Crimes Nearby: Greenport Man Charged with Rape at Peconic Beach

The following information was supplied by the East End police departments and the US Attorney's office. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

NORTH FORK

•  A 33-year-old Greenport man was arrested Tuesday after police said he raped a woman at a Peconic beach. According to Southold Town police, Rudy Orlando Cruz-Ventura raped a 33-year-old Greenport woman Tuesday at Goldsmith's Inlet beach, at the end of Mill Lane, in Peconic.

He was arrested on a charge of first-degree rape, a felony, at a Shelter Island business on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Police said Cruz-Ventura was an acquaintance of the victim.

Cruz-Ventura is being held at Southold police headquarters pending arraignment in Southold Justice Court. Shelter Island police assisted in the investigation.

•  A Port Jefferson man was arrested after cops said they caught him snorting a pain killer outside a popular North Fork winery.

According to Southold Town police, the man was arrested on Saturday at 10:29 p.m. after police said security at Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue reported observing him snorting a white powder in a van parked at the establishment.

Police said the defendant admitted to snorting Percocet; police said they found another Percocet pill and marijuana in his vehicle.

He was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

He was processed and released on bail, to return to court at a later date.

EAST HAMPTON

Two men from Old Westbury were charged Thursday as part of a nearly $100 million Ponzi scheme that involved funds to buy the Panoramic View Resort & Residences in Montauk, according to the US Attorney's office.

A 24-count indictment charging Brian R. Callahan, a 43-year-old investment fund manager, and Adam J. Manson, a 41-year-old real estate developer, was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip on Thursday morning.

The defendants — who are brothers-in-law — pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Arraigned on Thursday afternoon, Manson was released on a $1 million bond secured by $500,000 in equity in his father's home. Callahan was released on a $2 million bond secured by $500,000 equity in three homes owned by his sister and father.

SOUTHAMPTON

• A 32-year old Bridgehampton man faces two counts of third-degree assault after an argument escalated and he struck a man and a woman who both tried to intervene, according to Sag Harbor Village police.

The incident report stated that the man drove to his live-in girlfriend's place of work, the Sag Harbor Inn, on the morning of July 21 and they argued. He left their 10-month-old alone in the car, leading to an endangering welfare of a child charge, and he had alcohol his breath, the report stated.

The girlfriend's friend intervened in the argument and she was punched by the man and fell to the floor, police said. The husband of the first victim stepped in, and he was punched in the face, causing a laceration, the incident report stated.

According to the arrest report, the man turned himself in at police headquarters Friday and was arraigned before Sag Harbor Village Justice Andrea Schiavoni. He was released on his own recognizance until his next court date. All charges were misdemeanors.