Crime & Safety
Quogue Village Police: 5 Crack Rocks Found in Riverhead Man's Car
The following information was supplied by the Quogue Village Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
Reports from Nov. 22 through Nov. 29:
Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
Jerome Carey, 27 of Riverhead, was arrested by Quogue Village Police Nov. 28 at 1:35 a.m. on County Road 104 in Quogue and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Carey was stopped by police for having a taillight out and officers say they found that he had five individually wrapped crack rocks, officers said.
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Falsely Reporting an Accident
Marta Garcia, 36, of East Quogue, was arrested Nov. 24 at 7:55 a.m. at police headquarters on Jessup Avenue in Quogue and charged with falsely reporting an incident and false written statement, both misdemeanors. Police say that Garcia’s 15-year-old son, who does not have a driver’s license, was allegedly in a one-car accident on Nov. 17 at 6:03 p.m., but Garcia said she was driving the car at the time. Police say they used witness statements and other information to discover that Garcia's son was the one driving the car.
