate was arrested after running onto the field at Yankee Stadium during a Sept. 11 Yankees-Mets game.

Former Riverhead resident pleads guilty in fatal Cutchogue DWI crash

by Sep 10, 2026
A former Riverhead resident pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in a fatal 2022 drunken driving crash in Cutchogue after fleeing to Poland and being extradited.

Riverhead man charged with possessing, promoting child sexual performance

by Sep 4, 2026
Suffolk County Police said a Riverhead man was arrested Sept. 4 after detectives executed a search warrant at a Duryea Street home and seized multiple cell phones. He was charged with possessing and promoting a sexual performance by a child.