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Cops: Riverhead man intentionally drove Jeep into motorcycle on Rt. 58 Friday night, critically injuring Sag Harbor man, 60

by Sep 13, 2025
A 28-year-old Riverhead man is facing a felony assault charge after intentionally driving his Jeep into a motorcycle on Route 58 Friday night, as a result of an ongoing dispute, Riverhead Police said.

Riverhead Police: Flanders man charged with felony assault and weapon possession Tuesday

by Jul 30, 2025
Riverhead Town Police said they were called by a male victim who reported being cut by another man armed with a knife.

Police investigating report of man stabbed while fighting off three attackers in backyard early Sunday morning

by Aug 28, 2023
The victim told police three unknown men climbed over a fence to enter a backyard on Northville Turnpike and attacked him.

Cops: Man, 19, seriously injured in assault by group of men outside Roanoke Avenue apartment complex Tuesday afternoon

by Jan 19, 2023
Riverhead Police are seeking information about an assault that took place Tuesday afternoon at the Fairfield apartment complex on Roanoke Avenue that sent a man to the hospital with a fractured skull and other serious injuries.

Cops: Riverhead man charged with felony assault

by Dec 9, 2022
A Riverhead man is charged with felony assault following an altercation at a house on Roanoke Avenue Thursday that sent another man to the hospital, police said.

Riverhead police investigate stabbing

by Feb 29, 2020
Police are investigating a stabbing late last night on Oakland Drive West in Riverhead.

Cops search for youths involved in assault of male on Hamilton Avenue

by Nov 4, 2017
A large group of youths attacked a male victim on Hamilton Avenue just after midnight Saturday. Two people were arrested and police are seeking information about others involved in the attack, which sent the victim to the hospital.

Riverhead police: Man sought in knife assault Wednesday night

by Oct 19, 2017
Police are searching for a man who assaulted a Hispanic male with a knife last night in an area behind a West Main Street business.

Cops: Man stabbed in fight between residents at downtown sober house

by Mar 20, 2017
A dispute between two residents of a downtown Riverhead sober house last night turned violent, with one man stabbing another in the stomach, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release this morning.

Police charge four in assault and robbery on Raynor Avenue Monday morning

by Jan 24, 2017
Riverhead Police arrested four people in connection with an assault and robbery at a Raynor Avenue home Jan. 23.