Crimes Nearby: Riverhead Man Charged with Murder Allegedly Strangled, Raped Woman

The following reports were released this week by various East End police departments. 

SOUTHAMPTON

• Kerri Ligouri, 46, of East Moriches, was arrested May 8 at 11:08 p.m. on Old Riverhead Road West in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a class-E felony. Police said Ligouri had attempted to pawn an item of jewelry that had been stolen in the jurisdiction of the town of Southampton. She was processed at police headquarters and released on an appearance ticket to appear at a later date in court.

• at 1:51 a.m. in North Sea at the corner of Noyac Road and Cove Road. Police said that Reisini was stopped for a vehicular equipment violation and further investigation revealed that he had in his possession an illegal weapon and he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, which is classified as a class-A misdemeanor. Additionally Reisini was found to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana, which police described as concentrated cannabis, defined as hash oil, in the fifth degree, a class-D felony.

• A Noyac man complained to police May 12 that a neighbor yelled at his daughter and threatened to shoot her dog because the dog was, according to the police report, doing damage on Ridge Drive. The girl and a friend were walking the dog at the time of the incident, police said. No arrests have been made. Police are monitoring the situation.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

• New York State police are reporting that they charged an East Hampton man with DWI and various traffic violations after they say he tried to leave the scene of an accident on Sunrise Highway near the Flanders Road exit.
Police said that after they were flagged down by a motorist involved in a crash, Julio Parapi, 32, tried to drive off when officers attempted to stop him. Police said Parapi "stumbled out of his car."

• On May 11, Bryce Danowski, 18, of Flanders, was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class-E felony, after police reported that on West Montauk Highway at 10:46 p.m. He was transported to police headquarters in Hampton Bays and processed for arraignment the following day.

RIVERHEAD

• Suffolk County homicide detectives arrested Guillermo Alfonso Alvarado-Ajcuc, age 21, of Riverhead, for  last week. Arrested on Wednesday, Alvarado-Ajcuc was charged with one count of murder in the second degree. He allegedly strangled Garcia with a belt after raping her. He was held overnight at the Riverhead Police Department and will be arraigned Thursday at Riverhead Town Court.

• Tomas Jonas Lopez-Giron, 35, of Riverhead, was charged with second-degree attempted assault, second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon on May 9 at 8:40 a.m., after police responded to a report of a dispute at an East Marion jobsite, police said. A cement truck driver told police that a Riverhead contractor, later identified as Lopez-Giron, first threatened him with a hammer and then came at him with a machete, police said. Although the victim did not receive any injuries, the machete cut through his jacket and left marks on his arm, police said.

NORTH FORK

• Joshua Georges, 30, of Jamesport, was charged with petit larceny on May 12 at 2:20 a.m., after he drove into the rear parking lot of in Mattituck, where he physically removed the sides to a utility trailer and then drove off with it, police said. Georges was found later in the day at his residence with the trailer parts in his back yard, police said. Georges was arrested and transported to police headquarters in Peconic for processing.

• Vasilios Tsisinos, 72, of Orient, was charged with numerous vehicle and traffic infractions and a violation of Southold Town Code on May 15 at 8:55 a.m., after police observed him operating his unregistered ATV eastbound on North Sea Drive in Orient, police said. Vasilios became confrontational with the officer on the scene when he was told that his actions were in violation of the Southold Town Code, police said. While police attempted to impound the ATV, Vasilios attempted to chain and lock the ATV in a gated area. When another officer attempted to get Vasilios to refrain from his actions, Vasilios shoved the officer away with both hands, police said. Vasilios reportedly refused to provide police with his hands and resisted arrest. Vasilios was arrested, processed, released on bail, and ordered to appear before Southold Town Justice Court at a later date.

• Carrie McCabe, 38, of Cutchogue, was charged with DWI, expired registration and unregistered vehicle on May 13 at 7:24 p.m., after police responded to a call of an erratic driver operating a vehicle westbound on Route 25 in the Mattituck area, police said. The defendant was located, observed to be failing to maintain her lane of traffic and was found to be intoxicated after she failed roadside sobriety tests, police said. McCabe was arrested, transported to police headquarters, processed and held overnight pending arraignment.