Another week, another batch of mysteries: police were faced with a missing Chromebook, a cooler full of eggs gone rogue, a curb-jumping driver who panicked and fled — and a mysterious gas station dumpster fire. There was also an unusual wanderer, who told police he was walking from Orient to Jamesport, and a Facebook Marketplace dispute over a washer and dryer.

On Oct. 27, a store on Franklinville Road in Laurel reported the early morning theft of two black, square flower pots worth $50 each. A surveillance camera malfunctioned and failed to capture the incident, according to a police report.

Around 3 p.m. Oct. 27, a Main Road resident in Cutchogue contacted police to report a man carrying a black backpack trying to open doors and look in windows at the property. A responding officer located a Yonkers man fitting the description, who told police he was walking from Orient to Jamesport and needed a bathroom, according to a police report. An officer transported him to the Mattituck bus stop.

On Oct. 27, Charles Tyler, 55, with no known address, was issued a village code violation for having an open container of alcohol in the Adams Street parking lot in Greenport. Two days later, a local official reported to police that Tyler was drinking in the Adams Street parking lot. A responding officer “observed several open cans of Natty Daddy next to Tyler,” and he was issued a criminal court appearance ticket, according to a police report.

Shortly before 8 p.m. Oct. 27, police received a report of a dumpster fire at a Main Road gas station in Mattituck. The Mattituck Fire Department responded, and police interviewed the gas station manager, who said he didn’t know how the fire started. The owner said cameras on the property didn’t capture the fire.

Around 9 p.m. Oct. 28, a Greenport West woman reported to police that she’d been followed into and out of a local store by a man who kept trying to engage her in conversation by repeatedly saying “hi.” The woman felt uncomfortable and contacted police, who canvassed the area but were unable to locate the individual.

For the second time in two weeks, a Laurel man called police to mediate a civil dispute with a Mattituck employer. Rogelio Puluc Sinay, 52, of Laurel, claimed that he was owed $15 for painting a door for the Mattituck contractor. The contractor said he painted the door himself a month ago and had hired Puluc Sinay to pick up garbage. He also said he paid him $100 for five hours of work on another job and bought him lunch. Two weeks ago, Puluc Sinay claimed the same man failed to pay him for his work, but when police arrived, Puluc Sinay was too intoxicated to tell authorities how much he believed he was owed, according to a police report. In that incident, the contractor told police he had hired Puluc Sinay to put protective paper on windows ahead of a paint job but that the Laurel man was too intoxicated, so he paid him $100 and told him to leave. In that incident, Puluc Sinay was arrested after allegedly threatening to vandalize the contractor’s truck if he wasn’t paid. Two days earlier, Puluc Sinay was arrested for trespassing in a cemetery.

On Oct. 28, a Mattituck mother reported to police that her son’s school-issued laptop was lost after she was contacted by one of his teachers. She searched the house, according to a police report, but was unable to locate the Chromebook. The mother said it may have been misplaced during an evacuation drill at the school on Oct. 24.

On Oct. 28, an unidentified man turned over to police a license plate he said he found in a storm drain near Love Lane and Main Road in Mattituck. Police returned it to its owner, a Mattituck man.

On Oct. 30, the Mattituck Fire Department and Southold police responded to a report of a possible electrical fire at a Bayer Road residence, according to a police report. Firefighters determined the cause to be “chafed service lines from pole to house, causing arcing” of electric currents. The homeowner was advised to contact PSEG for tree trimming.

On Oct. 30, police received a report of the theft of a cooler and cash box from a produce stand on Peconic Bay Boulevard in Laurel. The stand’s owner told police that someone stole her teal Vingli cooler, including several dozen eggs inside, and a cash box attached to the cooler. Police found three cartons of a dozen eggs lying in the grass near the stand. The owner estimated that there was about $6 in the cash box.

On Oct. 30, a Patchogue woman reported seeing a car drive over the curb and onto the sidewalk in front of a roasting company on Main Road in Southold, and then back up and drive away. She captured a license plate in a photo and turned it over to police, who tracked down the car’s registered owner, a 40-year-old Southold woman. In an interview with police, the woman admitted to the incident, saying she “accidentally pressed the gas instead of the brake while parking … [and] panicked and left because she did not know what to do.”

Around noon Oct. 30, police were called to a gas station on Middle Road in Peconic by a FedEx driver. The driver told police the gas station employee refused to sign for the package and a dispute ensued. The gas station employee “stated that [the driver] was being racist and that’s why he didn’t want to sign for the package.” The driver told police he would have a different driver attempt to deliver the package the following day.

On Oct. 31, police responded to a 911 call coming from a Theresa Drive residence in Mattituck. A man at the home said he had been trying to dial his friend in France and accidentally called 911.

On Nov. 1, Chateau Butler, 43, of East Marion, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated after a Greenport man reported seeing a motor vehicle leave the roadway and crash into shrubs near Manhanset Avenue and Champlin Place in Greenport West. A responding officer observed Butler “slumped over the steering wheel,” according to a police report. Butler was arrested after police said she performed poorly on field sobriety tests.

On Nov. 1, a Southold man attempting to sell a washing machine and dryer through Facebook Marketplace got into a dispute with a potential buyer at his Youngs Avenue home and called police, according to a report. The buyer apparently was under the impression that the washer and dryer were “supposed to be disconnected and ready to be moved,” but they were not. The two men began to argue, and the Southold man ordered the buyer to leave, but the man refused until his money was refunded. With police assistance, both men agreed that the buyer would still take the washer and dryer and the Southold man could keep the money.

On Nov. 1, a local hospital contacted Southold police about an unidentified woman in a purple jacket and gray sweatpants who entered the lobby with “multiple garbage bags of belongings” and left before registering, leaving the bags behind. Hospital staff asked officers to take the bags away, but were told the police do not take custody of property simply because it has been abandoned. Southold officers canvassed the area looking for the woman but were unable to locate her.

Around 11:30 p.m. Nov. 2, Jose Calzadilla Aquino, 40, of Riverhead, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated after being stopped for allegedly exceeding the speed limit on Middle Road in Peconic.

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.