Two men charged with the 2021 Christmas morning murder of Steven Byrnes of Southampton have until Thursday morning, May 23, to either plead guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter... more
A divided Southampton Village Board voted last week, 4-1, to hire a police officer who until recently worked for the Village of Westhampton Beach, where in 2021 he was suspended following an off-duty rollover accident. According to a letter of reprimand, he had carried a firearm while under the influence of alcohol and left the scene of the accident without promptly reporting it. A March 2022 settlement of disciplinary charges resulted in the officer, Connor Raynor, being suspended for 30 days and forfeiting another 30 days’ worth of paid time off. He also agreed to be subject to drug and ...
by Brendan J. O’Reilly