Crime & Safety

Firearms Stolen From Vehicle Outside Riverhead Hotel: Police

Some of the firearms have been located, police say.

RIVERHEAD, NY — Some of the firearms stolen from a vehicle parked outside a Riverhead hotel have been recovered, but the investigation is ongoing, police said.

According to the Riverhead Police Department, on Saturday at 8:16 a.m., a report came in from a guest at the Hyatt Place Long Island hotel on East Main Steet that sometime between 11 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, someone removed several firearms from a vehicle that was parked overnight in the hotel parking lot.

Later on Saturday, some of the firearms were recovered, police said.

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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500 or the Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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