Both lanes of the Long Island Expressway at exit 68 have been reopened, according to multiple reports.
Police News
Julio Miranda-Jimenez, 21, of Mattituck was arrested Saturday for DWI, failing to maintain in his lane, driving with no head or tail lights, and driving without a license, according to Southold Town police. He was stopped while driving eastbound on Route 25 in Mattituck around 1:40 a.m. and was observed to be driving in the center turn lane, officials said. READ
Update (March 29, 12 p.m.): The man accused of stealing $20,000 in garden supply items from North Fork nurseries was released Thursday morning on $1,500 cash bail after pleading not guilty. READ
A Riverhead man was arrested on felony charges of handgun possession after Southold Town police said they spotted a pistol in his car earlier this month, police said in a press release Wednesday. READ
Update (March 27, 4:30 p.m.): Police found where the dead animals discovered on a sidewalk in Greenport next to a sign that said, “Anyone missing a cat?,” came from, Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley said Tuesday afternoon. READ
Even after 32 years and a promotion to sergeant, no police officer is ever above a little ribbing from his fellow cops. READ
Richard Collins of New York City was arrested and charged with DWI on Peconic Bay Boulevard in Mattituck last Sunday, Southold Town police said. READ
A man who fell off the back of a boat he was working on Friday afternoon in Greenport Harbor had to swim about 100 yards in frigid waters back to shore, according to Southold Town police at the scene. READ
The victim of a Shelter Island home invasion who was found bound and injured Monday afternoon was a retired elderly pastor who served the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greenport for a decade. READ
A Southold man who attempted to drag a woman into the woods while holding cutting shears to her neck in Greenport in 2016 was sentenced Friday to 42 months in prison. READ
