Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Springs Man Stabbed Outside His Home

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• A resident of the Springs Fireplace Apartments was stabbed outside his home on Monday morning. East Hampton Town police say his attacker, Carlos Bedoya, of Prospect Boulevard, has been arrested and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, although a search is underway to find the knife. Police Chief Ed Ecker said that Ismael Hernandez, who is 36, was stabbed in the stomach outside of his apartment at 140 Springs Fireplace Road at around 5 a.m. Emergency medical services transported him to Southampton Hospital, where he underwent an operation and is listed in stable condition

RIVERHEAD

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 • Riverhead resident Steven Tracy, 46, was arrested and charged with assault in the third degree after police alleged he punched his girlfriend in the face, causing a laceration above her left eye and a bump on her head. According to Riverhead Town Police, a call was received at approximately 1:54 a.m. Saturday night; Tracy allegedly got into a dispute with his girlfriend on Second Street in Riverhead, punching her in the face. She was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center by ambulance for treatment of her injuries; he was arrested and held overnight for a Sunday morning arraignment.

• Also on Saturday, Riverhead Town police arrested Juan Tzoc-Tambriz, 36, on Peconic Avenue at approximately 4:13 p.m. on Saturday and charged him with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Police say they observed Tzoc-Tambriz allegedly failing to maintain his lane and driving over the center pavement markings. He was held overnight for a Sunday morning arraignment.

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• Riverhead Town Police also arrested Daniel Miguel-Ramirez, of Peconic, on Sound Avenue at approximately 3:11 a.m. on Saturday and charged him with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned on Saturday and posted $500 cash bail, police say.

SOUTHAMPTON

• Korey Sammarco, 22, of Shirley, was arrested Aug. 13 at 2:25 a.m. on Noyac Road in Noyac and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Sammarco was walking down Noyac Road and when approached by police, he ran off into the woods. When a police officer caught up and spoke to Sammarco and checked the area, the officer discovered that a vehicle in the area had been rummaged through and belongings were taken out of it, according to the arrest report. The belongings were found to be in Sammarco’s car on another street in the area, police said.

• Joseph R. Spezzano, 33, of North Shirley, was arrested Aug. 13 at 4:24 a.m. in Noyac and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Spezzano was found hiding in bushes off Noyac Road with items he stole from a car.
Felony Driving While Intoxicated

• Wesley N. Collins, 31, of Southampton, was arrested Aug. 13 at 3:18 a.m. and charged with felony DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first Degree, also a felony, for having a prior DWI conviction, according to police. Police said they stopped Collins for driving a 2011 Chevrolet westbound on County Road 39 while failing to keep his vehicle in his lane of travel. Upon further investigation, he was arrested, processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.
Drugs

• Robert S. Davis, 51, of Southampton, was arrested Aug. 12 at 1:41 a.m. and charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, all misdemeanors. Davis was in possession of crack cocaine and OxyContin, police said.

NORTH FORK

• Wayne E. Rogers, 55, of Greenport, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana on Aug. 12 at 10:43 p.m., afterobserved him smoking a pipe outside of therestaurant in Greenport, police said. Upon seeing the officer, Rogers ran into the Rhumb Line's bathroom, police said. When officers made entry into the bathroom, a pipe containing hashish was found smoking in the garbage, police said. Rogers was arrested, transported to police headquarters in Peconic and released on bail for a later court date.

• Rona Simmons, 40, of Riverhead, was charged with petit larceny on Aug. 9 at 7:34 p.m., after police responded to a report that Simmons had taken several items from the Mattituck Waldbaum’s grocery store without paying for them, police said. She was arrested, transported to police headquarters in Peconic, processed and released on $250 bail.  


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