A smoking boat in Plum Gut. A mysterious sack of maggot-covered animal remains abandoned in Cutchogue. A missing gun, a missing engraved boulder, a buoy that drifted home from Southampton and a power tool that spontaneously burst into flames in Orient. Add in feuding roommates, wandering kayakers, an intoxicated bar patron looking for a fight and a North Ferry misunderstanding solved by a Mandarin interpreter, and you have another colorful week on the North Fork.
Feuding roommates
June 1 – Just after midnight, police were called to a residence on Peconic Bay Blvd. in Laurel to mitigate a dispute between two roommates, a 44-year-old woman and a 62-year-old, allegedly intoxicated man, both from Laurel. According to a police report, the pair got into a dispute during which the man is alleged to have punched the woman in the chin. The woman told police that her roommate was intoxicated when she got home, and that he began to verbally harass her, claiming she “disrespected” his father. Planning to move out in the morning, the woman began packing her belongings, according to the report. At that point, the man is alleged to have knocked over one of her bags, which contained some tea bags, and then moved towards her and allegedly punched her on the chin, causing a ‘scratch,’ according to the report. She told police she then pushed the man away, at least twice, before both parties retreated to their respective rooms and locked their doors. The woman declined to press charges. Police advised both parties to remains in their rooms with their doors locked until, and both agreed.
Around 8:15 a.m., a police marine unit responded to a report of a vessel smoking at Plum Gut in the Long Island Sound. Upon locating the vessel, it was no longer in distress, according to a report, and was towed to Orient.
At about 8:45 a.m., a Cutchogue man reported finding “a bag of animal remains covered in maggots” at a location on Dartmouth Place between Pequash and Stillwater Avenues. A responding officer determined that the bag was on private property, and endeavored to make contact with the owner.
Around noon, police responded to the King Kullen parking lot in Cutchogue in response to a report of a man with a “shaved head getting into a black van while drinking a bottle of liquor.” Police canvassed the area for the van in question without success.
Around 12:30 p.m., police responded to a report of man sleeping by the dumpsters at Mattituck Plaza. Police responded and found Jose Arias Gregorio, 63, with no known address, at the location, and served him with a notice of trespass, meaning he could be arrested if he returns to the location.
Missing gun
Also around 12:30 p.m., police were called to a location on Sound Ave. in Mattituck for a report of a missing firearm. Detectives were notified and an investigation is ongoing. No further information on the incident was immediately available.
Around 2:30 p.m., a police marine unit was called to the waters off Causeway Beach on the Nassau Point peninsula, for a report of three kayakers “not making way in the water.” The marine unit used a police drone to locate the trio and subsequently made contact with them. The paddlers said they were not in need of any assistance, so the marine unit officers offered them three lifejackets, which the kayakers took and put on.
At about 4 p.m., police were called to a hospital in Greenport for a report of a “male subject laying at the entrance of the parking lot.” Responding officers canvassed the area for the individual in question without success, according to a police report.
Just before 10 p.m., a patrol officer allegedly observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on Main Road in Laurel with no headlights, and initiated a traffic stop. The driver was the sole occupant in the vehicle, and an officer allegedly observed an open can of beer in the driver’s console, and administered field sobriety tests, which the 20-year-old Mattituck man passed, showing no signs of intoxication. He was issued summonses for the open can of beer, driving without headlights and an expired inspection sticker. The officer waited while a friend came to pick the driver up.
Around 10:30 p.m., police were called to a residence on Main Rd. in East Marion, where a homeowner told police that an unknown male was standing near his driveway. Responding officers located the man in question, who identified himself as the complainant’s neighbor, and said he “has a bad back and is just walking and playing on his phone.” No further action was taken, according to a report.
Stolen stone?
June 2 – Around 9 a.m., police were called to a residence on New Suffolk Ave. in Cutchogue, where a homeowner reported a “2ftx2ft rock with his last name and address on it missing” from the home. He told police he was last at the location in Oct. 2025, and that when he returned on May 26, “the rock was missing.” He sought only to have the incident documented, according to a report.
Around 10 a.m., police were called to a residence on Cedar Point Dr. in Southold, after a buoy washed up on shore. A responding officer was able to identify the buoy owner as the owner of a Southampton-based oyster company. The oysterman responded to police headquarters to collect his errant buoy.
Around noon, at the request of the Town Trustees office, police were called to a restaurant on North Road in Greenport West, for a report of deck work being done without a permit. A responding officer spoke with the general manager, who said the work was simply replacing bolts on pre-existing wood framing. Upon further investigation by trustees, it was determined that the structure existed prior to the requirement for permits – so no further action was taken.
