Riverhead Justice Court

Justices Allen Smith and Lori Hulse stepped up to the podium at Tuesday night’s town board meeting to ask the board to take action before the end of the year, when the terms of Supervisor Sean Walter and longtime Councilman John Dunleavy will expire.

Retired State Supreme Court Judge and county historian Peter Fox Cohalan administered the oath of office to Allen Mowbray Smith yesterday at Riverhead Justice Court, but not before explaining the significance of Smith's middle name.

The first night court in Riverhead Town Justice Court's history will be held today beginning at 6 p.m. The court will adjudicate small claims cases...

Riverhead has agreed, in a stipulation of settlement, to modify a small conference room to create a safe place for confidential attorney-client meetings in Riverhead Justice Court, but the court facilities' other problems — including overcrowding and security issues the justices say are urgent — remain unaddressed.

Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith today granted a defense lawyer's application to cancel the driver's license suspension ordered on Jan. 14 in the DWI prosecution of former Southold High School teacher Diane O'Neill, who remains free on $10,000 bail.

Legal Aid Society, citing 'systematic and continuous violation of the constitutional rights of indigent individuals' seeks to move arraignments to Central Islip.

When the Riverhead Justice Court was opened in 1985, the court's criminal session was held on Monday and civil cases were heard on...