Emergency helicopter rescue at Westmoreland Farm
JULIE LANE PHOTO | First responders evacuating a woman from a Westmoreland Farm landing zone to Stony Brook University Hospital for emergency medical treatment early Thursday afternoon. Shelter Island...
View ArticleBlotter: Three arrests, one ticket on Island this week
Derek D. Smith, 33, of Shelter Island was issued a ticket on Thursday, November 8 at about 11:15 p.m. for operating a vehicle with a suspended registration; he was given an appearance ticket at the...
View ArticleCats on the porch: A quiet week on the blotter
Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty....
View ArticlePolice add DWI checkpoints for weekend
The Suffolk County East End DWI Task Force and the Shelter Island Police Department are warning motorists to stay sober this holiday weekend. Police said DWI checkpoints will be set up on the Island to...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Three arrests and five accidents for the week
Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not...
View ArticleThree arrests, five accidents make police blotter
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Shelter Island Police Headquarters Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Three arrests, three tickets
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Shelter Island Police Headquarters Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be...
View ArticlePolice, school officials meet on security
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Shelter Island Police Chief Jim Read met with school officials Monday morning to discuss security proceedures at the school. An early Monday morning meeting between the Shelter...
View ArticlePolice blotter: All quiet before the holidays
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | The Shelter Island Police Department reported a quiet week. Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges...
View ArticleCops: Island man arrested on sex abuse charge
A Shelter Island man was arrested Friday on a charge of sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to a press release issued by the Shelter Island Police Department....
View ArticleEnd of year police blotter
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Police reported an arrest on child sex abuse charges and opening a pre-Christmas drug activity investigation. Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not...
View ArticleTown foots bill for Youth Center incident
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Police are investigating an incident in the Youth Center at American Legion Hall. Town Police Chief Jim Read confirmed this week that his department is investigating a criminal...
View ArticleBlotter: Sneezing motorist hits police sign
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Shelter Island Police reported on events in the first week of 2013. Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the...
View ArticleThis week in Shelter Island history
FILE PHOTO | Major league baseball players Don Hood (left) and Joel Youngblood (seated, right) shared some advice with Little Leaguers back in 1983 at a dinner at Legion Hall on how to succeed in life....
View ArticleThis week in Shelter Island history
COURTESY PHOTO | Then Sgt. Jay Card with his wife Judy as he was honored back in January 2003 by the Kiwanis Club of Southampton as the Shelter Island Police Department’s Officer of the Year. 10 YEARS...
View ArticleOn the blotter: Four motorists ticketed
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | The Shelter Island Police Department reported a quiet week. Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges...
View ArticleIsland police arrest Flanders man on DWI charge
A Flanders man was arrested for drunken driving on Shelter Island Saturday night and was held until he could be picked up by immigration officials, Shelter Island police said. Carlos Dominguez, 34, was...
View ArticleCops: Man wanted on bench warrant in Riverhead busted on Shelter Island
A West Islip man was arrested on Shelter Island Tuesday morning on an active bench warrant from Riverhead Town court, police said. Sean Cronin, 26, was arrested on North Cartwright Road, according to a...
View ArticleThree arrests, five tickets on police blotter
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | Town police reported on a week’s activity. Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may...
View ArticleSpecial police DWI patrols planned for Super Bowl Sunday
Police will be stepping up drunk driving patrols on the East End Super Bowl Sunday, but they’re not saying where. Officers from the East End DWI Task Force will be out and about somewhere on the East...
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