Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: J-Lo's Stalker Found at Her Water Mill Property, Cops Say

Also: Police looking for help to find a man who went on a shopping spree in Riverhead.

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

SOUTHAMPTON

• A man whom police said is stalking actress-singer Jennifer Lopez was arrested at her Water Mill house earlier this month.

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Southampton Town police said workers at the house called police after a suspicious man was found on Lopez's property on Aug. 8.

John M. Dubis, a 49-year-old who lives on Rhode Island, was reportedly living in the pool house for a week. Lopez, the mother to twins with singer Marc Anthony, was not present at the time.

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According to police, she already had an Order of Protection against him.

• On Aug. 15, police charged Patrick J. Nichols, 19, of Lantana, Fla. with burglary in the second-degree, a felony, and two counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.  Police said they responded to a burglar alarm at a residence on Bowden Square at 2:33 a.m., and found Nichols in the kitchen of the residence. Police said the man allegedly broke out a kitchen window with a wooden table to gain access.

EAST HAMPTON

• A New York City man was arrested Tuesday on a rape charge after police said they were called to a disturbance at his East Hampton house.

East Hampton Town Police Detective Lt. Chris Anderson said Jason Lee, 37, stands charged with first-degree rape, a felony. A 20-year-old woman accused him of forcing her to have sex with him at his house on Clover Leaf Lane.

Lee retained Sag Harbor attorney Edward Burke Jr. who said, "My client is adamant that this did not occur."

RIVERHEAD

• Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and identity theft detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for using a victim’s debit card to go shopping in Riverhead.

Police said a man went into a Target, located at 1150 Old Country Road, a Walgreen’s, located on 1196 Old Country Road and a Kmart, located at 605 Old Country Road, and made several purchases using a victim’s debit card information on April 24.


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