Light Rain Fog/Mist 46°
Tag:

Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY

Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Strikes 2 Cop Cars Near Riverhead Cemetery, Police Say Drunk Driver Strikes 2 Cop Cars Near Riverhead Cemetery, Police Say
Alleged DWI Driver Strikes Cop Cars Near Riverhead Cemetery A Long Island man is accused of crashing into two police cars while driving drunk. The incident happened at around 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, near the Riverhead Cemetery on Roanoke Avenue. Riverhead Police said 28-year-old Jason Velasquez, of Riverhead, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee northbound on Roanoke Avenue when he struck two marked police vehicles. Both cars were parked and had their emergency lights flashing and were unoccupied at the time. No officers were injured. Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, along with other vehicle and traffic law violatio…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
News
Jealous Boyfriend’s Accomplice Sentenced For Helping Kill East Hampton Man On His 34th Birthday Jealous Boyfriend’s Accomplice Sentenced For Helping Kill East Hampton Man On His 34th Birthday
Jealous Boyfriend’s Accomplice Sentenced For Helping Kill East Hampton Man On His 34th Birthday An accomplice who helped a jealous Long Island man murder a 34-year-old victim on his birthday will spend nearly two decades in prison for his role in the killing. Dennis Jonathan Hernandez Abanao, age 23, was sentenced to 18 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Feb. 28. It followed his guilty plea to second-degree attempted murder in the killing of Marco Grisales, of East Hampton, in Riverhead in November 2020. Earlier Report: Jealous Boyfriend Who Killed East Hampton Man On His 34th Birthday Sentenced Prosecutors said Hernandez Abanao was recruited by 42-year–old Al…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
News
Hampton Bays Man Convicted Of Killing Romantic Rival On His Birthday Out Of Jealousy, DA Says Hampton Bays Man Convicted Of Killing Romantic Rival On His Birthday Out Of Jealousy, DA Says
Hampton Bays Man Convicted Of Killing Romantic Rival On His Birthday Out Of Jealousy, DA Says A Long Island man has been convicted of killing a 34-year-old victim on his birthday because he was jealous that he was talking to his girlfriend.  Suffolk County resident Alcides Lopez Cambara, age 42, of Hampton Bays, was convicted of the murder of Marco Grisales of East Hampton on Nov. 11, 2020, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney, who announced the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 13.  On the day of the murder, Lopez Cambara was with his then-18-year-old girlfriend, Tyara Lemus, when she received a call from Grisales asking if he could see her th…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Riverhead Man Nabbed Stealing Pocketbook From Vehicle, Police Say Riverhead Man Nabbed Stealing Pocketbook From Vehicle, Police Say
Riverhead Man Nabbed Stealing Pocketbook From Vehicle, Police Say A Long Island man has been charged with allegedly stealing a pocketbook out of a vehicle at Dunkin' Donuts. The incident took place in Riverhead around 2:50 p.m., on Monday, April 25. According to Riverhead police, an officer was investigating a car crash when he was told by a passerby that an unknown man was looking into parked vehicles at the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot on Roanoke Avenue. A short time later the investigating officer spotted a man fitting the previously reported description walking with a woman’s pocketbook, police said. The officer stopped the man and beg…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Charged After Victim Found Dead Inside Vehicle In Suffolk Man, Woman Charged After Victim Found Dead Inside Vehicle In Suffolk
Man, Woman Charged After Victim Found Dead Inside Vehicle In Suffolk A man and woman have both been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a vehicle on Long Island man last month. Suffolk County Police announced the arrests on Thursday morning, Dec. 10. Officers in Riverhead responded to a 911 call of an abandoned vehicle on the side of Roanoke Avenue, south of Green Tree Drive, at approximately 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.11. The Riverhead Police Department officers then discovered the body of Marco Grisales, 39, of Sag Habor, in the vehicle, Suffolk County Police said. Homicide Squad detectives responded to the scene and determined that…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Man, 39, Found Dead Inside Vehicle Suffolk County Man, 39, Found Dead Inside Vehicle
Suffolk County Man, 39, Found Dead Inside Vehicle  An investigation is underway after a Long Island man was found dead in a vehicle overnight. Officers in Riverhead responded to a 911 call of an abandoned vehicle on the side of Roanoke Avenue, south of Green Tree Drive, at approximately 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.11. The Riverhead Police Department officers then discovered the body of Marco Grisales, 39, of Sag Habor, in the vehicle, Suffolk County Police said. Homicide Squad detectives responded to the scene and determined that Grisales suffered head injuries. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the case to call the…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Police Officer Seriously Injured During Suffolk County Pursuit Police Officer Seriously Injured During Suffolk County Pursuit
Police Officer Seriously Injured During Suffolk County Pursuit A police pursuit involving several departments ended with a crash, seriously injuring a police officer on Long Island. The incident started around 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, when the Riverhead Police Department learned a police pursuit had entered into Riverhead from the Southold area on Sound Avenue, said Riverhead Town Police Det. Michael Schmidt. According to Schmidt, several police agencies were involved in attempting to stop a vehicle in connection with an incident that took place in Southold. A marked Riverhead Police unit was attempting to respond to the area of the pursuit to assis…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes