Police: East Hampton Narcotics Delivery Ring Busted
T.E. McMorrow on Aug 4, 2024
East Hampton Town Police, working in collaboration with an array of law enforcement agencies, including the New York Police Department, the Suffolk County East End Drug Task Force, the New... more
A Springs man is facing up to 15 years in prison after being arrested early Friday morning on Main Street in East Hampton Village by Town Police on multiple charges, including criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Kevin T. Weiss, 24, was a backseat passenger in a 2011 Cadillac CTS 4 that had been pulled over by the town officer for multiple traffic infractions at about 4 a.m. According to police, when they conducted a search, they found Weiss in possession of a Taurus PT 24/7 pro .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Police said Weiss was also in ...
24 May 2025 by T.E. McMorrow
A 30-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record involving numerous thefts was arrested by East Hampton Village Police on Monday afternoon and charged with two felonies — grand larceny in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree. Police said they caught Franklin Alberto Almonte Nunez of Port Jefferson Station in possession of an e-bike, a green and black Super73 valued at over $3,000, which had just been reported stolen from outside the Maidstone Hotel on Main Street six minutes after police first encountered Almonte Nunez on Toilsome Lane. The initial encounter by police with ...
21 May 2025 by T.E. McMorrow
MONTAUK — A former Montauk resident who police say is now homeless, Nicholas S. Bustamante, 33, was arrested on two felony charges, burglary in the second degree and criminal mischief in the second degree, the morning of April 23. The house Bustamante was said to have burglarized is one he formerly resided in, it appears from the criminal complaints against him. According to police, they were notified that there was a burglary in progress at the residence, located off East Lake Drive, a little after 5 a.m. Bustamante was found inside the house by officers where he had done extensive ...
7 May 2025 by Staff Writer
East Hampton Village Police arrested a Montauk man, Richard Patrick Daunt, 61, on two felony charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, which are B felonies, at about 9 p.m. on April 29. The controlled substance police say Daunt was in possession of was cocaine. The cocaine was turned up, according to police, after Daunt was initially arrested on misdemeanor DWI charges. Police said an officer approached the 2019 Chevrolet Blazer that Daunt was seated in with another party on an unrelated investigation in the Reutershan parking lot near the Park Place egress to Main ...
by T.E. McMorrow