Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Suspects Sought in Riverhead Fatal Hit-and-Run

A woman was killed while walking in Riverhead on Tuesday.

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East Hampton

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. 

North Fork

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• 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.

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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. 

Riverhead

• 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.

Southampton  

• A Water Mill woman stands charged with violating Leandra’s Law, a felony, for reportedly driving drunk with her 14-month-old child in her car.

According to Southampton Town police, Laura Bowery-Falco, 44, was involved in a physical dispute with the family nanny on Thursday and left the scene in her car, bringing her toddler along with her. After driving to her mother’s house on Roses Grove Road in Water Mill at around 2:20 p.m., according to a police report, an officer saw her get out of the car with her child.

Bowery-Falco was arrested on the aggravated driving while intoxicated charge, elevated to a felony due the child passenger, in addition to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child, and a second-degree harassment charge, which is a violation.


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