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Teen Filmed Moment Pastor, NY Native Was Gunned Down In Front Of Wife, Children Teen Filmed Moment Pastor, NY Native Was Gunned Down In Front Of Wife, Children
Teen Filmed Moment Pastor, NY Native Was Gunned Down In Front Of Wife, Children After being displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Nick Davi and his wife Sarah relocated to Las Vegas to start a family. Nearly two decades later, the beloved pastor – a New York native who graduated from Long Island’s Riverhead High School – was shot to death outside his home in front of his horrified wife and two children. North Las Vegas Police said the family’s 36-year-old neighbor, Joe Junio, opened fire on the couple inside their gated community at around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Junio was upset that the family had made a complaint about her to their homeowner’s association…

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Driver Follows High School Students On Long Island, Asks About Social Media Accounts Driver Follows High School Students On Long Island, Asks About Social Media Accounts
Driver Follows High School Students On Long Island, Asks About Social Media Accounts Police are investigating after a driver reportedly followed and harassed two high school students on Long Island. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12, near Riverhead High School. As the students walked back to campus after lunch, a silver pickup truck began following them, according to Superintendent Augustine Tornatore. The truck stopped before they reached school grounds, and the driver asked the students for their social media profiles. “The students ignored the driver and walked onto the school grounds and into the building,” Tornatore said. “The students reported …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Riverhead High School Student Selected Selected For Prestigious All-State Band Riverhead High School Student Selected Selected For Prestigious All-State Band
Riverhead High School Student Selected Selected For Prestigious All-State Band A Long Island high school student was selected for the 2022 New York State School Music Association All-State Band. Bryan Enos, who is currently in his senior year at Riverhead High School, was chosen based on his bass trombone solo for NYSSMA in the spring of 2022, for which he received a perfect school, school officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 20. “I am super excited, humbled, and honored to be a part of this amazing experience,” Bryan said in the announcement. Others in the district also praised Bryan's hard work. “We take great pride in Bryan for this accomplishment,” Ri…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Long Island School Dealing With Third Terror Threat In Less Than Week Long Island School Dealing With Third Terror Threat In Less Than Week
Long Island School Dealing With Third Terror Threat In Less Than Week For the third time in less than a week, a Long Island school district is dealing with another terror threat from a student. The latest incident took place in Riverhead at Riverhead Middle School at 600 Harrison Ave., on Monday, June 6. Police responded to the school on Monday after being notified by district officials that a student had allegedly threatened to conduct an act of violence against faculty members and students, said the Riverhead Police. The student was removed from class and his family is currently working with Riverhead Police during the investigation, police said. Related…

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by Kathy Reakes
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15-Year-Old Charged After Threatening 'To Shoot Up' Long Island High School, Police Say 15-Year-Old Charged After Threatening 'To Shoot Up' Long Island High School, Police Say
15-Year-Old Charged After Threatening 'To Shoot Up' Long Island High School, Police Say A Long Island boy has been charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening to "shoot up" a local high school. The incident took place in Riverhead around 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 1 at Riverhead High School located at 700 Harrison Ave. The 15-year-old made the threat when police were on campus for an unrelated incident when he yelled into a classroom "I'm gonna shoot up the school," said the Riverhead Police. The student was immediately detained by school security and was found to not be in possession of any weapons, police said. The department's detective division…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Suffolk County Man Charged With Giving Student THC Edibles, Police Say Suffolk County Man Charged With Giving Student THC Edibles, Police Say
Suffolk County Man Charged With Giving Student THC Edibles, Police Say A Long Island man has been arrested in connection with students at an area high school ingesting THC candy. On Thursday, Feb. 17, Riverhead Police officers responded to Riverhead Middle School at 600 Harrison Ave., to assist with a school investigation into students ingesting a commercially made THC candy the day before while at school. None of the students required medical attention, the Riverhead Police said. An investigation by the detective division determined that Marvin Dominguez Torres, a 20-year-old Riverhead resident had given a 14-year-old student that resides in his re…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Respond To Three 'Medical/Drug' Incidents At High School In Suffolk County Police Respond To Three 'Medical/Drug' Incidents At High School In Suffolk County
Police Respond To Three 'Medical/Drug' Incidents At High School In Suffolk County Police are investigating three cases of students needing medical assistance due to drug use in at least two of the cases at a Long Island school. The incidents began on Friday, Feb. 4, at Riverhead High School when officers responded to the school for a possible overdose. According to the Riverhead Police, when officers arrived at the school the student was found alert and conscious. The school nurse reported that Narcan was administered to the student, and the student was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center.  During an interview with the student, he said he used a vap…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police On Long Island Warning Residents To Ignore Latest Robocall Scam Police On Long Island Warning Residents To Ignore Latest Robocall Scam
Police On Long Island Warning Residents To Ignore Latest Robocall Scam Police on Long Island are investigating a robocall that claimed to be from a police department and referenced a data breach. Riverhead Police said the incident took place around 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6, when the department received a report of an unwanted robocall from phone number 631-902-5121 with the caller ID of Melissa Frost. When answered a recorded message stated the caller was Sgt. Frost of the Riverhead Police Department, calling about a data breach at the Riverhead High School, the department said. "This call was not from the Riverhead Police Department or any other affiliated ag…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found
Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found Update: A 15-year-old Long Island girl who went missing has been found. Suffolk County resident Caterina Sebastian Matias was last seen in Riverside on Monday, July 20. She was not reported missing until she failed to attend Riverhead High School on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Southampton Town Police Department said. "Caterina Sebastian Matias has been located, unharmed," police announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 11. Original report: A 15-year-old Long Island girl has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Suffolk County resident Caterina Sebastian Matias…

