Crime & Safety

Crimes Nearby: Numerous DWI Arrests on the North Fork

Police reported the following arrests between Oct. 21 and 31.

Editor's Note: One or more names in this report have been redacted in light of additional documentation provided regarding this case.

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

Three Village

Maurice McCray, 18, of Centereach, was arrested Oct. 26 in Stony Brook and charged with first degree robbery with use of a dangerous instrument. McCray allegedly stabbed someone and stole the victim's iPhone. Matthew McCue, 23, of Selden, was also arrested and charged with first degree robbery during the incident.

Ahmer Salman, 21, of Hauppauge, was arrested Oct. 23 near the intersection of Nicolls Road and Route 347 at 8:55 p.m. He was in the driver's seat of a red Lexus when police reportedly spotted drugs. He was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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Port Jefferson

Michael Bowen, 34, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested in Lake Ronkonkoma on Oct. 21 for reportedly breaking into a dwelling and stealing possessions including wallets, card keys, and credit cards and then using the credit cards for purchases. He was charged with three counts of fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property, two counts of fourth degree grand larceny, second degree burglary, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property, and seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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North Fork

An ultralight helicopter crashed into a marsh near the Mattituck Inlet on Oct. 26 at 7:57 p.m., reported.

Erwin Rodger, 68, of Mattituck was attempting to fly the single-engine ultralight helicopter he owned over the inlet and was flying too low due to darkness, police said. He then crashed into a marsh area, flipped the helicopter and left the scene to walk home to his East Side Avenue residence, police said. After seeing rescue personnel looking for him, Rodger, who had facial injuries from the crash, returned to the scene, where he refused medical treatment, police said.

No charges have been filed and no other information was available from authorities at press time. Members of the and Suffolk County Aviation assisted Southold Town Police and Bay Constables at the scene.

Luke Conti, 33, was charged with driving while intoxicated on Oct. 28 at 6:14 p.m. after police stopped him for numerous traffic violations on Route 48 in Southold, police said. He was arrested and held for arraignment at Southold Police headquarters.

Carlos Aguilar, 26, of Greenport was charged with driving while intoxicated on Oct. 30 at 1:20 a.m. after police stopped his vehicle near the Greenport 7-Eleven after a computer check revealed that the license plate on his vehicle did not belong on the vehicle, police said. Upon investigation, Aguilar was found to be intoxicated, police said.

Kimberly Corwin, 37, of Greenport was charged with driving while intoxicated on Oct. 30 at 2:07 a.m., after police observed her driving east in the westbound lane of Route 48 in Greenport, police said. Corwin failed several roadside sobriety tests at the scene and was found to be intoxicated, police said.

Juan Hernandez-Huertas, 27, of Greenport was charged with driving while intoxicated, failing to maintain his lane, unlicensed operation, cracked window shield, and failing to submit to a roadside breath test on Oct. 30 at 7:47 p.m., after police responded to a report of a silver four-door sedan driving erratically eastbound on Route 48 in Cutchogue, police said. Hernandez-Huertas was found to be intoxicated and was also found to have an active immigration warrant, police said.

Riverhead

Two Riverhead men were arrested in Flanders Friday after detectives allegedly discovered them trying to steal a jukebox and other items from a garage. Police said they received a call about two men loading a pickup truck with items from a Maple Avenue garage on Oct. 28 at around 3:45 p.m. When they arrived at the scene they spotted Jerome Trent, 56, and Jonathan Downing, 48, both of Riverhead, putting a jukebox and other metal items in the truck, according to a police report.

The men told police they were helping clean up the property, police said. Town detectives said they discovered the men actually intended to take the items to a scrap yard for money. Trent and Downing were arrested and each charged with third-degree burglary, a felony.

Julio Sebastian-Pedro, 24, of Riverhead, was charged with aggravated DWI, speeding, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and other vehicle and traffic violations, according to a police report.

Sebastian-Pedro was allegedly seen speeding on Flanders road around 8:05 a.m., police said. He was pulled over at Exit 66 on Sunrise Highway and was found to be intoxicated, police said. He was held for arraignment in the Southampton Town Justice Court.

About two weeks after her , Nicole Leggon faces another charge related to her work as manager of a group home in Riverhead, according to Southampton Town Police.

Police said Leggon, 28, of Riverhead cashed and pocketed a $170 payroll check at the on West Second Street in Riverhead on June 30. The check belonged to a disabled resident at the in Riverhead, according to a police report. At the time of the incident Leggon was employed as the house manager and caregiver, according to police. She is currently unemployed.

Officers charged her with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, on Oct. 27 at police headquarters, according to a police report.

Leggon had been previously arrested on Oct. 14 and charged with petit larceny for allegedly stealing about $350 in cash from the residents of the Aid to the Developmentally Disabled home between June 1 and Sept. 1.


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