Riverhead NY
3-31-2023 10:21pm

According to authorities, a group of five masked adolescents approached a student from Riverhead High School this afternoon, brandishing a knife and demanding his personal possessions before assaulting him

Riverhead, NY

The Riverhead Town Police reported that a group of around five male youths, wearing black ski masks, assaulted a 16-year-old student of Riverhead High School while he was walking towards Route 58 in the afternoon.

According to law enforcement, an individual from the group brandished a knife and requested that the victim relinquish their personal possessions.

As per the report, during a struggle, the knife inflicted a cut to the victim in the chest.

According to the police, around 1:33 p.m., the occurrence happened at the back of Harbor Freight Tools, which is situated in the Staples plaza.

According to authorities, the injured individual was taken to a nearby medical facility, but the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

As per a press release by the police, the suspects had escaped from the site before the arrival of the police. The Riverhead Town detective squad is still probing the incident and if anyone has any further information, they are requested to contact 631-727-4500× 312. The police assured that all calls would be kept confidential.

Shortly after Riverhead school district trustee Laurie Downs made comments at a civic association meeting on March 18th, where she stated that many students walking home from school were being robbed and attacked, an incident occurred. However, the Riverhead Police Chief stated that the police department had not received any reports of such incidents. Downs suggested that Latino gangs were behind the attacks, causing controversy that led to her resignation from the school board. She sent a written statement via email, announcing her resignation this afternoon to the press.






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