Crimes Nearby: 5 TJ Maxx Employees Arrested on Theft Charges

Recent arrests and criminal court news from elsewhere on the East End:

Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by East End police departments. A criminal charge is an accusation and does not indicate convictions.

SOUTHAMPTON

• Five employees of at the Bridgehampton Commons face petty larceny charges after loss prevention officers caught them taking store merchandise without paying, according to police.  said that between June 25 and July 20, the employees swiped $1354.19 worth of items. The employees were arrested Monday at 10:12 p.m. at the store.

• Michael C. Gilliam, 45, of Southampton, was arrested July 22 at 9:37 p.m. in Southampton on County Road 39 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. Police said they responded to a Hess gas station on a call of a suspicious person in the restroom. When interviewed, Gilliam said he used heroin in the bathroom and had more in his pocket, according to the arrest report. He was also found to have marijuana, police said.

RIVERHEAD

• Nicholas M. Horton, 33, of Riverhead, was charged with driving while intoxicated on July 29 at 9 a.m., after he almost hit a patrol car while he drove west on Route 25 in Orient, police said. The arresting officer was headed east on Route 25 at the time of the near-collision, police said. Horton was found to be under the influence of narcotics and was placed under arrest and held for arraignment, police said.

NORTH FORK

• David Colon, 21, of New York City, was charged with third-degree criminal trespass on July 29 at 9:56 a.m., after police responded to a report that Colon would not leave the property of a resident on Broadwaters Road on Nassau Point in Cutchogue, police said. Colon was processed at police headquarters in Peconic and held for arraignment.

• Branden Sutherland, 25, of Greenport, was charged with petit larceny this week in connection with an incident of a theft of copper piping from beneath several homes on Sandy Beach Road in Greenport last November, police said. Sutherland was arrested after an investigation revealed that he was responsible for stealing the copper piping, police said. Sutherland was charged with six counts of petit larceny and was released on bail for an August court date.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• Nichol M. Dewitt, 42, of Patchogue, was arrested July 29 at 5:03 p.m. in Hampton Bays on Ponquogue Avenue and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and criminal possession of a controlled substance, both misdemeanors, as well as failure to use a designated lane, a traffic infraction. Police said Dewitt was involved in a motor vehicle accident and found to be in possession of heroin when she was searched at police headquarters in Hampton Bays.

• Lisa Ann Heusel, 38, of Shirley, was arrested July 23 at 10:21 p.m. in Hampton Bays on Montauk Highway West and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, both misdemeanors. Police said they responded to a call of an erratic driver driving eastbound on Montauk Highway, driving into oncoming traffic. Heusel was placed under arrest and her vehicle was impounded due to a prior DWI conviction, according to the arrest report.

• Robert C. Hickey, 49, of Mineola, was arrested July 29 at 1:17 a.m. and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, and speeding, a traffic infraction. Police said they pulled Hickey on Foster Avenue in Hampton Bays and his breath smelled of an alcoholic beverage, his speech was slurred, his eyes were red and glassy, he was unsteady on his feet and performed poorly on sobriety tests.