Crimes Nearby: Cops Say Duo Stole Car, Caught in Southampton

Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by police departments on the East End, as well as Suffolk County Police Department. An arrest does not imply a conviction.

RIVERHEAD

• A trio of Riverhead residents charged with scamming a construction worker from the winnings of his $74,000 lottery ticket were arraigned on Wednesday.

According to the office of District Attorney Thomas Spota, Yalcin Nergiz, 41, Yunis Ozturk, 33, and Orhan Ozurk, 47, "deceived the winner by paying him $774 of the $74,892 payoff when he redeemed the ticket on March 18."

SOUTHAMPTON

• Two men are being held at the Suffolk County jail in Riverside after being caught in Southampton driving in a car that was stolen a week earlier in Huntington Station, according to police.

Southampton Village police said an officer spotted a vehicle the night of May 2 traveling up North Sea Road with its headlights off and pulled it over on County Road 39. When the officer ran a computer check on the vehicle, it was learned that the 2012 Audi A6 had been reported stolen April 26, police said.

The passenger, Charles L. Stewart, 27, tried to run away, but he was caught after a brief foot chase, according to police. At 11:17 p.m., Stewart and the driver, 28-year-old William Anthony, both of Huntington Station, were placed under arrest.

EAST HAMPTON

• Kevin J. Somers, 37, of Amagansett, was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge on May 3 after his 2010 Ford struck a utility pole on Abrahams Landing Road in Amagansett. A resident of a nearby house checked on Somers after hearing the crash, and Somers asked to use their restroom. When police responded, they found Somers in the restroom. He appeared to be intoxicated. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests, and was placed under arrest. Police said he was previously convicted of DWI in 2004. The car was not seized due to the extensive damage to the front end, police said. East Hampton Town Justice Catherine A. Cahill released him on $2,000 bail.

PORT JEFFERSON

• A 32-year-old Port Jefferson Station man was caught nine days after he allegedly robbed a Seldan gas station at gun point.  

Police said Kevin Walter held up a Sunoco station on Middle Country Road in Selden, displaying a black pistol and demanding cash on April 21 at about 2:20 a.m. The cashier complied, but police didn’t disclose how much cash Walter took.

Walter's vehicle was later identified using surveillance footage from the gas station, police said. He was arrested in Selden on April 30 at about 10:35 p.m.