Friday, May 18, 2012
Southampton resident Joe Johnson, who teaches 4th grade, pleaded not guilty to an 11-count indictment.
A Riverhead fourth grade teacher arrested last month and charged with driving while intoxicated with a loaded handgun in his car pleaded not guilty to 11 charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday. According to Bob Clifford, spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, Joe Johnson, of Southampton, pleaded not guilty to all 11 charges in a grand jury indictment. The indictment said that Johnson was accused by the grand jury of Suffok County with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, "an armed violent felony," as well as one felony count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and one misdemeanor charge of criminal possession of a weapon; one count of driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, …
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Southampton Village Police Department
151 Windmill Ln, Southampton, NY
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Southampton Town Police Chief William Wilson tells Newsday the investigation could affect inmates.
The Southampton Town Police Department is re-examining two years of drug cases initiated by the now-defunct street crimes unit, Newsday.com reports. Police Chief William Wilson, who had his one-year anniversary on the job this week, told Newsday that the street crimes unit lacked oversight. He did not speak in detail about the internal review, citing an ongoing investigation by the Suffolk County district attorney office's government corruption bureau, according to Newsday. Bureau detectives seized police documents from Southampton Town Hall on May 9, supoenaed by a grand jury in connection with a criminal action against a "John Doe." The former supervisor of the street crimes unit, James Kiernan, was suspended for 38 days by the Town …
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Also on the East End this past week, a Flanders teen charged with smashing the glass door of a movie theater, and an East Hampton man charged with felony driving while impaired by drugs.
Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by East End police departments. A criminal charge is an accusation and does not indicate convictions. Recent arrests and criminal court news from elsewhere on the East End: RIVERHEAD • A man charged with murder after Mirian Garcia, 29, was found dead last week behind the Department of Motor Vehicles in Riverhead confessed to strangling the victim with a belt after raping her, according to authorities. Suffolk County homicide detectives arrested Guillermo Alfonso Alvarado-Ajcuc, 21, of Riverhead for the alleged murder of Mirian Garcia, 29 on Wednesday at approximately 6 p.m. Alvarado-Ajcuc, a Guatamalan resident who is in the United States without a green card, was charged with one …
Bridgehampton man cashed in on elderly woman's Accord after she died, police say.
A Bridgehampton man is accused of stealing a car that had belonged to an elderly woman who recently died, and selling it to an unwitting third-party. Southampton Town Police Department detectives said 47-year-old Bronte O'Neil was an acquaintance of the woman, whose 2010 Honda Accord was reported stolen from Shinnecock Hills Road West on April 15. Several weeks of investigation revealed that O'Neil sold the car, according to police. He reportedly received $5,400. O'Neil was arrested the evening of May 12 at police headquarters in Hampton Bays and charged with grand larceny in the third degree, a class-D felony. Police said he was held overnight then brought to Southampton Town Justice Court for arraignment and released on $300 bail.
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Police say White Plains man was making a left turn when he failed to stop.
Editor’s Note: The following information was supplied by the Sag Harbor Village Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions. Arrest report from the Sag Harbor Village police for the week of May 8 to May 14: Driving While Intoxicated • Joseph A. Isidori, 34, of White Plains, was arrested May 8 at 3:21 a.m. and charges with DWI, a misdemeanor, and failing to stop at a stop sign, a traffic infraction. Police said Isidori was pulled over for running through a stop sign while driving a 2007 Jeep northbound on Division Street and making a left onto Bay Street. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol and his eyes were bloodshot, police said. After being taken to police headquarters, he refused to …
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Sag Harbor Village Police
70 Division St, Sag Harbor, NY
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According to a story on 27east, former Police Capt. Anthony Tenaglia said there was no wrongdoing in regards to confidential recordkeeping.
Former Southampton Town Police Capt. Anthony Tenaglia said "There's nothing to hide" from Suffolk County prosecutors who have seized boxes of confidential records from Town Hall, according to a story on 27east. Last Wednesday, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota's office subpoenad the Southampton town clerk's office for "Any and all records documents, files, folders, boxes, audio recordings, video records or other images transported on or about May 13, 2011" as well as logs of who accessed or possessed the records since that date. Tenaglia, who was considered as a candidate for Southampton Town Police chief after the retirement of Chief James Overton last year — and was serving as acting chief on May 13, 2011 — retired in …
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Also among the week's police reports, a pool heater stolen out of a Westhampton driveway, and a Bridgehampton man reports another burglary of his home.
Crimes and suspicious incidents reported to the Southampton Town police from May 7 to May 13: Harassment • A Noyac man complained to police May 12 that a neighbor yelled at his daughter and threatened to shoot her dog because the dog is, according to the police report, doing damage on Ridge Drive. The girl and a friend were walking the dog at the time of the incident, police said. No arrests have been made. Police are monitoring the situation. Grand Larceny • A Westhampton man who lives on Sweet Grass Road reported to police May 12 that someone stole his pool heater that was stored in his driveway. No suspects have been named but police are following up on the matter. The missing pool heater is valued at $3,500. • In Bridgehampton on May …
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Also in the week's arrest files, a Mastic woman is charged with DWI on County Road 39.
Editor’s Note: The following information was supplied by the Southampton Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions. Southampton Town Police arrest reports from east of the Shinnecock Canal for the week of May 7 to May 13. Criminal Possession of Stolen Property • Kerri Ligouri, 46, of East Moriches, was arrested May 8 at 11:08 p.m. on Old Riverhead Road West in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a class-E felony. Police said Ligouri had attempted to pawn an item of jewelry that had been stolen in the jurisdiction of the town of Southampton. She was processed at police headquarters and released on an appearance ticket to appear at …
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Nicholas Reisini charged after being pulled over in North Sea.
A Connecticut man arrested in North Sea early Sunday morning faces drug and weapons possession charges. Southampton Town police said 25-year-old Nicholas Reisini was pulled over at 1:50 a.m. on Noyac Road for an equipment violation and found to be driving with a suspended license. Further investigation revealed he had hashish, marijuana and metal knuckles, as well as a digital scale, packaging material and a large sum of cash, all of which were seized, police said. Reisini was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a felony, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth …
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Southampton Town Police Department
110 Old Riverhead Rd, Hampton Bays, NY
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Police say Sag Harbor woman was pulled over after impeding traffic and was found to be intoxicated.
Editor’s Note: The following information was supplied by the Sag Harbor Village Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions. Arrest report from the Sag Harbor police for the week of May 1 to May 7: • Pamela A. Collum, 45, of Southampton, was arrested May 6 at 3:02 a.m. on Division Street and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, as well as driving too slow, a traffic infraction. Police said Collum was driving a 2002 Land Rover southbound on Division Street and “impeding the flow of traffic.” Police said she performed poorly on sobriety tests and was subsequently brought to police headquarters for booking and held for arraignment.
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Sag Harbor Village Police
70 Division St, Sag Harbor, NY
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11:38 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
So, this guy was driving drunk with a loaded handgun in the car and talking on a cellphone and the cops got 11 charges out of that? Did he fail to manifest a properly respectful attitude? more ›