Crime
Riverhead Police blotter: Dec. 8-14, 2024
Excerpts from the Riverhead Town Police press reports for the week of Dec. 8-14, 2024. Police made 18 arrests and reported a total of 484 incidents.
Crime
Police seek information in Riverhead larcenies
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate individuals they say stole merchandise from two Riverhead stores in separate incidents.
Environment
Governor vetoes Horseshoe Crab Protection Act
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday vetoed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, passed by the State Legislature in June to ban the taking...
Breaking News
Riverhead contracting company and its owner face felony charges in prevailing wage case: DA
Robert Terry, of Southampton, and Terry Contracting and Materials, of Riverhead, falsified payroll records and shorted workers more than $83,000 on a 2018 public works job in Brookhaven, according to an indictment, the Suffolk District Attorney said in a press release Monday.
Suffolk Closeup
How influential biologist at L.I. lab amplified the pseudoscience of eugenics
“The founding fathers of eugenics in England,” writes Mark Torres, “had formulated the theoretical concepts of human hereditary research. It was only...
Community News
Bill mandating unique ZIP codes for Flanders, Riverside and Northampton passes House
The fate of the measure — the fourth time members of Congress representing NY-1 have attempted to pass such legislation — now rests with the Senate.
Crime
Flanders man charged with felony DWI after two-car crash on Rt. 24 Wednesday night: cops
A Flanders man was arrested on a felony DWI charge last night after a crash on Flanders Road.
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Crime
Riverhead Police blotter: Dec. 1-7, 2024
Excerpts from the Riverhead Town Police press reports for the week of Dec. 1, 2024. Police reported a total of 489 incidents.
Breaking News
Riverhead physician charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in kickback scheme
A Riverhead family physician is facing a federal felony charge in connection with a scheme to receive kickbacks for ordering hundreds of medically unnecessary brain scans.
Crime
Cops seek help locating suspect in Riverhead petit larceny
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Police are seeking the public’s help locating the man they say stole $780 worth of merchandise from the Riverhead Walmart.
































