Not every police call involves flashing lights and dramatic arrests. Sometimes it’s a rock in the wrong place, a tag sale that just got too hot, or someone wondering why a stranger is shoeless on their porch in the middle of the night. Welcome to another week on the Southold Town Police beat.

July 19 – Yefferson Reyes, 19, of Greenport, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated after police say he was involved in a single-vehicle accident when his car struck a tree off Main Road in Cutchogue, according to a police report.

July 20 – Around noon, a bike patrol officer observed two men in the Adams St. parking lots in Greenport with a bottle of vodka — one with no known address and one Greenport West man, 41, both well-known to police — who were “highly intoxicated,” according to a police report. Both men were issued summonses. One of them, Gabriel Jiminez, 41, was transported to a local hospital due to his level of intoxication.

Around 1 p.m., police received a report of a vehicle for sale parked on state highway property near the corner of Main Road and Stillwater Ave. in Cutchogue. Police contacted the vehicle owner, who removed it.

Around 3 p.m., police were called to West Road in Cutchogue for a report of a woman “yelling at beach patrons and construction workers.” Responding officers spoke with the woman, 72, of Cutchogue, who advised that “she was upset that the parks district … put up a shed for lifeguard stands.” She left without further incident and was advised not to return, according to a police report.

Around 11 p.m., police were called to a residence on Wunneweta Road in Cutchogue for a report of a female, 45, “not wearing shoes,” knocking on the residence door and sitting on the front porch of the residence. When police arrived, the woman had left the area, but according to a police report, she is “known to officers to exhibit this behavior.” Police visited her at her residence, where “she appeared to be sleeping and refused to speak to officers.” Police spoke to the woman’s mother, who said she may have “been sleepwalking.”

Just before midnight, police were called to a Third St. residence in Greenport for a report of a man “refusing to leave” the home. Responding officers found the man, a 29-year-old Riverhead man who is well-known to local police, on the porch. He was taken to another Greenport residence “for the evening,” while his bicycle was left behind at the Third St. location.

July 21 – Around 9 a.m., police were called to a Main St. residence in Greenport for a report that a black, $1,600 Priority Onyx bicycle was stolen at some point in the past week from the side of the house. The bicycle had an Apple AirTag attached to the handlebars, but the battery was dead. Police canvassed the area for security cameras but were unable to find any in the area.

Around 11:30 a.m., police were called to a location on Main Bayview Road in Southold for a report of a physical dispute. A 60-year-old Southold man told police he was having an issue with an employee. The employee, 27, said he was standing in the office talking to a staff member when the older man attempted to enter the office. When he was asked to come back later, he allegedly “pushed [the 27-year-old] with two hands,” before again being asked to leave and doing so. The younger man declined to press charges, and both men were advised to avoid each other for the rest of the day.

Around 4:30 p.m., police arrested Jamie Heltzel, 38, of Shirley, in Riverhead on an active Southold Town Justice Court warrant, according to a police report.

Around 6:30 p.m., police were called to Sound Ave. in Peconic following a complaint about fishermen with out-of-state license plates at Goldsmith’s Inlet. The vehicles were ticketed for not having Southold Town parking permits. Fishing licenses were checked and found to be valid, but their catch was also inspected, and three fish were found to be under the legal size limit. A Roosevelt man, 49, was ticketed.

July 22 – Around noon, police were called to Hortons Lane and Middle Road for a report of a “disturbance female walking at [the location] with no shoes on.” Police canvassed the area without locating the female in question.

Around 12:30 p.m., police received a report from a BMW driver who reported that someone in a Nissan Rogue threw a water bottle at her moving vehicle near Middle Road and Carroll Ave. in Southold. Police canvassed the area, but were unable to locate the Nissan Rogue. The owner of the Rogue is a 49-year-old Mastic woman, according to a police report.

July 23 – Around 3:30 a.m., police received a 911 hang-up call on Cox Lane in Cutchogue. Responding officers located a man seated outside the location. He told police he called 911 but did not need assistance. According to a police report, the man was “extremely agitated, combative and appeared to be intoxicated,” continuously yelled for police to “get the f— off [his] property,” and refused to provide any information about himself. He was later identified as a 29-year-old Riverhead man.

Around 9 a.m., police received a complaint from a bank employee on Main St. in Greenport about a vehicle that had been parked in the bank parking lot for two days. Police contacted the owner, a 29-year-old Greenport woman, who told police “there was no available parking on her street.” She was advised that the car would be towed from the bank parking lot if it was not moved.

Around 2 p.m., police were called to the corner of First St. and South Street in Greenport for a report of a man panhandling there. Police located a 61-year-old Greenport man, who was advised to leave the area, which he did, according to a police report.

Around 2:30 p.m., police received a report of a vehicle failing to maintain its lane on Sound Ave. in Mattituck. Police located the vehicle in the Mattituck CVS parking lot and interviewed its owner, an 87-year-old Southold man, who told police he was “driving cautiously to avoid potential deer.” He showed no signs of impairment, according to a police report.

