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Cops: 83-year-old man operated ‘walk-up narcotics service’ from his Riverside home

by Dec 8, 2025
An East End Drug Task Force investigation followed numerous community complaints about foot traffic in the area of the defendant's home, according to a police press release.

Cops: Investigation into three commercial burglaries leads to arrest of Riverhead man, 56

by Oct 16, 2025
Riverhead Police have charged a Riverhead man in three commercial burglaries over the past year after an investigation by Riverhead detectives.

Police: Two wanted for shoplifting

by Jul 31, 2025
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police Department detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two people they say stole merchandise from a store at Tanger Outlets last month.

Off-duty police detective from Manorville indicted on hate crime-related charges

by Jun 3, 2025
The off-duty cop allegedly attacked a cellphone company employee at work in the defendant's Manorville neighborhood, yelling a racial slur and damaging the employee's work vehicle.

Cops: Man wanted in Riverhead grand larceny

by May 29, 2025
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers released surveillance camera images of a suspect wanted by Riverhead police in connection with the alleged theft of sunglasses valued at $3,500 from a store at Tanger Outlets on May 11.

Passenger stabbed aboard county bus on CR 51 in Riverside; suspect arrested after chase

by May 3, 2025
A man police said stabbed a passenger on a Suffolk County Transit bus in Riverside Friday was arrested on first-degree assault, weapon possession and drug charges, Southampton Town Police said in a press release Friday night.

Trio arrested after going through parked cars in South Jamesport early Tuesday morning

by Apr 29, 2025
Riverhead Police said they arrested three teenage males who were using a stolen vehicle in South Jamesport, where they were going through vehicles in search of valuables early Tuesday morning.

Woman charged in auto heist at gas station

by Apr 2, 2025
A Medford woman has been charged in a March 21 auto heist at an East Main Street gas station,  the Riverhead Police Department said in a press release this afternoon.

Cops respond to burglary in progress at Riverhead CPA’s office, arrest Mastic man

by Feb 24, 2025
Officers responding to a commercial alarm located a burglar inside a West Main Street office, police said in a press release.

Police seek information about trailer reported stolen from Riverhead auto dealer lot Feb. 16

by Feb 24, 2025
Riverhead Police said a 24-foot enclosed trailer containing auto parts was stolen from Eagle Chevrolet on Route 58 Feb 16 at 7:15 p.m. by two people in a Chevrolet Silverado.