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Inside the radio room: What it’s like to be a 9-1-1 operator in Riverhead
RiverheadLOCAL spends an evening inside the town police department's radio room watching a crew of public safety dispatchers answer 9-1-1 calls, dispatching police and EMS: an inside look.
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Defendant in knife attack was released without bail in more than a dozen other pending criminal cases, including prior weapons charges
The Riverhead man charged with slashing the face of a man on Railroad Avenue Thursday night had been freed without bail on a felony weapons possession charge in May and is currently facing more than a dozen other criminal charges, including prior weapons and menacing charges in Riverhead Justice Court dating back to 2008.
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Ex-con charged in knifing on Railroad Avenue Thursday night
Anthony Wayne Smith, 56, of Riverhead, an ex-con with a history of weapons and assault convictions is charged in a knife attack on a Hispanic man at a Railroad Avenue market last night.
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Riverhead cops: Target shopper shot in face with pellet rifle
Riverhead Police arrested a 19-year-old Flanders man who they said intentionally shot a 19-year-old woman with a pellet rifle yesterday in the Target parking lot.