Around 5:30 p.m., police were called to Factory Ave. in Mattituck for a dispute between neighbors. Two neighbors complained that a third neighbor had “placed a large rock on their property line near the end of their driveway.” The third neighbor told police she “did not do this intentionally and only did so as a means of preventing [the other two neighbors] from driving over her grass while exiting their driveway.” A landlord for the two complaining neighbors came to the property and moved the rock back onto the third neighbor’s property after confirming the property line with a surveyor. “All parties involved confirmed the dispute over the rock has been resolved,” according to a police report.

July 24 – Around 10:45 a.m., police were called to Cases Lane in Cutchogue for a “disturbance involving a large tag sale.” Neighbors told police they were upset that a large tag sale was attracting “a large number of people and that vehicles associated with the tag sale were parking on their lawns and causing damage.” According to a police report, they “erected snow fencing and placed traffic cones around the perimeter of their property” to keep people from parking on their lawn. A responding officer advised the neighbors that most of the cars were parked on a town-owned easement and not private property. The responding officer advised traffic control officers to patrol the area and issue tickets to anyone parked illegally.

Around 1 p.m., police were called to the King Kullen parking lot in Cutchogue after an 87-year-old Orient man observed a vehicle with “86-47” painted on the rear window, according to a police report. Earlier this month, Secret Service agents visited a Mattituck farmer with “86-47” on an American flag on his property. The numbers combine “86” (slang to eject or get rid of) and “47” (referencing the 47th president). The agents left without asking the farmer to take down the flag. At King Kullen, a responding officer notified a detective, according to a police report, but took no further action, according to a report.

Around 3 p.m., police received a report of a car parked near Main Bayview Road and Waterview Terrace in Southold with a male passed out behind the wheel. A complainant told police the man woke up and drove off. Police located the vehicle turning southbound on South Harbor Road before proceeding at “a high rate of speed before being involved in a motor vehicle accident, striking a guard rail and a chain-link fence before coming to a rest in the sand on South Harbor Road.” The driver, Henry Fuentes, 25, of Sound Beach, N.Y., tried to flee the vehicle, according to a police report, but was apprehended and arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated.

Around 5:15 p.m., police were contacted by a 64-year-old Greenport man following up on a previous police report. He told police that while at a Southold restaurant on Main Bayview Ave., a Greenport West woman who appeared to have been driving him “abruptly” left the restaurant without advising him. The man said he left a small, green leather backpack in her car containing a “straight-blade knife in a nylon sheath and four prescription bottles containing medicine to treat his cancer.” He told police he believed the woman intentionally left the restaurant abruptly “so she could consume his prescription medication.” Police responded to the woman’s residence, where she denied knowing the whereabouts of the backpack and consented to a search of her car, which did not turn up the backpack. She told police she would contact them if she located the backpack inside her residence. According to a police report, she later contacted police to report she had located the backpack, but without the contents specified by the cancer victim inside.

July 25 – Around 11 a.m., a Mattituck resident reported the apparent theft of a $29,000 ATV belonging to a 19-year-old from a residence on Sound Ave. The resident reporting the incident told police it “could have been any of the [teenager’s] rivals that took it, but does not have any proof at this time.” A detective was notified, according to a police report.

Around 2 p.m., police were called to a residence on Third St. in Greenport, where an intoxicated 29-year-old Riverhead man, well-known to local police, claimed he was “spit on” by a 61-year-old Greenport man, also well-known to police, and wanted the incident documented. The younger man was “intoxicated and unable to explain details relating to the incident.”

Around 3 p.m., police responded to a report of an ATV riding on Shipyard Lane in East Marion. A juvenile riding the ATV was advised to contact his father to retrieve the vehicle. The father was advised of the violations his son could be issued and the safety concerns involved. The ATV was taken off the roadway, and both father and son were advised that if it is seen on a roadway again, it will be towed.

Around 7:15 p.m., police were called to Breakwater Beach for a report of a fight. None of the involved parties wished to press charges, according to a police report.

Around 8 p.m., police were contacted by a Gabriella Court resident in Mattituck, who was not at home but told police there were people inside her house “that were not allowed to be there.” Police responded and spoke to the woman’s husband, who told police he was home with his son, who had a few friends over, and that everyone was allowed to be there. He told police he would advise his wife of this.

July 26 – Around 5:30 p.m., a police officer observed a vehicle strike a parked car on Front St. in Greenport and then watched the driver step out of the vehicle and “almost fall while attempting to get out,” according to a police report. Driver Stephanie Kearney, 51, of Brooklyn, smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot, glassy eyes and performed poorly on field sobriety tests, according to the report. She was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated.

According to a Southold Police press releases issued this week, Martinez Juarez, 40, of Greenport, was arrested on July 5 for alleged driving while intoxicated. Martin Mendez Umana, 35, of Mattituck, was arrested on June 27 for alleged driving while intoxicated following a report of a vehicle he was driving failing to maintain its lane on Main Road in Mattituck and “flashing other vehicles in the roadway,” according to another police press release.

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.