Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent F. DeMarco has introduced the Can-Am Spyder Roadster, the newest vehicle in his arsenal against aggressive drivers on the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway. The... more
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 ...
by Staff Writer
Southampton Town Police and the Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help to identify two people who stole merchandise from the Macy’s department store in Hampton Bays last month. The pair, a man and a woman who were captured on the store’s security cameras, stole several items of clothing from the store shortly before 8 p.m. on October 19, authorities said. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of the pair. Anyone with information about the crime can call 1-800-220-TIPS, or message police through the P3 Tips mobile app or ...
by Staff Writer
A Legal Aid Society investigator’s lawsuit brought against Southampton Village to obtain police department rules and regulations has been resolved after the police department supplied the requested documents, with redactions. The investigator, Richard Burns, filed a Freedom of Information request in person at the Southampton Village Police Department in January and made the same request of several other East End police departments that month. Southampton Village was the only municipality to tell him that it would take nearly a full year for his request to be fulfilled. The reason given for the long-anticipated wait was that the police department did ...
12 Nov 2024 by Brendan J. O’Reilly
Southampton Town Supervisor Maria Moore last week declared a townwide state of emergency over the threat of wild fires due to the extreme dry conditions thanks to months without rain and expected periods of high winds. The state of emergency will remain in effect for 30 days unless it is rescinded or extended. The supervisor’s announcement on Friday, November 8, pointed to the long stretch of dry weather — now nearly three months — during which only trace amounts of rain have fallen across the town. According to the National Weather Service, the last measurable rainfall on the East End ...
8 Nov 2024 by Stephen J. Kotz
Alan Vasquez, 18, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Quogue Village Police on November 4 and charged with misdemeanor DWI. Vasquez was observed speeding on Dune Road in Quogue at 10:49 p.m. on November 4 and was pulled over, police said, and an investigation revealed he was intoxicated. He also had an open alcohol container in his car, police added. He was held for morning arraignment and then released. Christopher Martinez, 19, of Hampton Bays was arrested by Southampton Town Police at 2:34 a.m. on November 2 and charged with misdemeanor DWI after a police officer saw his vehicle stopped ...
6 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Cameron Street resident called Village Police on October 29 to report that he has seen several suspicious people trespassing on his property through the property’s remote camera system. Upon investigation by police, one of the people witnessed was determined to be a power line service employee and the others were police officers, who had come to the house after its alarm system went off by accident. Nonetheless, the homeowner requested extra patrols of the street by uniformed police officers. Police suggested he get more cameras so that he could monitor more of the property remotely. SOUTHAMPTON ...
by Staff Writer
Two Southampton Town Police officers have filed separate lawsuits this fall alleging discrimination against them by department superiors over long periods of time. Both lawsuits claim that the officers, Nelson Gonzalez and John Giambone, have seen their career advancement constrained by discrimination against them by their superiors, been issued unwarranted internal punishments, been subject to verbal insults and, in the case of Giambone, a physical one. Both are seeking financial compensation for lost pay due to wrongly denied promotions and damages for emotional suffering and punitive damages against the town. Gonzalez, who has been a town officer since 2003 and ...
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