Jordan Oney of Montauk, 28, was charged with two misdemeanors following an Oct. 27 incident on DeForest Road in Montauk, where Mr. Oney allegedly grabbed “an orange-handled sword” and lunged at another person during a verbal altercation.
He was charged with second-degree menacing and criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use it, and will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court at a future date.
Suffolk County is among nine counties that have been early backers of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “Local Cops, Local Crimes” proposal, a push to limit the actions of federal law enforcement in New York State.
The East Hampton Town Police Department recognized its best of 2025, naming Joseph Riccardi Police Officer of the Year and was joined by 17 other officers, detectives, and a dispatcher in being recognized for outstanding service.
East Hampton Town’s Citizen Police Academy will be back for a third year starting on March 4.
Police told a Sag Harbor resident that it was the snow, and not a plow, that had toppled a mailbox on Montauk Avenue Extension on Jan. 26.
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