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(Credit: Reporter file photo) Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Within the past two months, the Shelter Island Police Department has investigated two deaths related to apparent drug overdoses. In the most recent case, on April 27 at about 4:09 p.m., police responded to a report of a Shelter Island man at his Shelter Island home unconscious and not breathing. Officers found him in the bathroom where he had...

Shelter Island Town Justice Stanley Birnbaum. (Credit: Eleanor P. Labrozzi) Except for the swearing in of a new Justice Court judge, Tuesday’s Town Board reorganization meeting was generally routine. Stanley Birnbaum, who won election in November, was sworn in Tuesday by the other town justice, Mary-Faith Westervelt. “You have some big shoes to fill,” Supervisor Gerry Siller told the new justice, referring to Helen Rosenblum, who served at the Justice Court for decades. She came to the bench in 2003, initially to fill the unexpired term of Justice Edward Hannabur...

Shelter Island Police Department blotter and fire report (Credit: Reporter file photo) Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty. Summonses Mary E. Lebey of New York City was driving on Ram Island Road on Dec. 27 when she was stopped by police and ticketed for driving at a speed not reasonable or prudent. On Jan. 2, Larsen T. McDowell of New York City was stopped by police and given a summons on Sou...