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Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Trio Arraigned in Lotto Scam

Also on the East End: Mattituck man arrested in PCP bust; Amagansett man charged with felony DWI after crash.

Recent notable crime news from elsewhere on the East End:  

RIVERHEAD          
 

• A trio of Riverhead residents charged with scamming a construction worker from the winnings of his $74,000 lottery ticket were arraigned on Wednesday.          

According to the office of District Attorney Thomas Spota, Yalcin Nergiz, 41, Yunis Ozturk, 33, and Orhan Ozurk, 47, "deceived the winner by paying him $774 of the $74,892 payoff when he redeemed the ticket on March 18."                     
NORTH FORK  

• A Mattituck man was slapped with a felony charge after a search warrant led to a drug bust at his home on the morning of May 2.             

Police said they found PCP, marijuana, a scale, and cash at the residence on Old Sound Avenue. Ed Thompson, 43, was arrested at 6:55 a.m., and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a felony, criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.             

The East End Drug Task Force, along with Southold Town police, searched the house as a result of an investigation into drug sales activity on the North Fork. The Suffolk County Police Emergency Services Unit, a Southold police K-9 unit, and New York State K-9 units assisted in the search.           

• A 61-year-old man was arrested and charged with stalking a 19-year-old woman in Southold, town police said. Cesar Muralles, who lives in Southold, was charged with stalking in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.              

EAST HAMPTON       

• Kevin J. Somers, 37, of Amagansett, was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge on May 3 after his 2010 Ford struck a utility pole on Abrahams Landing Road in Amagansett. A resident of a nearby house checked on Somers after hearing the crash, and Somers asked to use their restroom. When police responded, they found Somers in the restroom. He appeared to be intoxicated. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests, and was placed under arrest. Police said he was previously convicted of DWI in 2004. The car was not seized due to the extensive damage to the front end, police said. East Hampton Town Justice Catherine A. Cahill released him on $2,000 bail.          

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