Police Seek Help Locating Missing East Hampton Man
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Police are searching for a missing East Hampton man, Lucas T. Desario.
Police are searching for a missing East Hampton man, Lucas T. Desario.
Staff Writer on Jun 8, 2023
The East Hampton Town Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing East Hampton man. Family members reported Lucas T. Desario missing on Wednesday, June 7, after... more
The East Hampton Town Police Department issued an alert on Monday morning about a phishing scam circulating on Facebook. “There is a [Facebook] post circulating regarding a found 2-year-old child in East Hampton,” the post reads. “This is not real, please delete this post and do not share it. This is a phishing scam, posted in hopes to get clicks and possibly spread virus or hack your social media profile. Please delete and do not open or share the fake post.” Phishing is defined as the practice of sending messages purporting to be from reputable sources intended to induce people ...
11 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
An 18-year-old Springs man is facing two felony charges of assault in the second degree after a Halloween Day incident resulted in two police officers being taken to the hospital, according to East Hampton Village Police. Police said officers on routine patrol, some on bikes, in the area of Herrick Park during the Halloween night celebration, confronted Nicholas John Lamonda, part of a group of teens near the softball field in Herrick Park, who were spraying shaving cream and throwing eggs. The confrontation began a little after 7 p.m., the reports indicate. When police approached the group, they began walking ...
1 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
A Springs man who has been convicted of felony DWI three times within the past four years, and was released earlier this year from state prison on parole after serving 17 months following his latest 2022 conviction, is back in jail, likely headed to state prison again following yet another felony DWI arrest. Manuel C. Chillogalli Suqui, 46, was indicted on Friday by a grand jury on two felony counts of DWI, following his arrest by East Hampton Town Police the evening of October 21. Chillogalli Suqui has been in custody in county jail since that arrest. He is scheduled ...
29 Oct 2024 by T.E. McMorrow
An East Hampton man was killed Sunday morning after his motorcycle collided with another motorcycle on Old Country Road in Riverhead. Riverhead Town Police said Christian Gutierrez, 21, of East Hampton died at the scene from injuries sustained when his 2024 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R struck a 2006 Yamaha R6 driven by Rodolfo Castillo, 54, of Southampton. Police did not say if Castillo was injured or what may have caused the crash, which occurred after 8 a.m. near the Target store. The Riverhead Police Department’s Detective Division and the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Unit responded to the scene of ...
6 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
The East Hampton Town Police Department has issued a notice detailing a “nationwide school threat” involving mass shootings that is circulating via social media but is described as noncredible. According to the police department, the threat references “a series of escalating incidents culminating with a fire alarm being pulled and a shooter targeting those evacuating.” Police add that the origin of the threat has been repeatedly investigated and found to be noncredible. The notice adds that no specific threats to schools in the department’s jurisdiction have been received. “However, the repeated reposting of these threats in local group chats can ...
19 Sep 2024 by Christopher Walsh
At the heart of Main Street, three East Hampton Village police officers wrestled a man they said was reaching for a loaded Glock 19 pistol to the ground on Saturday evening and subdued him. Alexis Ramirez Reyes — whose parents live in Bridgehampton but who has been living out of his car, a 2013 Jeep Cherokee, for the past two years, the court was told during his arraignment Sunday morning — was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree, namely a loaded Glock with a live round in the chamber, along with two counts of criminal possession ...
1 Sep 2024 by T.E. McMorrow
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Staff Writer on Jun 8, 2023