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Riverhead Police charge two in underage alcohol sales investigation

by Dec 23, 2025
Riverhead Police charged two people with selling alcohol to minors during an alcohol sales compliance check across town Monday.

Firefighters battle wind-driven fire in Wading River Saturday

by Dec 21, 2025
Firefighters battled strong winds to contain and extinguish a fire that destroyed a home on 20th Street in Wading River early Saturday morning.

Traffic alert: Route 58 closed after high winds down utility poles

by Dec 19, 2025
Old Country Road is closed in both directions at Kroemer Avenue due to utility poles down in the roadway. Police urge . motorists to avoid the area while crews respond.

Aquebogue woman charged in felony theft from Greenport restaurant: Southold Police

by Dec 15, 2025
Ellen “Bunnii” Buglione, 32, was arrested in Riverhead on Saturday, Dec. 6, on Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony.

Riverhead police seek help finding missing teen

by Dec 15, 2025
The Riverhead Police Department is requesting the public's help to locate Kennia Michelle Alvarez Diaz, 15, who left her home on Segal Avenue Saturday at 5 p.m and has not been seen since.
A parked Riverhead Police vehicle with lights on.

Cops: Man arrested after exposing himself to 13-year-old girl near Riverhead schools

by Dec 14, 2025
The suspect was charged with public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child after the Dec. 4 incident as the girl, 13, was walking home from school.

Cops: Flanders man drove drunk, causing crash, then fled scene

by Dec 10, 2025
A Flanders man was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting following a crash at the intersection of Flanders Road and Cypress Avenue Tuesday night, Southampton Town Police said.

Cops: 83-year-old man operated ‘walk-up narcotics service’ from his Riverside home

by Dec 8, 2025
An East End Drug Task Force investigation followed numerous community complaints about foot traffic in the area of the defendant's home, according to a police press release.

Cops: Riverhead man charged with aggravated DWI after three-car crash on Flanders Road

by Dec 4, 2025
A Riverhead man was arrested on an aggravated DWI charge after a three-car collision on Flanders Road and Cypress Avenue in Flanders last night, Southampton Town Police said.

Riverhead man charged with DWI after 3-vehicle crash injures five on CR 104 Saturday night

by Nov 30, 2025
One of the injured was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital and four others were transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center, police said.