Police Log: Riverhead Man Charged With Drug Possession, Resisting Arrest

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 guilt.

Assault

•Trever Jackson, 18, of Flanders, was charged with felony assault on Oct. 19 in Flanders at 11:10 p.m. According to police, Jackson was involved in a domestic dispute on Brookhaven Avenue during which he hit another man in the head with a 25-pound dumbbell.

DWI

•Levertis Butts, 59, was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, Oct. 20 in Flanders at 8:00 p.m. after police stopped his car on Flanders Road.  

•On Oct. 18, Rodolfo Giraldo, 32, of Hampton Bays, was charged with aggravated drunk driving, a misdemeanor, after his vehicle was stopped in Riverside on Flanders Road at 8:30 p.m. 

Drug Arrests

•Matthew Manzella, 23, of Hampton Bays, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, after his car was stopped in Riverside Oct. 21 at midnight on Lake Avenue. Manzella, according to police, was in possession of a small quantity of heroin. Manzella’s passenger in the vehicle, Denzel Faines, 21, of Riverhead, was also arrested on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession, a violation, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Police reported that Manzella attempted to flee after the traffic stop.

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