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Police seek public’s help to find arsonist who started Flanders brush fire last week
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Southampton Town Police detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the person or persons who started a brush fire in Flanders last week.
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Riverhead police investigate theft of ‘several firearms’ from vehicle parked overnight in downtown hotel parking lot
Police said in a press release this morning they were contacted by a hotel guest who reported that sometime between 11 o’clock last night and 8 o’clock this morning, an unknown person removed several firearms from a vehicle parked overnight in a hotel parking lot.
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Police investigate armed robbery in Riverside
Southampton Town Police said a Mastic Beach man was assaulted and robbed of cash on Pebble Way around 11 p.m. Monday. Detectives ask nyone with information to contact them at 631-702-2230.
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Identity theft and fraud complaints rose sharply in Riverhead in the first three months of 2021
Complaints about identity theft in the first quarter of 2021 were nearly equal to the identity theft complaints logged by Riverhead Police for the entire year last year
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Man charged with robbery in early morning holdup at downtown 7-Eleven
The man entered the 7-Eleven store on West Main Street shortly before 4 a.m. yesterday, gestured with what appeared to be weapon in his sweatshirt pocket and demanded money.
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DA announces indictment of 12 ‘major drug traffickers’ who were ‘terrorizing the community’
The defendants, several of whom are members of the 18th Street gang, were selling powder cocaine and crack cocaine to hundreds of buyers primarily in the Riverhead area, as well as in the Hamptons and various locations in the Town of Brookhaven, according to the indictment.
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Cops: SWR math teacher had sexual relationship with student, faces rape charge
Suffolk Police charged a mathematics teacher at Shoreham-Wading River High School with rape and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Riverhead man indicted for sexually abusing a child
A Riverhead man is facing multiple felony sex offense charges after his indictment by a Suffolk County grand jury for allegedly sexually abusing a child, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini announced today.
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Cops: Impaired driver arrested after crashing into pole on Flanders Road
Southbound traffic on Flanders Road in Riverside was diverted while PSEG repaired a severed pole and downed wires after the crash, police said.
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Cops: Man facing felony drug charge after Riverside traffic stop
A Riverhead man was arrested in Riverside early this morning on a felony drug charge when police found him in possession of crack cocaine after a traffic stop.