This week’s Southold Town Police blotter includes a tool theft in Cutchogue, a man in a bright yellow rain jacket reportedly slipping through Mattituck backyards, a trespassing arrest in Greenport, an illegally dumped pile of household trash and a man found walking in the middle of the road.
March 2 – Around 8 p.m., a Medford man reported the theft of tools from a storage area on Depot Lane in Cutchogue, according to a police report. An investigation is ongoing.
March 3 – While on patrol around 9 a.m., an officer observed a expired registration on a vehicle and initiated a traffic stop near Route 48 and Youngs Ave. The driver, Aaron Krebo, 43, of Miller Place, was determined to have an active bench warrant, detained and transported to the Suffolk County Police Dept.’s 7th Precinct.
Around 5 p.m., police were called to Naugles Drive near Rose Lane in Mattituck, for a report of a “tall skinny male wearing a bright yellow rain jacket, walking in people’s backyards and hiding behind vehicles in the area.” The reporting party said he was unsure whether the skinny male lives in the area. Officers canvassed the area for the man without locating him, according to a report.
March 4 – Around 12:30 p.m., police were called to a residence on South St. in Greenport for a report of an individual refusing to leave a residence. Latricia Lawrence, 47, of Greenport — who had been previously warned to stay away from the residence following similar incidents, according to reports — was arrested for trespassing and transported to headquarters for processing.
March 5 – Around 4 p.m., a Southold man arrived at police headquarters bearing a license plate he had found near the corner of Main Road and Ackerly Pond Lane. The car is registered to a Mt. Sinai man, who was notified via voicemail that he could retrieve his missing license plate at Southold Police headquarters, according to a report.
March 6 – Around 3 p.m., an Orient woman, 65, contacted police to report an unspecified incident that occurred near a Front St. convenience store in Greenport, involving a juvenile. While an investigation is pending, no further information about the incident was available.
March 7 – A Mattituck woman, 29, contacted police to say that she believed a man she used to date was driving around her neighborhood with his new girlfriend. The woman also reported noticing new scratches on her vehicle. She told police what “she believes his name is” and noted that he’s from Nassau County. A responding officer noted that the woman “did not appear to be forthcoming with information because she does not have any contact information for a male subject she had reportedly dated for a year. The officer also observed the scratches on the woman’s car, noting that they were consistent “with an accident involving thick brush or a fence,” and determined that they “did not appear to be consistent with criminal mischief of ‘keying,’ due to the location and damage.” The woman was advised to call police back if she observes the man in her neighborhood again.
Around 1:30 p.m., an employee of a Greenport hotel contacted police to report a persistent problem of household trash being illegally dumped on the property. A responding officer examined the garbage and found multiple items bearing the name of another hotel employee. When police contacted that employee, he said he had been paying an individual to remove his household garbage, but did not know where it was being taken. He couldn’t, however, provide “any identifying information for the individual or any garbage removal company,” according to a police report. He was issued a summons for illegal dumping and advised to clean up the dumped garbage and ensure that his trash is properly disposed of going forward.
March 8 – Around 10 a.m. police received a 911 that pinged near the Adams St. parking lots in Greenport. Two men well-known to local police were observed there. One of them told police he had called 911 because a third man there “was intoxicated and he thought [the man] should go to the hospital.” The man was intoxicated, according to a police report, but denied needing medical attention and declined to go to the hospital.
Around 6 p.m., police responded to Middle Road and Youngs Ave. in Southold, for a report of a male walking in the roadway. There police observed a 79-year-old Southold man walking on the double yellow line in the middle of the road. The man told police that “the middle of the road is more level to walk on since he had surgery.” Police advised him that he could be issued a citation for walking in the roadway and escorted him to his residence. No further action was taken.
All individuals named in police reports are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Charges may be reduced, dismissed or result in an acquittal.
