A mysterious late-night visitor warning Greenport bar owners they would “soon be in trouble.” Two mischievous teenagers scaling gas pipes to reach the roof of Mattituck Plaza. A 60-year-old man calling 911 for smokes and a phone charger. A delivery driver mauled by a 140-pound dog. And a man found wandering a Southold neighborhood who had a very good explanation for his presence. Another colorful week on the North Fork.

May 25 – Around 2 a.m., the owners of a bar in Greenport contacted police to report observing a person allegedly involved in a previous incident with an ex-employee of the bar. As they were closing early that morning, a gold Jeep Grand Cherokee drove up and an individual got out and “began inquiring about computer servers” and asking if the owners were new staff at the bar. The individual also allegedly told the owners “would soon be in trouble and then left the area.” The bar owners wanted the incident documented, according to a police report.

Around 3 p.m., police mitigated a dispute between an employee at a Greenport convenience store and a customer, a 24-year-old Greenport man, who had previously been banned from the store. A notice of trespass against the man was signed, and the 24-year-old allegedly “became combative and walked away.”

Around 7:30 p.m., police had to shoo a pair of teens off the roof at Mattituck Plaza, according to a report. A Mattituck man contacted police to say the teens, a boy and a girl, had shimmied up the gas pipelines behind the plaza in order to get to the roof. The youths were advised to get off the roof, and complied, leaving the area before police arrived.

Also around 7:30 p.m., police received a report of a man “throwing rocks while laying in the grass” near the East End Seaport Museum. Responding officers spoke with what they described as an intoxicated 32-year-old Greenport man, who told them he had fallen on his elbow, denied throwing rocks and told police he would walk back to his home on Third St.

May 26 – Around 12:30 p.m., a 60-year-old Southold man called 911 “because he wanted cigarettes and a new phone charger.” An officer advised the man that this is not a police issue.

May 27 – Around 11:30 a.m., police were called to a location on Main Rd. in Southold, where a town code enforcement officer was involved in a dispute with a Southold man. According to a police report, the code enforcement officer told police he was attempting to issue a stop work order for construction being done at the site without a permit. The code enforcement officer said he was on his cell phone, when Scott Kruk, 54, of Southold, allegedly “hit the phone out of his left hand.” The phone fell to the ground but didn’t break, according to the report. Kruk was arrested and transported to headquarters.

May 28 – Around 10 a.m., police were called to an RV park in Greenport for a report of a “severe dog bite” sustained by a delivery man. According to a police report, the delivery man was approaching a customer who had a 140 pound “Argentinian breed dog” on a leash. As the delivery man got closer, the woman lost her grip on the leash and the dog attacked. The delivery man sustained injuries to both arms and forearms. He was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Southold Town Animal Shelter was contacted, and a staffer there said the dog had to be “held on a 10-day bite hold.” The dog’s owner was told she and her dog had to leave the park “as soon as possible.” The dog owner was issued a summons, according to a report.

Around 12:45 p.m., police were called to a bank in Mattituck, where a 70-year-old Mattituck man learned he was the victim of theft and forged checks. According to a police report, “numerous” checks were stolen from the man and written out to “several people.” While at the bank, it was discovered that there were an additional nine checks cashed that he did not write. An investigation is ongoing.

Around 5 p.m., police were called to a residence near Anchor Lane and N. Bayview Rd. in Southold, where a woman reported that “there was a man, who she did not recognize, walking around the neighborhood for several hours, and gave the police an address of where she believed the man to be. At the location, the man in question told police he was doing a walk as a fundraiser for the troops.

May 30 – Around 2 p.m., police were called to the corner of Carpenter St. and E. Front St. in Greenport for a report of a “disturbance over a parking summons.” Responding officers spoke with a 74-year-old White Plains woman, whose vehicle was parked on the grass on the east side of Carpenter St., “directly in front of Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding.” The woman “complained that there were no ‘No Parking’ signs in the area …” An officer pointed to a sign “approximately 30 feet away” that stated “No Parking This Side.”

Around 5:30 p.m., police were called to the North Ferry Dock in Greenport, for a report of a customer refusing to pay. The customer told police that he didn’t have any cash on him and his pre-paid ferry service card was “empty.” The customer added money to the pre-paid card, but the ferry employee insisted on cash, so that customer, a Shelter Island Heights man, used the ATM at the ferry dock to withdraw cash and pay his fare.

May 31 – Around 2:30 a.m., responded to a location on Wells Rd. in Peconic, following a 911 hang up. A 33-year-old woman there told police she “was startled and thought she had heard a door slam and a generator turn on outside of her residence,” and tried unsuccessfully to “cancel” the 911 call after making it. Police canvassed the area around her home and found no suspicious activity.

Around 4:45 p.m., police were called to Goldsmiths Inlet in Peconic for a report of an individual in a camping tent on Town Beach. Responding officers found a 26-year-old Bronx man inside the tent and asked him to dismantle it, which he did. No further action was taken, according to a report.

Around 5 p.m., police were called to a brewery on Main Rd. in Mattituck for a report of “an intoxicated man causing a disturbance.” An employee told police that Juan Ramos Martinez, 59, of Cutchogue, was harassing her. She said he put his hand out for a handshake, but “when she put her hand out he grabbed it and pulled her into his body,” causing the employee to be “alarmed and annoyed.” She declined to press charges, but signed a notice of trespass against him, preventing him from returning to the brewery without risking arrest.

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.

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