Crime news

Riverhead Police are investigating a burglary that occurred overnight at the AT&T store on Old Country Road.

The victim reported being mugged by two men, one of whom menaced the victim with a machete, Monday night on Doctors Path, Riverhead Police said this morning. The assailants made off with the victim’s wallet, police said.

Marcus Reid of Riverhead is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison following his guilty plea to manslaughter and weapon possession charges in the fatal shooting of another man in Coram in December 2021, Suffolk DA Ray Tierney said.

Two men were arrested on assault charges and a third man was arrested on a menacing charge following a fight at a...

Police said a 17-year-old told police four unknown males wearing mask forcibly removed his iPhone and Jordan sneakers on Parkway Street.

A parolee involved in the home invasion that resulted in the January 2013 shooting death of 2010 Riverhead High School graduate Demitri Hampton, 21, was convicted by a jury today on weapons and drug charges after May 2022 shooting. He faces 16 years to life imprisonment.

A Riverhead man arrested on a parole warrant Tuesday after a foot chase was the same masked man who pulled a gun on a store clerk in Polish Town last week and demanded cash, Riverhead Police said. He was charged with first-degree attempted robbery.

A Flanders man was found guilty today in the sexual abuse and attempted rape of his nine-year-old niece, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. 

A Manhasset man was arrested today after allegedly robbing an East Main Street convenience store early this morning, according to Riverhead Police. 

Riverhead Town Police reported 155 criminal incidents and 81 arrests in December. Here's the rundown.