Crimes Nearby: Drug Possession, Larceny, Assault

Riverhead:

Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance

Southampton Town Police arrested a 38-year-old Riverhead woman and 41-year-old man from upstate New York on drug charges last week.
Police said officers approached Tara Bennett and Brian Hambrick, who were parked on the corner of Flanders Road and Enterprise Zone Drive in Riverside on Oct. 18 at about 12:42 a.m. Bennett, the passenger, admitted to officers that she had a needle and crack cocaine with her, according to a police report.
Police said they discovered that Hambrick, who is from Monroe, New York had crack in a glass pipe.
Bennett was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, both misdemeanors. Police charged Hambrick with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

DWI
Christopher Dopkins, 48, of Mount Sinai was arrested and charged with DWI on Oct. 15, after he was allegedly caught driving a party bus while nearly three times the legal limit, according to police.
Dopkins, who worked for Red Carpet Limousines, was driving a wine tour bus with 25 passengers on Sound Avenue when a man at his company called to speak to Dopkins. The Red Carpet official thought Dopkins sounded intoxicated and called police, said Lt. Robert Peeker.
Police also received a call from a witness who said the bus driver drove over a traffic sign, Peeker said. Police pulled Dopkins over in the parking lot of East Wind, where he blew a .21 blood alcohol content, police said.
"[The passengers] were going out to have a good time so they could drink, but unfortunately he violated that trust," Peeker said. He added that no children were on the bus at the time.
Dopkins was charged with Aggravated DWI, a felony, and held for arraignment.

Robbery
A Riverhead man told police that two unknown men put him in a chokehold, stole money from his wallet, threw him to he ground and punched him in the head, according to a police report.
The alleged victim told police he was walking on Segal Avenue in Riverhead when two men approached him and "asked him if he wanted to do business," according to a report. When the victim said no and began to walk away, he was grabbed from behind and put in a chokehold, police said. One of the men reached into the victim's pocket and took out his phone and wallet, emptying the wallet of about $348 dollars in cash. The two men then allegedly threw the victim to the ground and punched him in the head.
The two suspects were allegedly last seen by the victim getting into a black vehicle occupied by two other unknown suspects, police said.
The victim reported no injuries after the mugging, according to a police report. Police said they are still investigating the incident.

Miller Place-Rocky Point:

A Miller Place man was stopped on the Northern State Parkway near Glen Cove Road Thursday morning for moving unsafely from lane to lane, New York State Police said.
When stopped at approximately 11:20 a.m., the trooper noticed the driver, Jeffrey Albano, 47, of Miller Place, had constricted pupils, droopy eyelids and slow speech. After failing sobriety tests, he was arrested for DWI Drugs. A search of the vehicle then revealed eight decks of heroin, police said.
Albano complained of pain in his feet and legs while in custody and was taken to Nassau University Medical Center for observation, where he began spitting at members of the hospital staff and using offensive language, according to police.
He was arrested for DWI Drugs, seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (a misdemeanor), disorderly conduct and traffic violations.

Donald Thrasher, 42, of Rocky Point was arrested Oct. 19 for allegedly throwing a rock through the glass front door of a barbershop at 576 Route 25A in Rocky Point.

Bryan Crane, 34 from Mount Sinai was arrested Oct. 19 in Selden and charged with petty larceny. Crane allegedly removed cash from someone else’s account through an ATM.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

DWI

James Gibbons, 60, of Houston was arrested Friday at 12:43 p.m. on North Phillips Avenue in Speonk and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Gibbons was in a car accident, colliding with the Long Island Rail Road gate and a Ford pickup truck driven by an Eastport man, according to police. Upon investigation, police discovered Gibbons appeared intoxicated, officers said. An ambulance took him to for minor injuries.

Robbery

A 21-year-old Westhampton man told police that two men jumped him and stole his alcoholic beverage early last Wednesday, October 19.

While the Westhampton man was walking on Montauk Highway in Quiogue between and the , two men came up to him and took a 24-ounce container of Mike’s Hard Lemonade from his sweatshirt pocket.

The Westhampton man was highly intoxicated at the time of the robbery, and suffered a cut on his forehead and wrist, police said. Officers are investigating.

Burglary

A 34-year-old man from Hampton Bays told Town Police that sometime between 9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17 and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 someone went into his work site on Suffolk Road in Hampton Bays and stole almost $5,000 worth of equipment, including saws, air guns, dehumidifiers and a safe. Town detectives are investigating.

Larceny

A 62-year-old man from Hampton Bays told Town Police that sometime between last Wednesday, Oct. 19 and Friday someone stole a 1979 white Ford van, which contained copper fittings and tools, from his Canoe Place Road property. The man told police that he thinks it was removed by a tow truck. Police are investigating but do not have any suspects or leads yet.

Unlicensed Operation

Charles Johnson, 26, of Southampton was stopped Friday at 10:23 p.m. at the corner of Montauk Highway East and Peconic Road in Hampton Bays and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Johnson was stopped for a traffic violation when police discovered that his license was suspended and he had a small amount of marijuana, officers said.

Burglary

A 52-year-old builder from East Quogue told police that sometime between 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 12:31 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 someone kicked in the front door of a home he owns on Reeves Bay Trail and took copper piping from the basement, causing it to flood. Copper piping was also stolen from the first-floor bedroom, and the sheetrock in the room was destroyed as well, police said.

Southampton:  


Petty Larceny
John Dupee, 36, of Bridgehampton was arrested Oct. 18 at 2:41 p.m. at the on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton and charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Dupee took groceries from the store without paying, police said.
Burglary

A 39-year-old man from Sagaponack told town police Friday that sometime between Oct. 10 and Oct. 19, someone went into his Parsonage Lane home and stole two Apple iMac computers, worth $2,150 each. It appears that someone may have used a key under a doormat to enter the house, police said. There are also latent prints on the desk officers will investigate, according to town police.
Stalking

A 49-year-old Southampton woman is seeking an order of protection against her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend, according to town police.
The Southampton woman told police Friday at 9:22 p.m. that her 36-year-old boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend has telephoned, texted and posted Facebook comments about her current relationship, according to police narrative.
The ex-girlfriend, a 33-year-old Riverhead woman, has also threatened her and cursed at her. The woman is going to to seek the protective order, according to police documentation.

East Hampton

Zachary A. Martin, 29, of East Hampton, was arrested after his girlfriend said he attacked her with a utensil on Oct. 15. Police were called to Abraham's Path for a domestic dispute at about 10:30 p.m. and found Martin's girlfriend injured. She reportedly told them she had been attacked with either a knife or a fork, which was consistent with her injuries, police said. The Amagansett Fire Department's ambulance company transported her to Southampton Hospital. Martin had already left the scene, but police arrested him at the house on Oct. 16 at about 3:45 a.m. He was charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, a misdemeanor. Following arraignment in East Hampton Town Justice Court, he was turned over to the Suffolk County Sheriff's office and held on $5,000 bail.

Maria M. Castro, 34, of Hampton Bays, was charged with third-degree identity theft after being arrested at police headquarters on Oct. 17 for an alleged crime that took place in New Jersey. The Mantua Police Department contact East Hampton Town police about a victim of identity theft whose Social Security card was compromised. Police tracked down the use of the Social Security card to in Wainscott. Castro had allegedly been using a Social Security card that wasn't hers since 2002. She turned herself into police, accompanied by an attorney and was released on $200 station-house bail. She will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Nov. 10.