Gosmans Plead Guilty To Fish Selling Scam, Will Pay $50K Fine
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The fishing vessel New Age at its dock in Montauk.
The fishing vessel New Age at its dock in Montauk.
Staff Writer on Nov 23, 2021
The operators of Gosman’s Fish Dock in Montauk pleaded guilty last week to federal conspiracy charges and will pay a $50,000 fine, as punishment for their role in a scheme... more
In its announcement that it had charged 31 defendants with illegally rigging poker games, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York said this week that some of the games took place in East Hampton. The defendants include Portland Trailblazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups, a former NBA player, and members of the Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese organized crime families, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. “Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a seven-count indictment was unsealed charging 31 defendants in criminal schemes to rig illegal poker games at various locations in New York City, East Hampton, ...
29 Oct 2025 by Jack Motz
A Springs man was arrested by East Hampton Town Police this weekend after police said he slashed an acquaintance with a knife during a domestic dispute. James E. Wilkins Jr., 45, recently of Springs, was arrested on Friday night and faces multiple charges, including two felonies: assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon. Police said that during a dispute with an acquaintance, Wilkins pulled out a knife, wounding the acquaintance’s scalp and left hand, causing deep lacerations and “disfigurement.” The dispute occurred at a Springs residence, in front of two young children, police said, triggering two ...
27 Oct 2025 by T.E. McMorrow
A Riverhead man was arrested and charged with a felony count of assault after Riverhead Town Police say he intentionally drove his vehicle into a motorcycle operated by a Sag Harbor man, who is in critical condition at Stony Brook University Hospital as a result. Police said Tyryk Lewis, 28, drove his Jeep into a Honda motorcycle driven by Michael McCann, 60, shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday night. Lewis was traveling east on Old Country Road, between Ostrander Avenue and Oliver Street in Riverhead. Police said McCann was airlifted to Stony Brook Hospital by a Suffolk County Police helicopter ...
13 Sep 2025 by Staff Writer
A 75-year-old New York woman bit a 7-year-old girl’s arm while trying to retrieve a freebie T-shirt that was being tossed out during a concert at Main Beach in East Hampton Village on August 12, Village Police reported. Gail Bomze was arrested on August 19 at 1:26 p.m. and charged with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors. East Hampton Village Police said the girl who was bitten and her parents told them that while trying to retrieve a T-shirt that was being tossed from a balcony at the Tuesday Main Beach concert, a woman was ...
20 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
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Staff Writer on Nov 23, 2021