Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Cops Search for Suspects in 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. 

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

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• Southampton Town police have charged a Hampton Bays man for allegedly selling cocaine in Southampton.  On Friday, Aaron Lake, 26, was charged by the East End Task Force with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the second degree, a felony.

• A brand-new, gray Mercedes Benz was stolen from a driveway on Dune Road this week — it is the fourth posh ride snatched from Dune Road driveways in recent weeks.

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Westhampton Beach police said the latest car stolen was delivered a day earlier by a Brooklyn Mercedes Benz dealer and the keys were left hidden in the car.

• A Hampton Bays man was arrested Tuesday for reportedly selling heroin, following a six-month investigation by the East End Drug Task Force.

According to Southampton Town police, a search warrant was executed at the Penny Lane home of 46-year-old Kenneth Moses, and he and another woman were arrested there.

Moses was charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, all felonies. Police said Moses sold heroin dating back to late January of this year.

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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