More than 40 K-9 officers and their dogs stood at attention as the funeral procession for Rocky passed through Veterans Memorial Park Monday morning to honor the German shepherd killed in the line of duty last week. READ
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Two teens were arrested Monday and charged with robbing a pair of stores at gunpoint, according to a police press release.
Jason Damianos, owner of Jason’s Vineyard in Jamesport, has been identified as the victim in Friday morning’s fatal car crash in Riverhead, according to a police press release.
Eric Burton (Credit: Riverhead police department)
Police are asking for the public’s help after they said a mentally disabled man on his way toward Greenport went missing in mid-May. (more…)
A Riverhead police officer leads Mercy students from the school on Jan. 14. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
UPDATE: A voice message from Carl Semmler, principal of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, said the teen arrested yesterday in relation to a bomb threat was a school student who will no longer be going to the school.
The message, sent to families of students who attend the school, said the teen “admitted to placing a threatening note on the rear windshield of a car parked in the school lot.”
The message went on to state that “the student will no longer be attending our school. Please know the safety of our students is always at the forefront of our efforts.”
Students and faculty were evacuated on Friday at McGann-Mercy. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
Two weeks after local authorities responded to four threats in two days made to local schools, Riverhead police were called to yet another bomb scare at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School — and another bomb report that turned out to be false. (more…)
Jennifer Callaghan lets go of a red balloon in memory of her husband James. (Credit: Carrie Miller)
Among the hugs and tears shed beside an all too familiar stretch of Main Road Friday morning, laughs and lanterns filled the air long before the sun came up in remembrance of James Callaghan, a Jamesport man who was killed in a hit-and-run while jogging on a foggy Jan. 16 morning just one year ago.
More than 20 people joined at the sign bordering Riverhead and Southold towns at 5:45 a.m., about the same time police believe Mr. Callaghan may have been struck by a “blue metallic” vehicle that fled the scene.
Joseph Brown III mug shot (Credit: Riverhead Town police)
A Greenport man was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly got into a dispute with a woman in Wading River, breaking an order of protection she had against him, according to a Riverhead Town police press release. (more…)
An Aquebogue man said an armed burglar broke into his window early this morning and stole $8 in cash from his wallet. (more…)
GOOGLE MAP | Farmland and woods stretch north of 5176 Sound Avenue in Northville.
Two young men were arrested for shooting guns into a county preserve north of Sound Avenue in Northville Wednesday, “just missing” police officers who were called to the area to investigate, officials said.
Police were called to a Sound Avenue property just after 6 p.m. for reports of shots fired when they realized two men were shooting in the direction of the adjacent North Fork Preserve, Riverhead Town police said.
Cops said bullets were being fired into the park, narrowly missing the officers.
An investigation determined the men had been firing shotguns and a rifle behind the home at 5176 Sound Avenue.
Travis Albrecht, 22, of Aquebogue and Scott Willet Jr., 19, were each arrested on a second-degree reckless endangerment charge for firing a rifle in the direction of the county park, police said.
Police confiscated Saiga 7.62 X 39 MK Sportsman rifle, though no other weapons were listed in a police report.
An employee at a Sound Avenue equipment and mechanic’s shop just west of the property given by police said he heard close to 40 shots fired before police arrived to investigate.
“The majority I heard were shotgun,” said the worker, who did not give a name. “I’ve never heard nothing like that before.”
He said he about a dozen police cars responded to the scene.
Mr. Albrecht and Mr. Willet were both released on $500 bail and are due in court Aug. 28.
More charges are expected, police said.
