Crimes Nearby: Hit and Run, Inciting a Riot

Miller Place-Rocky Point

Unknown Persons are wanted for slashing tires on multiple cars in Miller Place and Mt. Sinai Friday night into Saturday morning, Suffolk Police said. Cars that were parked in driveways and on the streets of seven different roads in Miller Place and one road in Mt. Sinai were targeted by the criminals, according to police.

Mailboxes were also damaged in the spree. In all, over a dozen instances of criminal mischief were reported. According to police, a small white vehicle may be involved.

Thomas Gregorius, 18, of Rocky Point was arrested Sept. 9 in Rocky Point and charged with assault. Reports indicate Gregorius took a tree branch and struck an unknown person with it. Reports indicate the incident occurred at Rosewood Rd., Rocky Point at approximately 8:10 a.m.

William Erdogan, 21, of Rocky Point was arrested Sept. 9 in Rocky Point and charged with assault. Reports indicate Erdogan, accompanied by Gregorius, above, allegedly struck someone with a tree branch. The incident occurred at approximately 8;10 a.m. on Rosewood Rd., Rocky Point.

East Hampton

An East Hampton man, who was cycling through Northwest Woods on Sept. 13, died after he was found on the side of the road.

 Detective Lt. Chris Anderson said Andrew Walsh, 45, was found still clipped to the bike pedals and leaning against a tree on Old Northwest Road. A passerby called police at 6:22 p.m.

The transported Walsh to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Anderson said.

Police do no suspect any foul play. Anderson said he believed a medical event occurred, though they are still awaiting a final report from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office.

Susan M. Ronan, 48, of Franklin Square, N.Y., was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor, the day after she reportedly backed up into a man loading groceries into his trunk behind in Montauk on Sept. 13. The 45-year-old man, who was taken by ambulance to Southampton Hospital with a wrist injury, said he turned around as the female driver drover off in a white Ford Mustang and noted the license plate number. A witness confirmed the plate number with police. Police located Ronan's car the following day at the. After being booked at the, she was released on $100 bail.

Juan C. Penaranda, 29, of East Hampton, was arrested on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge in Springs on Sunday. Police said they saw his 2003 Mitsubishi swerving on Copeces Lane at about 4:20 a.m. He appeared drunk, when he was pulled over and placed under arrest. Police said he refused to take an Intoxilyzer test. Catherine A. Cahill released him on $500 bail.

Erick J. Ebanks, 21, of East Hampton, was arrested on a misdemeanor aggravated DWI charge on Friday after allegedly driving onto the grass. Police said they saw Ebanks' car going south on Three Mile Harbor Road, near Flaggy Hole Road, when it failed to keep right at about 12:40 a.m. Ebanks reportedly admitted to drinking one beer before bringing his friends home. After failing field sobriety tests, he was brought to headquarters, where his blood alcohol content was .18, acccording to police. His arraignment information was not immediately available.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

Donald Finley, 21, of East Moriches was arrested Saturday, September 10 at 2:03 a.m. at the corner of Montauk Highway and River Avenue in Eastport and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. Finley was stopped for speeding when they discovered his license had been suspended and that he had four amphetamine tablets, police said.

Mark Burke, 28, of Patchogue was arrested Sunday at 10:49 p.m. at the corner of Rampasture Road and Elder Avenue in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Burke was in a car accident. They said he was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center for injuries, though they could not disclose their severity.

Maria Silfa, 33, of Westhampton was arrested Sunday at 2:35 a.m. on Peconic Avenue in Riverside and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Silfa was stopped for speeding.

Arturo Cruz-Rojas, 22, of Southampton was arrested Sunday at 4:07 a.m. the corner of Montauk Highway East and Canoe Place Road in Hampton Bays and charged with DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Cruz-Rojas was stopped for driving out of lane.

Southampton

William Graap, 48, of North Sea was arrested Sept. 14 at 7:59 p.m. at his home on Kennedy Drive in North Sea and charged with discharging a firearm, a misdemeanor. Southampton Town Police responded to a call reporting a gun shot in the area, according to the arrest report. Graap admitted he fired a round from his rifle at a stump, police said. A neighbor spotted Graap walking away from a nature trail behind his house carrying the gun, according to police documentation.

Another suspect in a Sept. 3 brawl at in Southampton Village has been arrested. The on the day of the incident, which Southampton Village police said involved 20 people fighting. Police used pepper spray to subdue the crowd after taking a verbal approach for 20 minutes, Chief Thomas Cummings. Andrew Porrata, 21, of Southampton was arrested Wednesday at 10:22 a.m. for his involvement, police said, and charged with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, riot in the second degree, inciting to riot, all misdemeanors, and disorderly conduct, a violation.