Crimes Nearby: 40 School Buses Vandalized

The following information was supplied by police departments on the East End. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.

Recent crimes and suspicious incidents from elsewhere on the East End:

RIVERHEAD

• Over 40 Riverhead school buses were broken into and vandalized June 7. According to Riverhead School Superintendent Nancy Carney, several individuals broke into the buses and allegedly discharged fire extinguishers, painted graffiti, and damaged electrical and mechanical systems. Riverhead Town police responded to the report of multiple criminal mischiefs and larcenies and arrested Terrance Pertillar, 19, of Riverhead and a 17-year-old male from Riverhead. Later on Friday, Sergio Gonzalez, 18, of Riverhead, was also arrested. All were charged with criminal mischief in the second degree, criminal trespass, and petty larceny.

• Southampton Town police and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are investigating an alleged incident of reckless endangerment on Sunday during which someone threw a brick through a moving vehicle in Riverside, injuring a passenger inside. Police are searching for a suspect, described as a "younger white male, with short blond hair." On Sunday, at approximately 3:45 pm, police say a 2011 Toyota Camry was heading northbound on Lake Avenue in Riverside. A passenger in a vehicle heading in the other direction allegedly leaned out the open window and threw a piece of brick or concrete at the Camry, hitting the windshield and shattering the glass on the passenger's side. The female passenger in the Camry was injured and taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment, police say.

• Desmond J. Bright, 31, of Flanders, was arrested June 7 at 9:10 a.m. in Riverside and charged with criminal impersonation in the second degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree, both misdemeanors, as well as being an unlicensed driver and littering, both violations. Police said Bright was pulled over for throwing garbage out the window while driving on Route 24 and misidentified himself to an officer.

EAST HAMPTON

•  arrested the former assistant manager at for allegedly stealing $6,300 from a safe and $1,000 from the ATM. Robert G. Wooding, 24, of East Hampton, was charged with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, on June 6. According to his arrest report, he admitted to stealing the money. He was held overnight for arraignment in .

• A man called police to Sandra Road in Springs when he noticed his neighbor's Ford F150 pick-up truck had been broken into on June 5 at about 8:50 p.m. The door was ajar and police said it looked as if someone tampered with the ignition in an attempt to start it.  

NORTH FORK

• Gerald Leskody, 50, of Cutchogue, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated on June 7 at 1:27 p.m. after police stopped him for a traffic violation on Mill Lane in Mattituck. He was found to be intoxicated and a computer check revealed that his driver’s license was suspended pending prosecution for a prior DWI, police said. Leskody was arrested and transported to Southold Police headquarters in Peconic where he was processed and held overnight for arraignment.

• Jason Slutsky, 30, of Seaford was charged with DWI on June 7 at 5:18 p.m. after he was involved in a car accident at the intersection of Route 25 and Indian Neck Lane in Peconic, police said. Slutsky was driving a 2012 Mitsubishi east on Route 25 when the vehicle left the roadway into a wooded area at the intersection and collided with several trees. Slutsky was not injured but passenger Diana Burgos, 47, of Valley Stream was treated by Southold Fire Department Rescue Squad for her injuries and transported to Eastern Long Island Hospital. Slutsky was found to be intoxicated, was arrested and transported to police headquarters in Peconic where he was processed and held for arraignment.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• Andrew Czaplick, 32, of Westhampton, was arrested June 6 at 10:38 p.m. and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, both misdemeanors. Southampton Town police said Czaplick was arrested after he was located near the Mill Road and Oneck Lane intersection driving someone else's vehicle without permission. According to police, Czaplick was found with crack cocaine.

• Elias Haniotis, 30, of Barto, Penn., was arrested June 9 at 9:44 p.m. on Elder Avenue in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Haniotis was in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle stopped in the roadway. He tried to drive away not realizing the vehicle was in park, according to the arrest report. Police said Haniotis failed sobriety tests and was transported to headquarters for processing. He was additionally charged with refusing a breath screening test.