Dispatcher's suit against town dismissed, while claims against chief still pending
A state Supreme Court judge has dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by a Riverhead Town police dispatcher, who claimed the town created a “hostile work environment and sexual harassment” at the town police department. The 13-page decision issued April 26 by state Supreme Court Judge William Ford ordered that Melissa Breitenbach Elco’s lawsuit “is dismissed as to defendants Town of Riverhead, Riverhead Town Police Department, [Supervisor] Yvette Aguiar in her official and individual capacities.” The judge, however, did not dismiss charges filed individually against Police Chief Dav...