New Year's Eve Stabbing: Woman Hospitalized After Incident At Riverhead Residence New Year's Eve Stabbing: Woman Hospitalized After Incident At Riverhead Residence
New Year's Eve Stabbing: Woman Hospitalized After Incident At Riverhead Residence Police are investigating after a woman was stabbed at a Long Island residence on New Year's Eve. The incident happened just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31 at the River Pointe Apartment Complex on East Main Street (Route 25) in Riverhead. Riverhead Police patrol units located a woman within one of the buildings with what appeared to be a stab wound to the chest.  The woman was uncooperative with officers at the scene and appeared to be under the influence, according to police.  Bystanders reported that a female suspect had fled the area on foot and was last seen running w…
Suspect Nabbed After Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store Suspect Nabbed After Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store
Suspect Nabbed After Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store Police have arrested a suspect after a car was stolen outside a Long Island business with a child in the back seat. The Christmas Day incident happened at around 11 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25 in Riverhead, on East Main Street. Riverhead Town Police said a 39-year-old Selden woman left her Ford Fusion running with the heat on outside the Riverhead Stationary store as the 7-year-old child slept in the back seat. Earlier Report: Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Riverhead Store While she was in the store, someone got into the vehicle and drove off. The incident promp…
Swerving Long Island Expressway Motorist Accused Of Going 105 MPH Charged With DWI Swerving Long Island Expressway Motorist Accused Of Going 105 MPH Charged With DWI
Swerving Long Island Expressway Motorist Accused Of Going 105 MPH Charged With DWI A motorist accused of riding at nearly twice the speed limit on the Long Island Expressway was allegedly driving while intoxicated. On Friday, Dec. 22, Suffolk County Sheriff's Office deputies working the DWI Enforcement Team observed Oscar Flores-Fuentes, age 28, swerving over the roadway lines near Exit 57 in Islandia while traveling at approximately 105 MPH in a 55-mile-per-hour zone.  He demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating he was intoxicated, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office added.  Flores-Fuentes was arrested and transported to…
Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk At King Kullen In Patchogue On Christmas Eve Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk At King Kullen In Patchogue On Christmas Eve
Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk At King Kullen In Patchogue On Christmas Eve A woman has been charged with driving while intoxicated after being pulled over at a Long Island King Kullen on Christmas Eve. Suffolk County Sheriff's Office deputies working the DWI Enforcement Team said they observed Melissa Ann Essig, age 34, fail to signal a right turn out of the King Kullen parking lot in Patchogue on Sunrise Highway onto Waverly Avenue on Sunday, Dec. 24. She demonstrated clues while performing standardized field sobriety tests indicating she was intoxicated, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office added. Essig was arrested and transported to the Suffolk County She…
Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store
Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Long Island Store A woman is facing charges after allegedly leaving a child unattended in a car that was stolen outside a Long Island business. See new update: Suspect Nabbed After Car Stolen With 7-Year-Old Sleeping In Back Seat Outside Riverhead Store The incident happened at around 11 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25 in Riverhead, on East Main Street. Riverhead Town Police said the 39-year-old Selden woman left her Ford Fusion running with the heat on outside the Riverhead Stationary store as the 7-year-old child slept in the back seat. While she was in the store, someone got into the vehicle and drove off wit…
Long Island Attorney Steals $25K From Real Estate Transaction, DA Says Long Island Attorney Steals $25K From Real Estate Transaction, DA Says
Long Island Attorney Steals $25K From Real Estate Transaction, DA Says A Long Island attorney is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a real estate transaction and using the money on personal expenses. Peter Saad, age 46, of Calverton, surrendered to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, Dec. 13, to face charges of grand larceny. Saad is the principal attorney at the Law Office of Peter A. Saad, Jr., PC, based in Riverhead. Prosecutors said he stole $25,000 from his attorney escrow account over a two-month period in 2020 after representing a client in the sale of his home. The money was left in the escrow account after permit i…
