Crimes Nearby in Riverhead, Miller Place and the Hamptons

The following information was supplied by various town police departments. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

Miller Place-Rocky Point

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Seventh Precinct Crime section are offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of an unkown man caught on camera for stealing a video camera.
The man stole the camera from at 8 Broadway in Rocky Point on June 22 and is wanted for petty larceny. Anyone with information can anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Charles Killian, unknown age, of Mount Sinai was arrested Aug. 13 in Rocky Point and charged with obscene language and gestures. Reports indicate Killian was arrested for alleged misconduct on Route 25A, Miller Place.

A roundup of notable arrests on the East End:

Southampton

on North Sea Mecox Road in Southampton Sunday evening and brandished a revolver at police officers that was later discovered to be a starter pistol, according to the commanding officer of the Southampton Town Police Emergency Services Unit.

Marc Castro, 27, of Dix Hills was arrested Sunday at 4:09 a.m. at the corner of Deerfield Road and Montauk Highway in Water Mill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. Southampton Town police said they stopped Castro for not using his blinker when they discovered that he had a container of Vicodin pills. Castro said he bought them for recreational use from a friend.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

A 26-year-old woman who was at the Sunday told police that she was assaulted around 7 p.m. The woman, who police said was highly intoxicated, had a cut about her right eye and swelling on her eye and forehead. Police said she declined to give police her address or any details about the attacker. Police told her that she could report the incident Monday and press charges.

Marc D’Aconta, 34, of Southampton was arrested Aug. 16 at 1:30 a.m. on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. D’Aconta crashed into three unoccupied parked cars along Main Street in Hampton Bays and was reportedly discovered to appear intoxicated.

Riverhead

Flabio Pop, 24, of Riverside was arrested Saturday at 9:45 p.m. on Flanders Road in Riverside and charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and criminal obstruction of breath, a misdemeanor. Police said Pop, while intoxicated, violated an order of protection and put his hands around the neck of a woman.

A 19-year-old woman from Flanders told police that on Wednesday, August 17 at around 2:30 p.m. a 21-year-old man from Riverhead, her on-again-off-again boyfriend, threatened her by trying to come into her Oak Avenue home uninvited. The woman said she saw the Riverhead man take the license off her car and also scratch its hood. She told police he also punctured her tire and told her “If you have me arrested, I’ll put you in the hospital.” Police are investigating.

Frank Setelius, 46, of Middle Island was arrested on Aug. 9 and charged with DWI. Police said they received a report that the man was driving erratically. When police arrived they found the suspect sitting on the ground in the parking lot of Eagle Chevrolet, according to a police report. Police said Setelius failed sobriety tests and refused to take a breath test. Setelius was arrested and held for arraignment.

Police received a call on Aug. 13 that an unknown taxi driver and his passenger had attempted to rob a customer riding in the cab near the Citgo Gas Station on West Main Street. The customer, who spoke through a translator, claimed the passenger put a knife to his neck and demanded his money. The alleged victim said he ran from the cab when it stopped. Police are investigating.

East Hampton

have a man in custody in connection with a burglary investigation on Tuesday afternoon.

Detective Lt. Chris Anderson said police arrested Roberto E. Swift, a 23-year-old currently homeless man, at the Amagansett railroad station at about 4:15 p.m.

Genaro Sandoval, 31, of East Hampton, was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge after police said he was driving with a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit and with a suspended license on Thursday. He is now being held at Suffolk County jail in Riverside on a detainer from the Bureau of Immigration and Enforcement Control.

Police said they found Sandoval after he tried to back unsafely into a driveway on Edwards Avenue, near Royal Street, in East Hampton at about 1 a.m. Sandoval had a previous DWI conviction within the past 10 years, police indicated on the report.
He was charged with aggravated DWI as a felony and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Lisa R. Rana also set bail at $5,000.

Rian J. White, 56, of Springs, was arrested on drunken driving and marijuana possession charges following an accident on Three Mile Harbor Road in Springs on Thursday. Police said a witness saw a 1992 Honda two-door car go off the road, near Washington Avenue, and strike a street sign at about 9 p.m. The witness provided a license plate number.

During a special enforcement detail, plain clothes officers arrested Scott R. Smith of East Hampton, on cocaine and marijuana charges in Amagansett on Aug. 9.