Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Burglary, Assault, Menacing

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Southampton

A 29-year-old Southampton man is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail after being arrested for sodomizing a child under the age of 11, according to police. said Juan Sanchez was charged Friday with first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree criminal sex act, both felonies, as well as endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, in connection with the incident, which occurred a day prior. "No further information will be released due to the sensitive nature of the crime," police said.

A Southampton Village man awoke in the middle of the night on Sept. 24 to , and now Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for information leading to an arrest. The burglar fled when confronted at 3:10 a.m., but not before stealing Naval Academy memorabilia, a New York Giants football helmet signed by the 1987 Super Bowl team, and other valuables, according to.

A 47-year-old man from Southampton was arrested Wednesday after threatening his former boss with a chrome knife, according to police. The manager of on County Road 39 told that Brian Ward came to the company’s rear workshop the morning of Sept. 28 and started a fight with several employees and threw items around. Ward was let go from his job the week before, police said. Ward also drew a chrome folding knife from his back pocket and pressed it against the neck of the manager and said, “I’m coming back for you,” according to police records. Ward was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, and second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

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Charlie Brice, 37, of Hampton Bays was arrested Sunday at 2:08 a.m. on Montauk Highway in Water Mill and charged with DWI and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. Brice was stopped for almost running his car off the road when police discovered he was intoxicated, police said. He resisted being handcuffed and refused to comply with police orders, according to police narrative. While being driven to police headquarters, Brice also slipped one of his hands out of the cuffs, police said. According to his arrest reports, Brice is a teacher, though the district he teaches in was not provided by police.

Riverhead

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Southampton Town Police arrested a 20-year-old Calverton man on Sept. 28 and charged him with assault after he and another unknown suspect allegedly attacked another man in Flanders.

Police arrested Calvin Brown for second-degree assault, a felony, according to a police report.

Officers responded to a 911 call that day after a reported fight on Wood Road Trail at about 9:48 p.m., police said. The victim told police that two men hit him on the head with a metal pole while he was walking home on Flanders Road, according to a report of the incident. The victim told police the attackers took his black leather wallet, a Guatemala ID card and $250 cash, according to a police report. The victim then ran toward Wood Road Trail, where he was later found by police. The Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance transported the man to Peconic Bay Medical Center, according to police. An update on his condition was unavailable.

Brown was remanded to the Suffolk County Jail in Riverhead on Wednesday. Detectives said they are still investigating the incident and are searching for the other alleged attacker.

North Fork

A 16-year-old Greenport teen was charged with assault on Saturday at 11:02 p.m., after police investigated a report of a fight in, police said. The Greenport teen reportedly approached a Southold 16-year-old, who was hanging out in the park at the time, and punched him in the face. The Southold teen was taken to, where he received 11 stitches to close the wound to his bottom lip, police said. An officer located and arrested the Greenport teen on Sunday, police said. The suspect was released on cash bail.


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