Crimes Nearby: Attempted Murder, Robbery in Riverhead

A round-up of recent notable arrests and incidents from other areas on the East End:

EAST HAMPTON

 administrators said an incident occurred earlier this month where "Hitler-like" features, swastikas and sexual images were drawn on a photograph of the in the boys locker room. East Hampton Town police are investigating, while the school is also conducting an investigation of their own t.

RIVERHEAD 

Riverhead Town Police  man on charges of second-degree attempted murder, assault and a slew of weapons charges after a shooting on Thursday night led them to the same suspect in the unrelated  last week. 

Police said Juan F. Soyos-Pixtun shot a 20-year old Riverhead man with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun Thursday night around 10:21 p.m. near Marcy Avenue and Pulaski Street. Police arrived to find the victim on the ground suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his upper leg, police said.

Police said further investigation revealed Soyos-Pixtun as the shooter in what they said was an unrelated incident last Friday night, when police said  downtown outside the  on West Main Street at about 10 p.m. He was remanded to Suffolk County Jail and is being held on $500,000 bail.

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A grocery store across the street from  was robbed at gunpoint by two men with a shotgun on Sunday night, Riverhead Town Police said. The suspects were not apprehended and police are still looking for the alleged robbers, according to a police report of the incident.

Police said they received a call about two suspicious armed men near 726 East Main Street around 10:15 p.m. When police responded, the owner of the nearby Village Grocery at 733 East Main St. told police that he had been robbed by two men with a shotgun who fled east on foot, according to a police report of the incident. The store is located just one block from the .

After searching the area with a K9 unit, police found "proceeds from the robbery" near the railroad tracks southeast of the store, as well as a loaded 12-gauge shotgun hidden under a shed at the apartment complex on 821 East Main St., according to a police report. The two suspects were not found and remain at large, police said.

SOUTHAMPTON

Following reports of between Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, employees at the Route 27 hotel said

Police reports stated that the most recent incident came between 4:00 p.m. Nov. 3 and 8:00 a.m. on Nov. 4.

An employee at the hotel said she believes the thief could be someone previously employed by the hotel, who was released after the summer season. She said there are no signs of forced entry, and the individual could still have keys to the deadbolts.

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Southampton Town police arrested a 39-year-old Water Mill woman after they said she stole almost $8,000 from two acquaintances.

Police learned that in August that Joanna Steidle stole $4,250 cash from an acquaintance of hers who lives on Bayview Drive West in North Sea, said according to Det. Sgt. Lisa Costa. The following month, Costa said Steidle stole $3,000 cash from someone she knew who lives on Parkway Drive in Noyack.

Officers charged Steidle with two counts of second degree burglary, a felony, at police headquarters on Saturday shortly before 9:00 a.m.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

Rebecca Coleman, 19, of Riverhead, was arrested on Nov. 13 at 2:01 a.m. at the corner of Montauk Highway East and Pawnee Street in Hampton Bays and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, and DWI, a misdemeanor. Police stopped Coleman for a traffic violation when they discovered she appeared intoxicated.Her license had been suspended for a prior alcohol-related offense, police said.

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Justin Hirsch, 26, of East Patchogue, was arrested Nov. 12 at 1:34 a.m. at the corner of Squiretown Road and Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. Hirsch was stopped for a traffic violation near the intersection of Squiretown Road and Montauk Highway when police discovered he appeared intoxicated. Police also saw that Hirsch’s license had been suspended for a DWI conviction in 2007.

MILLER PLACE-ROCKY POINT

Steven DeMatteo, 29, from Shirley, was arrested on Nov. 9 at 12:25 a.m. at 572 Route 25A in Mount Sinai and was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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Danielle Raymond, 42, from Rocky Point, was arrested on Nov. 5 at approximately 10:40 a.m. and charged with fourth degree grand larceny: property value greater than $1,000. The incident took place at the New York State Department of Transportation yard in Mastic.