Crimes Nearby: Man High on Pot Laced With Embalming Fluid Bites Officer

RIVERHEAD:

allegedly high on marijuana laced with embalming fluid on felony assault charges after they said he bit a police officer while resisting arrest. Police were called to the Budget Host Inn in Riverside on Feb. 18 morning shortly before 11 a.m. in response to two people reportedly involved in a fight in the Budget Host parking lot. Police stated that upon investigating the pair, both attacked police officers, and as police attempted to arrest both of them, Julian Wright, 38, of Riverhead, bit a police officer in the hand. Wright was arrested on charges of second-degree assault, a felony, and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and harassment. Tracy Mitchell, 37, of Flanders, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest.

• Riverhead Police arrested a Riverhead woman on DWI charges under Leandra's Law on Feb. 16. Ranisha Pendleton, 28, was stopped around 2 a.m. after police said she failed to maintain her lane while driving westbound on Route 58. Upon investigation, police said they found a one-year-old child to be in the car. She was charged with DWI/Leandra's Law, transported to police headquarters, processed and held for morning arraignment.

• A 16-year-old from Wading River was arrested on petit larceny charges on Feb. 16. According to police, a woman reported that the teen came to her car with other individuals, opened her car door and took an iPad and laptop computer, valued at a total of $900. The woman caught up with the teen, recovered her items, and called police. The teen was transported to police headquarters, processed and held on $500 bail.

MILLER PLACE - ROCKY POINT:

• Four were arrested Feb. 15 in Coram and charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Julie Terveen, 21, and Frank Potter, 24, of Sound Beach, and John Kaastra, 29, and Nicholas Roosa, 26, of Rocky Point, were arrested in a 2002 Mercury Sable. Potter was also charged with fourth degree criminal weapons possession for allegedly having a gravity knife.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS:

• Anthony Mule, 21, of East Quogue, was arrested Feb. 19 at 4:25 a.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and two counts of menacing in the second degree, all felonies. Police said Mule was near when they received reports that he was menacing two people with a .38 caliber handgun.

• Robert M. Reyer, 27, of Hampton Bays, was arrested Feb. 18 at 5:20 a.m. at his home and charged with criminal mischief in the third degree, a felony. Police said Reyer was involved in a domestic incident in Hampton Bays with his ex-girlfriend and slashed her current boyfriend’s tires.

• Tijay A. Clairborne, 20, of Riverhead, was arrested Feb. 15 at 10:02 a.m. at police headquarters in Hampton Bays and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony. Police said Clairborne turned himself in for a grand larceny that occurred in August 2011 at a Donald Avenue residence in Riverside. According to police, Claiborne, was familiar with and had permission to be in the Donald Drive home when he stole an undisclosed amount of jewelry from it. He was processed and transported to Southampton Town Justice Court for arraignment.

• Debra Heyden, 55 of East Quogue was arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with two counts of grand larceny, four counts of possession of a forged instrument, and one count of grand larceny, all felonies. The charges, police say stem from the result of an August report in which police say Heyden allegedly cashed three checks, totaling $13,700, to an account that was not hers.

• Brandy Spears, 32, Shirley, was arrested Feb. 14 at 11:29 a.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Spears was stopped on East Tiana Road for a traffic infraction near the intersection with Montauk Highway and a subsequent investigation revealed she was in possession of Oxycodone pills, police said. She was additionally charged with driving without a seatbelt, a traffic infraction. She was arrested and transported to police headquarters for processing.

SOUTHAMPTON:

• Juan S. Flores-Aparicio, 21, of Southampton, was arrested Feb. 17 at 4:29 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a felony, and petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Southampton Village police said they were called a complaint of a shoplifter at, where Flores-Aparicio allegedly stole a bottle of Beverly Hills Polo Club Cologne. Police said he had a forged social security card on him. He was processed and released after posting $250 bail.

• Karen A. Renz, 30, of Selden, was arrested Feb. 17 at 12:02 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree, both misdemeanors. She was processed and released after posting $100 bail, Southampton Village police said.

• James K. White, 51, of Southampton, was arrested Feb. 16 at 1:40 p.m. and charged with petty larceny and assault in the third degree, both misdemeanors. Southampton Town police said White was involved in an argument Feb. 14 on Highlands Drive in Noyac with a woman and he took her cellphone and ran over her foot as he was backing out of a driveway. He turned himself in at police headquarters, police said.

• While investigating gunshots reported on Henry Street, discovered a .22 caliber round on a bed, which they say entered the home from outside. The call came at 2:35 p.m. on Feb. 9.  Police said they determined that a stray bullet hit the house while an 18-year-old was. "He was trying to exterminate some of the rodents," Det. Sgt. Herman Lamison said.

EAST HAMPTON:

• Kimberly L. Lojewski, 34, of Belchertown, Mass., was arrested after she refused to leave the on Feb. 12. She was reportedly observed kicking the side of the door at about 11:30 p.m., when police advised her to enter through the front door. When she came in, she was unsteady on her feet and appeared intoxicated. She requested to stay at the precinct for the night, and was told she could not, though she was offered ride. She was asked to leave several times, but refused, so she was placed under arrest, police said. A search revealed she was in possession of two pills that turned out to be Lorazepam and nine small green pills that were Clonazepam, both of which are controlled substances. Lojewski was charged with trespass, a violation, and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

• Agatha A. Zorawski, 24, of Huntington, was arrested on an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation, after an accident in Wainscott on Saturday at about 2:40 p.m. Police came upon two vehicles stopped on Montauk Highway near Wainscott-Northwest Road. The driver of the Toyota said that he had been struck from behind by the Ford Mustang. Police said Zorawski was behind the wheel of the Mustang and she appeared drunk. Held for arraignment overnight, she was released on $300 bail.