Crime & Safety
Town Police Log: Riverhead Man Charged With Stealing Car Batteries
The following information was supplied by the Southampton Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.
Criminal Possession of Stolen Property
Southampton police arrested a 40-year-old Riverhead man on Nov. 10 after he was allegedly found with $375 worth of stolen car batteries from a Quiogue junk yard, according to a police report of the incident.
At around 11 p.m., police received a call about a suspicious car in a wooded area off Deborah Drive in Quiogue, a subdivision drive located near J&V Auto Salvage. After investigating, police said they saw Ihor Maksymchuk near the vehicle. Officers discovered 25 car batteries in his car, according to a police report. Police said they determined the batteries were stolen from a small pickup truck located on the northeastern corner of the junk yard.
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Maksymchuk was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, third-degree criminal trespass and petty larceny, all misdemeanors.
DWI
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Rebecca Coleman, 19, of Riverhead, was arrested on Sunday at 2:01 a.m. in Hampton Bays and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, and DWI, a misdemeanor. Police stopped Coleman at the corner of Montauk Highway East and Pawnee Street for a traffic violation when they discovered she appeared intoxicated, according to a police report. Her license had been suspended for a prior alcohol-related offense, police said.
