Crime

Riverhead Police report two DWI arrests after a STOP-DWI New Year’s Eve enforcement. Extra officers were assigned to the enforcement patrols, which...

A man purchased food and performed quick change scams, during which he confused the cashiers into giving incorrect change, and stole a combined total of approximately $125 on Dec. 7.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Riverhead Police Department are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man they say stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month.

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.

The hydrants, opened at night or in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Wading River, flooded roads, and in one residential neighborhood overwhelmed a cesspool, causing extensive damage to the inside of a residence, police said.

Police charged a 60-year-old man described as homeless with a burglary at Riverhead Brew House early Sunday morning. He removed a cash drawer containing $200, police said. The drawer was located submerged in water at Grangebel Park.

Riverhead Police are seeking information related to a break-in at Star Confectionery on East Main Street in Riverhead sometime between midday Monday and early Tuesday morning, according to a police press release.

Riverhead Police officers apprehended a youth inside a Wading River restaurant just before 1 a.m. Monday after the restaurant manager called 911...

Riverhead Town Police have charged a 49-year-old homeless man in a robbery on Lincoln Street Wednesday morning and are searching for a second  suspect in connection with the incident.

After a store clerk refused the suspect’s demand to open the cash register, he jumped the counter and pulled out a cloth-covered object resembling a gun. A second employee intervened and the suspect fled the store with a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of Gatorade.