Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith ordered the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday to release to the press copies of a police video shot from the dashboard of the... more
One year ago this month, a Southampton Town Police officer who was already on a last-chance agreement was served disciplinary charges and notice that the police department was seeking his dismissal. This month, he’ll have the chance to refute those charges at a disciplinary hearing. Chief James Kiernan signed the 15 disciplinary charges against officer Jonathan Loren on May 14, 2024, each charge related to an incident on January 5, 2024, during which, the department alleges, Loren was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with pedestrian injuries in Noyac near the end of the shift. The charges state that Loren ...
7 May 2025 by Brendan J. O’Reilly
A New Jersey man was arrested by Southampton Town Police over the weekend and charged with unlawful surveillance after a woman told police she suspected that he had used a remote camera to watch her in the bathroom. The woman, who police have not identified other than to say she is from Indiana, called police on May 3 and reported that she was staying at an Airbnb house in Water Mill for the weekend with several co-workers. The woman said that one of the co-workers, James Bassett-Cann, told her before she arrived that he was going to plug a “charging ...
5 May 2025 by Staff Writer
Southampton Town Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a passenger aboard a Suffolk County Transit bus on Friday afternoon and then fled on foot. Just before 4 p.m., the bus had left the County Center and was traveling south on County Road 51 in Riverhead when the suspect, 23-year-old Rene Alexander Elias Chaj of Mastic, stabbed the victim with a knife and then ran, according to police. Southampton Town Police patrol units, Community Response Units, detectives, New York State Police officers and Flanders Northampton Ambulance responded to the area and began treatment of the stabbing victim, who was transported ...
3 May 2025 by Staff Writer
New York State troopers are investigating a bullet-riddled vehicle found on West Gate Road on the Shinnecock Territory in Southampton on Wednesday morning. Police said the 2006 Chrysler Minivan was unoccupied when it was discovered and no injuries were reported. It was discovered between 10:30 and 11 a.m. The investigation is ongoing, and troopers ask anyone with information about the minivan to call 631-756-3300.
1 May 2025 by Staff Writer
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