CENTRAL ISLIP—Former Quogue Village Mayor George Motz was sentenced to eight years in federal prison last week, months after pleading guilty to securities fraud for a scheme in which he... more
A 32-year-old Southampton man has been arrested and indicted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred on March 6 on Springville Road in Hampton Bays. The Southampton Town Police Department Detective Division announced on Friday afternoon that Benjamin J. Sheen-Waltzer turned himself in to police after a months-long investigation into the accident that resulted in the death of Angel M. Asitimbay, 67. Sheen-Waltzer is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries resulting in death and tampering with physical evidence, both felonies. He was arraigned in Suffolk County Court and released on $50,000 bail, police said. ...
15 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — On October 31, Village Police assisted a private investigator in serving a cease and desist order against a Jobs Lane store that the investigator said had been proven through multiple undercover buy operations to be selling counterfeit Hermes merchandise. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A North Main Street homeowner told police on November 4 that two men had approached a domestic worker on the property and asked her if Kamala Harris lived at the residence. The men told the woman that they were going to come back later and burn down the house. The homeowner provided a description of ...
13 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
Rudy Ordonez Ruano, 36, of Shirley was arrested by Westhampton Beach Police on Sunday at 8:48 p.m. at the intersection of Montauk Highway and Depot Road and charged with misdemeanor DWI. Police said an officer observed the defendant failing to maintain his lane and crossing over the shoulder line. He was pulled over and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol, according to police, who said there were two empty Corona bottles in the backseat of the car and the defendant performed poorly on field sobriety tests. A breath test came up with a blood alcohol reading of .15. He was ...
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The Southampton Arts Center was filled with incredible talent, energy and generosity last Thursday — both on stage and in the audience, it was an all-star lineup of the men and (mostly) women who run the region’s nonprofit organizations. Having gathered for an Express Sessions conversation, it turned into a clarion call: Arts organizations, charities helping to feed families, groups focusing on aiding children, or animals, or historic preservation, or community health, or victims of domestic violence — they all had a unified message for the community — “we need help.” It must be said, the South Fork is a ...
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Will James on May 5, 2010