Crimes Nearby: Former Shelter Island Justice Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft

The following arrest information was supplied by the Suffolk County, Southold Town and Riverhead Police Departments. It does not indicate a conviction.

Port Jefferson

Joseph Pillus, Jr., 47, from Port Jefferson, was arrested on Nov. 16 for submitting a false statement to an insurance company. He reportedly tried to submit a claim or other benefit containing misrepresentation.

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Craig Eastman, 39, from Port Jefferson Station, was arrested on Nov. 16 at 12:25 a.m. and charged with third degree assault with intent to cause injury. He reportedly struck a female above left eye, causing a laceration.

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Joseph Reyes, 44, an undomiciled man, was arrested on Nov. 17 and charged with disorderly conduct: obscene language or gesture. He reportedly was screaming and cursing at people in the Mather Hospital parking lot.

Three Village

William Stover, 56, of East Setauket, was arrested on Nov. 12 at 9:15 p.m. and charged with first degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs. He was reportedly pulled over in a 1994 Ford near 1975 Route 347 in Saint James.

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Kimberly Bailey, 24, of South Setauket, was arrested on Nov. 15 and charged with petty larceny. She allegedly took 19 items of assorted merchandise from Walmart in South Setauket.

North Fork

Katherine Pope, who served as from 1998 to 2002, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree identity theft, a misdemeanor, and her husband, Wayne Pope, pleaded guilty to fourth degree grand larceny, a felony, for stealing more than a million dollars from an 89-year-old Water Mill woman suffering from dementia.

The plea occurred before Judge Stephen Braslow on Nov. 15 in the Suffolk County Supreme Court in Riverhead, according to a statement from the Suffolk County district attorney's office. The first day of the trial took place in Riverhead on Oct. 25.

The Popes stole the money from the victim, Mary Abbot Estabrook, over a period of four years, according to the district attorney's office. Mr. Pope had worked as a handyman for Estabrook and had allegedly obtained power of attorney from her, then used that power to write checks to benefit himself.

Estabrook died on July 4, 2009 at the age of 89. The couple will be sentenced by Judge Braslow on Jan. 10, 2012.

Riverhead

Brian Hambrick, 41, of Riverhead was arrested Nov. 15 at 12:06 a.m. on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and charged with possession of burglar’s tools and petty larceny, both misdemeanors. Officers responded to a call about a larceny and Hambrick admitted that he tried to take gasoline from someone’s truck using a clear plastic hose and five-gallon can, according to police reports.

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Jaime Aparicio, 26, of Flanders was arrested Nov. 19 at 12:43 a.m. at Cabana Latina in Flanders and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony. Police were called to an incident at Cabana Latina about a man who had punched in two windows at the restaurant, according to police reports.  

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A 25-year-old man from Flanders told Town Police that sometime between 6:30 a.m. Nov. 14 and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 someone went into his Glen Avenue apartment through an unlocked sliding glass door and stole $1,450 worth of items, including a DVD player, laptop and TV, according to police reports.