From mysteriously dead chickens in Mattituck and a man screaming in Greenport because his vape “died,” to rogue fishing nets in Peconic Bay and an intoxicated homeowner celebrating the Greek church opening a little too enthusiastically, Southold Town police were kept busy last week.
May 4 – Around 1:30 p.m., police responded to a Peconic Bay Blvd. residence in Laurel and took a report of a turquoise yoga mat apparently stolen from a parked vehicle there, according to a police report.
Dead chickens mystery
Around 3 p.m., police responded to Naugles Dr. in Mattituck for a report of “two dead chickens.” The owner of the chickens told police he left his residence on Sunday morning and returned Monday morning to find the chickens deceased. It was not immediately clear, based on the police report, whether fowl play is suspected. Four days later, the owner contacted police again, saying he had found eight of his chickens deceased in the last two months, but that this incident was the first in which there appeared to forced entry into the chicken coop. He told police there were security cameras that could have caught the perpetrator or perpetrators in the act, but that he has since installed surveillance equipment. Police spoke to all the neighbors surrounding the area, according to a police report, and “none of them reported anyone wishing harm upon [the man’s] chickens.”
May 5 – Around 9 a.m., police were called to a waterfront residence on Blue Marlin Dr. in Greenport West, where the homeowner reported finding about 100 yards of fishing nets and poles in the water behind her home. Police were unable to identify the owner of the nets, and contacted the harbormaster.
Also around 9 a.m., police responded to Main St. in Greenport for a report of a man in a black hoodie screaming and throwing things. Responding officers located the individual in question, who denied throwing anything, but acknowledged having screamed “because his ‘vape died.’” The 29-year-old Cutchogue man told police he was not in distress and did not need assistance.
Around noon, police and Southold firefighters responded to small fire in a dumpster in the rear parking lot at Feather Hill Village. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames.
Around 1:30 p.m., police were called to a residence on Deep Hole Dr. in Mattituck, for a town trustee report of work being done without a permit. Responding officers observed a contractor cutting down three large trees on the property and installing top soil in the backyard. They also observed property along the water’s edge, where grass and shrubs were cut down “to the stump.” The contractor told police he had been hired by the homeowner to cut down the trees and lay the topsoil, but that his crew was not responsible for the work done at the water’s edge. He was advised to cease all work on the property until the proper permits are obtained.
Around 2:30 p.m., police were called to a residence on Sunset Dr. in Mattituck, for a report of loud music. There they found a “highly intoxicated” homeowner who was apparently “celebrating the Greek church opening.” The homeowner was argumentative, but eventually agreed to turn down the music, according to a police report.
May 6 – Around 7:30 a.m., police were called to the Southold Transfer Station on Cox Lane in Cutchogue, for a report that someone appeared to have broken the employee gate at the station. While the gate was still locked and the lock intact, it appeared, according to a police report, that someone may have pulled the gate backwards and squeezed through the opening. Nothing was reporting missing.
DWI arrests
May 8 – Around 8 p.m., Jose Sibrian Martinez, 23, of Riverside, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated after police allegedly observed the truck he was driving “moving unsafely from the designated lane of travel,” and crossing over “the white fog line no less than two times with no less than two tires onto the shoulder” on the north side of Route 25, according to a police report. An officer initiated a traffic stop, at which point Sibrian Martinez was allegedly observed to have “blood shot, glassy eyes” and the smell of alcohol on his breath and was “unsteady on his feet.” He was arrested after allegedly performing poorly on field sobriety tests.
May 9 – Just after midnight, Erik Barrios Caal, 34, of Mattituck, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated. According to a police report, patrol officers noticed a car sitting in a Mill Lane winery parking lot “with a suspicious bright light shining, after established business hours.” When the car pulled out of the parking lot, police followed the vehicle and allegedly observed it cross over the white fog lines “multiple times.” Following a traffic stop, Barrios Caal was arrested, and due a to a previous DWI conviction, according to a police report, his vehicle was seized and impounded.
May 10 – Around 9:30 a.m., police received a report of two men fishing off the docks at Mitchell Park in Greenport. Responding officers observed two Brooklyn men fishing off the docks, and advised them that they were not allowed to fish there. Both men left without incident.
Around 2:30 p.m., received a report from a Greenport man that someone had struck his parked vehicle and fled the area in an unknown direction. According to a police report, the incident apparently occurred between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m, the victim told police. There were no surveillance cameras in the area that would have captured the incident.
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.