Motorcyclist Pleads Guilty In Fatal Napeague Crash
Virginia Garrison on May 10, 2012
A motorcyclist whose pregnant fiancée died in an accident in Amagansett nearly two years ago pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and nine other charges on May 9. Matthew J. Byank, 21, of Manorville will be sentenced on July 18.
A crash in Montauk on Tuesday afternoon left a Bronx man who was riding an e-bike in critical but stable condition at Stony Brook University Hospital. According to East Hampton Town Police, Alice Zosa, 75, of Montauk was eastbound in a 2017 Toyota RAV4 at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday when she made a left turn onto Carl Fisher Plaza. Police said she failed to yield the right of way to Felix Antonio Estevez-Rodriguez, 70, of the Bronx, who was riding an e-bike west, and the vehicles collided. Members of the Montauk Fire Department treated Estevez-Rodriguez at the scene for ...
10 Dec 2025 by Staff Writer
Fourteen members of a “porch pirate” ring that targeted many Suffolk County communities, including Sag Harbor and Montauk, have been indicted for enterprise corruption and related charges, District Attorney Ray Tierney announced on Monday. The criminal network used insider tracking data to steal electronic devices from residences and businesses, according to the district attorney’s office, which said the charges stem from a two-year investigation into thefts that occurred between October 2023 and February 2025. “For two years, this alleged porch pirate ring plagued our community and built a criminal enterprise on the backs of Suffolk families and businesses,” Tierney said ...
24 Nov 2025 by Brendan J. O’Reilly
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
Virginia Garrison on May 10, 2012