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Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found
Missing 15-Year-Old Suffolk County Girl Found Update: A 15-year-old Long Island girl who went missing has been found. Suffolk County resident Caterina Sebastian Matias was last seen in Riverside on Monday, July 20. She was not reported missing until she failed to attend Riverhead High School on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Southampton Town Police Department said. "Caterina Sebastian Matias has been located, unharmed," police announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 11. Original report: A 15-year-old Long Island girl has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Suffolk County resident Caterina Sebastian Matias…

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by Daily Voice
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Volunteer Ambulance Member Wayne Ehlers Jr. Of Riverhead Dies At Age 40 Volunteer Ambulance Member Wayne Ehlers Jr. Of Riverhead Dies At Age 40
Volunteer Ambulance Member Wayne Ehlers Jr. Of Riverhead Dies At Age 40 Wayne Ehlers Jr., of Riverhead,  died Saturday, Feb. 15, at the age of 40. Born in Southampton on July 14, 1979, Ehlers was the son of Irene (McDermott) and Wayne Ehlers Sr. He was a Riverhead High School graduate and worked as a driver in the auto repossession industry. He was a member of Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance. Predeceased by his mother and his son, Wayne John Henry III, he is survived by his father, by his children, Brendan McLoughlin, Zachary Ehlers, Miranda Ehlers, and Sebastian Ehlers, all of Riverhead, and by his siblings, Kelly Hartmeyer, Noel Ehlers and Robe…

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Riverhead Principal Accused Of Sexual Abuse Resigns Riverhead Principal Accused Of Sexual Abuse Resigns
Riverhead Principal Accused Of Sexual Abuse Resigns Former Riverhead High School Principal Charles Regan has tendered his resignation amid allegations that he sexually abused a female student. In May, 18-year-old Anastasia Stapon claimed that Regan was a “sexual deviant” who “deluded her into complete dependence upon him alone,” an attorney for the teen claimed. She has since filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against the Riverhead Central School District and Regan. Regan, who’s been administratively assigned to his home since April, will resign effective as of Friday, Sept. 27. The alleged abuse began on Jan. 8 and continued until April 30…

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by Zak Failla
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Student Claims Riverhead HS Principal Sexually Assaulted Her Student Claims Riverhead HS Principal Sexually Assaulted Her
Student Claims Riverhead HS Principal Sexually Assaulted Her Sexually charged text messages and selfies - some nude - are just some of the information put forward by an area attorney representing a Riverhead High School student planning to sue the school district and a principal she claims sexually assaulted her. Attorney John Ray, speaking at a news conference Monday, May 6, said 18-year-old Anastasia Stapon claimed that "sexual deviant" Dr. Charles Regan "deluded her into complete dependence upon him alone," according to a notice to file claim for $10 million against the Riverhead Central School District and Regan. "I am here to expose this evil, d…

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by Kathy Reakes