Drunk Driver Strikes 2 Cop Cars Near Long Island Cemetery, Police Say Drunk Driver Strikes 2 Cop Cars Near Long Island Cemetery, Police Say
Drunk Driver Strikes 2 Cop Cars Near Long Island Cemetery, Police Say A Long Island man is accused of crashing into two police cars while driving drunk. The incident happened at around 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, near the Riverhead Cemetery on Roanoke Avenue. Riverhead Police said 28-year-old Jason Velasquez, of Riverhead, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee northbound on Roanoke Avenue when he struck two marked police vehicles. Both cars were parked and had their emergency lights flashing and were unoccupied at the time. No officers were injured. Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, along with other vehicle and traffic law violatio…
Man Found Dead In Wooded Area Near Long Island Park Man Found Dead In Wooded Area Near Long Island Park
Man Found Dead In Wooded Area Near Long Island Park Police are investigating after a man was found dead near a Long Island park. Someone called 911 at around 7 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, reporting an unconscious man in a wooded area in Riverhead, near Weeping Willow Park on Main Street. When officers and medics arrived, they determined that the man was dead, according to Riverhead Town Police. Authorities identified him as 44-year-old Cuah Temoc Trinidad, of Riverhead. Detectives and a physician assistant from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that his death appears to be non-criminal in nature. It also does not appear …
Gilgo Beach Murders: Notorious 'Happy Face Killer' Reveals Letter He Says Rex Heuermann Wrote Gilgo Beach Murders: Notorious 'Happy Face Killer' Reveals Letter He Says Rex Heuermann Wrote
Gilgo Beach Murders: Notorious 'Happy Face Killer' Reveals Letter He Says Rex Heuermann Wrote A letter from prison allegedly written by Gilgo Beach serial murders suspect Rex Heuermann has been shared by notorious "Happy Face Killer" Keith Jesperson.Jesperson, now 68 years old, murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. The former truck driver is in prison in Oregon. Heuermann is behind bars on Long Island, at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead. In a video posted by the Okaloosa County (Florida) Sheriff's Office (where Jesperson admitted to having committed one of the murders), he says he wrote to Heuermann. "Like I …
5 Accused In Potentially 'Deadly' Scheme To Smuggle Fentanyl Into Jail On Long Island 5 Accused In Potentially 'Deadly' Scheme To Smuggle Fentanyl Into Jail On Long Island
5 Accused In Potentially 'Deadly' Scheme To Smuggle Fentanyl Into Jail On Long Island An elaborate scheme to smuggle a potentially deadly amount of fentanyl into a Long Island jail has landed five suspects behind bars, prosecutors said. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney and Sheriff Errol Toulon outlined the alleged plot at a press conference at the county municipal campus in Riverhead on Thursday, Nov. 16. According to investigators, corrections officers at the Suffolk County jail first learned of the scheme in August 2023. They were tipped off that an inmate, 35-year-old Jyzir Hamilton, of Hauppauge, was arranging for his girlfriend to have fentanyl-laced pa…
Long Island Pharmacy Burglar Prompts Investigation Long Island Pharmacy Burglar Prompts Investigation
Long Island Pharmacy Burglar Prompts Investigation Police are asking for the community’s help in locating a burglar who stole money from a Long Island CVS and ran off. The burglary happened on Wednesday, Nov. 8 in Riverhead, according to the town’s police department. At approximately 12:15 a.m., the man broke into the CVS Pharmacy located at 6221 Route 25A, setting off an alarm. He grabbed an unspecified amount of money from the store and fled the scene. No description of the burglar was provided, nor is it clear in which direction the man fled. The investigation is ongoing. Riverhead Police urge anyone with information regarding …
Alleged Drug-Dealing Trio From Mastic Beach, Wading River, Riverhead  Nabbed After Probe Alleged Drug-Dealing Trio From Mastic Beach, Wading River, Riverhead  Nabbed After Probe
Alleged Drug-Dealing Trio From Mastic Beach, Wading River, Riverhead Nabbed After Probe Three accused drug dealers are facing charges after community complaints of street-level narcotics sales led to an investigation on Long Island. Over the past two months, Riverhead Police say detectives received reports on the alleged activity in Riverhead in the area of Peconic Crossing on West Main Street.  The probe led to the arrest of Wani Turner, age 49, of Mastic Beach, Damion Walker, age 46, of Wading River, and Monwell Wright, age 30, of Riverhead. Turner and Walker are prior felony offenders, police say. They were each charged with both misdemeanor and felony charg…