WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS
Police Seek Hampton Bays Bank Robber
Southampton Town police detectives are asking for the public's help to locate a man who robbed the TD Bank branch on West Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays on Monday afternoon.
The man handed a bank teller a note indicating that he had a weapon and demanded cash, according to police. The teller complied and the man fled on foot, last seen headed south on East Tiana Road, police said.
NORTH FORK
Southold Fish Market is Moving Across the Street
Bayman Charlie Manwaring is working to relocate the Southold Fish Market — a place he grew up working in and has owned since 1999 — from its longstanding spot in the Heron Suites complex in Southold across Route 25 into a trailer behind the former Hollister’s steak and seafood restaurant.
Manwaring said he didn’t want to talk too much about the move yet as of Monday morning, but he said he thought he’d be done in about three weeks. He needs to set up shop in the temporary building while the permitting process happens with the Southold Townto reopen the long vacant Hollister’s.
SOUTHAMPTON
Former School Board Member Alleges Voter Fraud in Tuckahoe
Voter fraud has marred recent elections and budget votes in Tuckahoe School District, according to former Tuckahoe School Board member Susan Riccardi.
Riccardi, who served on the School Board from 2007 to 2010, alleges that three people who cast ballots in Tuckahoe on May 15 also voted in a neighboring district the same day, and eight or nine more people who voted in Tuckahoe do not reside in the district.
She did not have the names on hand Tuesday night, but said she will be providing them to Patch soon.
RIVERHEAD
Residents Blast Cops Over Escalating Riverside, Flanders Crime
Locals say crimes such as prostitution and drug deals are taking place in broad daylight on the streets of Riverside and Flanders — and they have had enough.
At Monday night's meeting of the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Civic Association, President Brad Bender said increased drug activity, as well as prostitution, in areas including Old Quogue Road, Wildwood Lake, and Vail Avenue, led to the civic group's reaching out to the Southampton Town Police Department for answers.
To that end, Southampton Town Police Sergeant Sue Ralph and police officer Craig Slovensky came to listen to residents' concerns and discuss escalating crime in the area.
EAST HAMPTON
A Jaguar, a Big Domestic Cat, or a Fox in East Hampton?
The State Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed on Monday that it was investigating several reports of an exotic cat, like a jaguar, on the loose in East Hampton. As the week progressed, it told East Hampton Patch that they believed what was seen was a red fox, likely with mange. And as late as Friday another reader noted that he saw a "humongous gray cat" in East Hampton on Thursday afternoon.