Police & Fire

Riverhead Police report the arrest last night of a Level 3 Sex Offender for failure to register and verify as required by the State Sex Offender Registration Act.

A 29-year-old homeless man was arrested on a burglary charge by Riverhead Town Police today in connection with his alleged theft of cash from an East Main Street laundromat April 22, according to a police press release.

Riverhead Town Police reported 165 criminal incidents and 103 arrests in April 2023, according to a monthly crime report released by Police Chief David Hegermiller this month.

One of the men arrested in the attempted holdup is a parolee released from prison in March on a prior attempted robbery conviction. The other man was found to be in possession of a stolen debit card and was additionally charged with Grand Larceny and Possession of Stolen Property offenses.

Excerpts of Riverhead Town Police press report for Friday, May 5 through Sunday, May 7, 2023. Police reported a total of 289 incidents.

Marcire Springfield, 19, left, and Nasir Scruggs, 17, both Timothy Hill Children's Ranch on May 7 at about 10 p.m., according to Riverhead Police. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call police at 631-727-4500.

West Main Street is closed between Marcy Avenue and Mill Road this morning due to an accident involving a garbage truck just east of the intersection with Mill Road.

Excerpts of Riverhead Town Police press report for Thursday, May 3, 2023. Police reported a total of 92 incidents.

Excerpts of Riverhead Town Police press report for Thursday, May 4, 2023. Police reported a total of 134 incidents.

Editor’s note: This compilation of reported incidents does not include traffic stops, aided cases (ambulance calls), reports of suspicious persons/vehicles or other complaints determined by the responding officer to be unfounded or resolved prior to police arrival, automatic alarms resulting in no further police action, and miscellaneous service calls, including traffic light malfunctions, and noncriminal death investigations.