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Police charge homeless man with arson in storage facility fire

by Dec 16, 2021
Riverhead Police have charged a 60-year-old homeless man with arson in the fire at the CubeSmart storage facility on Mill Road Wednesday morning.

Riverhead man charged in Thanksgiving night burglary of Lowe’s is indicted by grand jury

by Dec 13, 2021
The man charged by Riverhead Town Police with burglarizing Lowe’s Home Improvement Center on Route 58 Thanksgiving night has been indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on felony burglary and grand larceny charges.

Riverhead woman, 42, dies after Sept. 8 crash on Sunrise Highway

by Sep 15, 2021
A 37-year-old Centereach man was charged with DWI after the crash, which also killed the driver of a vehicle in which Lisa Hynds of Riverhead was a passenger.

Cops: Woman drove drunk with four kids in back seat of sedan

by Aug 22, 2021
A woman with four children in the back seat of her car was arrested for felony DWI early this morning in Riverhead,...

Police nab assailants who beat and robbed a man on West Main Street Friday night

by Aug 7, 2021
Thanks to the intervention of a Good Samaritan and the keen eye of a Riverhead Police K9 officer, police arrested two teens they said beat and robbed a 35-year-old man at the intersection of West Main Street and Griffing Avenue late last night.

Cops: Drunk school bus driver transporting day campers crashes on Sound Avenue

by Jul 14, 2021
Cops: A drunken school bus driver carrying day campers from Baiting Hollow Scout Camp was involved in two crashes on Sound Avenue yesterday afternoon — and left the scene of both. The driver, a 61-year-old Ridge woman was arresgted on felony DWI charges under Leandra's Law and other charges.

Cops: Impaired driver arrested after crashing into pole on Flanders Road

by Mar 30, 2021
Southbound traffic on Flanders Road in Riverside was diverted while PSEG repaired a severed pole and downed wires after the crash, police said.

Cops: Wading River woman drove drunk, led police in wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway

by Mar 14, 2021
Suffolk Police said a 26-year-old Wading River woman was drunk when she drove eastbound in the westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday

Pedestrian killed in crash on West Main St., driver charged with DWI

by Feb 12, 2021
A Mattituck man has been charged with driving while intoxicated following a crash on West Main Street last night that killed a pedestrian, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release this morning.

Riverhead police sobriety checkpoints net four Thanksgiving eve arrests

by Nov 26, 2020
Four people were arrested at sobriety checkpoints conducted by Riverhead Town Police last night.