Crime & Safety
Crimes Nearby: Cops Search for Suspects in Fatal Hit-and-Run
A woman was killed while walking in Riverhead on Tuesday.
The following information was supplied by the East End Police Departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
Two Montauk residents were arrested last month on weapons and marijuana charges after police discovered a bullet in a neighbor's swimming pool.
East Hampton Town police were called a Gilbert Road house on June 7 and found a puncture in an above-ground pool that appeared to be from a small caliber bullet. The alleged victim climbed into the pool to retrieve the bullet, and handed it over to police.
Investigators followed the possible path of the projectile, which led them to a house on Fairview Avenue, behind the Gilbert Road residence. Police spoke to 62-year-old William Evans, and they found a spent small caliber shell casing in between the deck boards on the back deck that they said was consistent with the bullet found in the swimming pool. Police also said they found a small marijuana plant on the back deck.
• Southampton Town police have charged a Hampton Bays man for allegedly selling cocaine in Southampton. On Friday, Aaron Lake, 26, was charged by the East End Task Force with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the second degree, a felony.
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• A brand-new, gray Mercedes Benz was stolen from a driveway on Dune Road this week — it is the fourth posh ride snatched from Dune Road driveways in recent weeks.
Westhampton Beach police said the latest car stolen was delivered a day earlier by a Brooklyn Mercedes Benz dealer and the keys were left hidden in the car.
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• A Hampton Bays man was arrested Tuesday for reportedly selling heroin, following a six-month investigation by the East End Drug Task Force.
According to Southampton Town police, a search warrant was executed at the Penny Lane home of 46-year-old Kenneth Moses, and he and another woman were arrested there.
Moses was charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, all felonies. Police said Moses sold heroin dating back to late January of this year.
• A Cutchogue woman was arrested Thursday after she lunged at a police officer with a knife, authorities said.
Southold Town police on patrol said they were trying to check on the well-being of a female they'd seen walking on Route 25 at about 9:30 p.m. When an officer approached the woman, a resident warned him that she had a large knife and was acting in an "erratic" manner, police said.
The woman then allegedly pointed the knife at the officer, lunging at him several times.
The officer was able to safely subdue the woman, who was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing, misdemeanors.
• A Greenport man was arrested Monday after police said he threatened to stab someone with a kitchen knife.
According to Southold Town police, Robert Lee Smith, 54, was arrested on Monday at 7:40 p.m. on Third Street in Greenport and charged with criminal contempt, a felony, menacing, a misdemeanor, and harassment, a violation, after police said he threatened to stab Harry Gamble, 60, of Greenport, with a kitchen knife.
Police said there is a valid order of protection in effect against Smith.
• A Riverhead woman died after being struck down by a driver who ran from the accident on Route 58 Tuesday.
Police responded to the intersection of Country Road 58 and Woodcrest Avenue in Riverhead at 9:21 p.m. They found a woman lying unconscious in the eastbound lane. Police identified her as Kristina M. Tfelt, 26, on Northville Turnpike.
The driver of the car and a passenger both fled the scene on foot, authorities said, heading south on Woodcrest Avenue toward Osborn Avenue.
Riverhead and Suffolk County police and K9 units searched throughout the night for the suspects, who so far have not been found.
Any witnesses are asked to call 631-727-4500 ext. 326.
• A Speonk woman was charged with a felony count of DWI after a crash on Cypress Avenue in Flanders on Friday at 8:50 a.m.
According to Southampton Town police, Dorothy Guthrie, 42, who had a prior DWI, was also charged with aggravated unlicensed, in the first degree, a felony.
Cops additionally charged her with driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor.
She is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.
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