Local Police on Immigration Crackdown: No Significant Change in Policies Expected
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Southampton Town Police Chief James Kiernan. DANA SHAW
Southampton Town Police Chief James Kiernan. DANA SHAW
Stephen J. Kotz on Jan 17, 2025
In the days before a new presidential administration is expected to make detention and deportation of immigrants who are illegally in the United States a focus of its agenda, police... more
Suffolk County Sherriff Erron Toulon and County Executive Ed Romaine warned drivers this week that the county will be rolling out a new anti-DWI campaign that will feature stepped-up enforcement of drinking and driving laws and public outreach to discourage drunk driving. The sheriff’s office said that the county will step up patrols focusing on DWI enforcement and on-road sobriety checkpoints throughout the county, starting this coming weekend and continuing throughout the summer. Toulon said his office’s STOP DWI unit is on pace to break a record number of DWI arrests this year and encouraged young adults to turn to ...
2 Jul 2025 by Staff Writer
A Sag Harbor woman was defrauded out of more than $200,000 since the summer, when a fraudster first reached out to her via social media. The victim reported to Sag Harbor Village Police last Thursday afternoon that a man she knew only as David had begun communicating with her through Instagram. He encouraged her to invest money online through Coinbase and Cash App, telling her the cash would then be converted to cryptocurrency. Over several months she did so, transferring $170,500 from her checking account into Coinbase. The money would then be used to buy bitcoin, the profits from which ...
5 Feb 2025 by Staff Writer
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Stephen J. Kotz on Jan 17, 2025