Navy sailor James Alan Horton, originally from Sherburne, New York, was last seen in Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 30, 1992. His shipmates on the USS Exultant realized he... more
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
The Westhampton Beach Police Department’s sole lieutenant has been suspended from the department indefinitely after he was arrested last month by Suffolk County Police and charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and fourth degree-criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. Ryan Lucas was arrested on March 29, the day of the alleged incident, according to court records, which indicate that the criminal mischief charge relates to preventing an emergency call and the criminal obstruction of breathing charge was for applying “pressure on the throat or neck.” “We have been advised that one of our officers was arrested for a non-work-related incident,” Westhampton Beach ...
8 Apr 2025 by Brendan J. O’Reilly
on Jul 20, 2010