Crime & Safety

Cops: Flanders Woman Hits Boyfriend With Bat, Threatens Him With Gun

Southampton Town police arrest reports for west of the Shinnecock Canal, from Feb. 18 through Feb. 24.

Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by the Southampton Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate convictions.

Menacing, Criminal Possession of a Weapon

• Margaret McNamee, 33, of Flanders, was arrested Feb. 21 at 9:06 a.m. at home after her boyfriend told police that McNamee struck him in the face with a small wooden baseball bat, broke a picture frame on his wall — and threatened him with a gun. According to the arrest report, the incident occurred an hour and a half earlier at another address.

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McNamee was charged with menacing in the second degree, a felony, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor, and harassment in the second degree, a violation. 

Criminal Contempt

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• David Joseph Baird, 53, of Riverside, was arrested Feb. 22 at police headquarters in Hampton Bays and charged with criminal contempt in the second degree, a misdemeanor. Police said Baird turned himself in on an arrest warrant for violating an order of protection on Feb. 10.

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