Around 3:15 p.m., police were called to the Adams St. parking lots in Greenport, for a report of individuals “possibly dumping paint into the sewers.” A responding officer spoke with a 53-year-old Hampton Bays man, who said he’d been hired by the owner of a nearby building to paint the exterior, and called the report a “misunderstanding and they were only cleaning out their brushes.” A review of the sewer grates showed no indication of paint being dumped, according to a police report. No further action was taken.
Around 4 p.m., police were alerted to a home on Ihar Lane in Cutchogue, where a neighbor had noticed numerous packages piling up on the porch, and was concerned about the owner’s well-being. Police contacted the owner, who said he was out of town and would take care of the packages when he returned home.
Woman tells cops they are ‘free to go’
Around 8:30 p.m., a Greenport West woman contacted police to report that a neighbor had advised her that a female had climbed through the window of a Middleton Road residence where her brother lives. She told police the woman was her brother’s friend, but didn’t know her name. She wanted police to remove her brother and the friend from the property, but was advised that her brother lives there and is entitled to invite friends over, even ones who climb through a window to get in. The woman, who appears to have met officers at the property, responded that if there was nothing further they could do for her, the responding officers were “free to go.”
June 3 – Around noon, a resident on 3rd St. in Greenport contacted police to report that a local man well-known to police “kept passing her house … screaming and cursing.” She said she heard the man ask her son if she was home. A notice of trespass was signed against Stanley Lawrence, 58, of Greenport, who was advised that if he returned to the location he could be subject to arrest.
Around 1 p.m., police were called to the corner of Main Rd. and Skunk Lane in Cutchogue, for a report of “a male in the roadway collecting tools.” Responding officers canvassed the area but did not locate such a male.
Around 2 p.m., police received “multiple 911 calls referencing … a vehicle driving irately and failing to maintain lane.” Responding officers located the vehicle in question and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, a 30-year-old woman from Holbrook, said she was heading home from work as a home health nurse and was feeling emotional.” A police report said she showed no signs of impairment. She was issued a traffic summons and released.
Around 7 p.m., police received a call from a Rock Cove Ct. resident in Greenport West, who reported that someone had removed a “metal tray from a planter on the side of her residence,” and wanted the incident documented. She told police no security cameras were on the property.
June 4 – Around 7:30 a.m., police received a report of “ferry line attendees honking and yelling at each other” near the corner of Wiggins and Fifth St. in Greenport. Responding officers found “negative issues,” but continued to monitor the morning ferry line throughout their tour.
Too hot to handle
Around 5 p.m., police responded to a residence on Ryder Farm Lane in Orient for a report of a “power tool on fire.” The owner told police and responding Orient firefighters that “his power tool was sitting on a table when it suddenly caught fire.”
June 5 – Around 10:30 a.m., police responded to the Adams St. parking lot in response to a 911 call. They spoke to a local man, well known to police, with no known address, who “appeared intoxicated” and told police “he was upset because he’d gotten into a verbal dispute regarding money with an unknown subject” on Adams St. Two days later, around 1 p.m., the same man called 911 from a location in the woods off. Main Road in Mattituck. He told police there was “another unknown … male in the woods with him and that he wanted the male subject to leave. Upon arrival, the male subject was already gone, according to a police report. The man who had called said “he no longer needed any police assistance.”
June 6 – Around 7:30 p.m., an officer on routine patrol noticed a local man known to him walking northbound on Moores Lane in Greenport. The officer knew Timothy McDonald, 29, of Cutchogue to have an active arrest warrant out on him, and confirmed as much with dispatch, according to a police report. McDonald was arrested and jailed, awaiting arraignment, according to a report.
At about 9 a.m., Southold police were contacted by the Coast Guard, which reported receiving a report of a deflated red raft near the 9th hole at The Fishers Island Club. Police checked the area but did not locate the raft in question.
Punch drunk?
Around 11:15 p.m., police were called to a waterfront restaurant on Main St. in Greenport, for a report of an intoxicated patron refusing to leave the establishment. Responding officers spoke with the restaurant security, who told them a 25-year-old Aquebogue man was “causing a disturbance and attempted to get into a fist fight with other patrons,” according to a police report. The security guard told authorities that “at one point he had to physically remove [the Aquebogue man] from another patron,” and “forced [him] out of the bar and into the parking lot where he still refused to leave..” Responding officers spoke to the man “about the incident which he denied in its entirety.” A police report said the man “appeared to be highly intoxicated,” and eventually left the location without incident.
June 7 – Around 1 p.m., police were called to the North Ferry dock in Greenport for a report of a passenger “refusing to pay or speak to the staff.” A responding officer contacted a Mandarin interpreter, who spoke with the passenger and revealed that “a language barrier had … caused a misunderstanding.” The passenger paid and the issue was resolved.
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.