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Man convicted of conspiracy in sale of deadly heroin/fentanyl mix gets 2-4 year sentence

by Oct 16, 2019
Lashawn Lawrence, the Greenport man convicted last month of conspiracy for his role in the September 2018 overdose death of a Riverhead man, was sentenced yesterday to two to four years in state prison.

Cops: Six arrested in raid at Riverhead house known as ‘epicenter’ of drug sales

by Oct 16, 2019
Riverhad Town Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s East End Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at 67 Zion Street yesterday at about 3 p.m. yesterday, according to a police press release.

Police seek man wanted for identity theft

by Oct 16, 2019
Police released surveillance camera images of the man they say made several unauthorized withdrawals Aug. 29 from a customer’s account at Chase Bank, located at 1450 Old Country Road in Riverhead.

Riverhead Justice Court report

by Oct 15, 2019
Convictions in Riverhead Town Justice Court during the month of September 2019.

Riverhead police report: September 2019

by Oct 14, 2019
Riverhead Police Department report of activity for the month of September 2019.

Flanders drug dealer sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

by Oct 11, 2019
Daniel Harris, 36, pleaded guilty on April 8 to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and 28 grams of cocaine base, as well as possession of multiple firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Six members of violent street gang operating in Riverhead busted on federal murder, robbery, narcotics and weapons charges: prosecutors

by Oct 10, 2019
Six local men accused of being members of the Red Stone Gorillas “set” of the Bloods street gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of murder, racketeering, robberies, narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses.

Cops search for motorcycle thief

by Oct 8, 2019
Police said a 2015 Kawasaki “Ninja” motorcycle (pictured) parked on Wading River Manorville Road, just south of Middle Country Road in Wading River was removed by an unknown person sometime between 9:30 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m., Monday.

Cops: school janitor from Riverhead, 18, had ‘inappropriate communications’ with 7-year-old

by Oct 4, 2019
An 18-year-old janitor from Riverhead was arrested on a child endangerment charge after “inappropriate communications” with a 7-year-old girl at the Shirley elementary school where he worked, according to Suffolk County Police.

Riverhead drug dealer convicted of manslaughter in fatal overdose is sentenced to 4 to 6 years in prison

by Oct 3, 2019
John Brophy, 50, of Riverhead, who pleaded guilty on Aug. 30 to Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree was sentenced today to 4-6 years in prison.
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