Last week Southold Town police responded to a string of calls ranging from stolen jewelry and a missing mailbox to allegedly menacing behavior on Route 48 and a yard-sale dispute involving a man known only as “Waldo.” Officers also dealt with illegally stored boats at Pipes Cove, intoxicated individuals in Mitchell Park and a lonely, owner-less cooler chilling short porgies at the Fifth St. dock in Greenport. The porgies were released and the cooler confiscated.
On Sept. 8, Southold police responded to the beach at Pipes Cove in Greenport, following a report from the Southold Town Trustees Office about 22 items including kayaks, canoes and a catamaran that were being stored illegally on town property. One of the owners who was on scene advised police that she would alert the neighborhood via social media to remove their items from Pipes Cove by the end of the week. Police placed town trustee “Illegally stored” stickers on all the items, according to a police report, and will follow up next week to confirm all the property has been removed.
On Sept. 8, a Front St. store owner in Greenport reported the theft of a bracelet from her store. According to a police report, the store owner said a man entered the store and made a purchase, then left. The storeowner noticed a bracelet missing, and reviewed surveillance tape that allegedly showed the man pocketing the bracelet.
On Sept. 10, Southold police arrested Kevin Johnson, 47, with no known address, on an outstanding warrant.
On Sept. 11, David Truglia, 39, of New Suffolk was arrested for menacing, according to a police report. An East Marion woman called police to say that while driving eastbound on Route 48, she observed a car in which Truglia was riding swerving on the road. After she honked, she told police, a man later identified as Truglia leaned out the passenger side window “with what appeared to be a firearm.” It was unclear from the report whether a weapon was recovered from the car.
On Sept. 13, while on patrol, police observed six people fishing off the Fifth St. dock in Greenport. Between the individuals, according to police, was a cooler containing two short porgies. “All the individuals denied the cooler was theirs … and stated it belonged to someone that was either sleeping in a nearby vehicle or who had left the area. Police interviewed two people sleeping in nearby vehicles, who also denied owning the cooler. Police released the fish and confiscated the cooler.
A Cutchogue man aims to press charges against a mysterious, short-tempered stranger known as “Waldo.” According to police, a Little Neck Rd. homeowner was setting up for a yard sale around 7 a.m. on Sept. 13 when a Ford F-150 pulled up. When the homeowner advised the driver that the sale didn’t start until 8 a.m. “the subject became irritated, pulled his truck onto [the] front lawn and aggressively drove away,” leaving tire marks on the lawn. While the homeowner didn’t get a license plate, he said the driver “goes by the nickname ‘Waldo.’ He wants to press charges if police can locate Waldo.
On Sept. 13, a Main St. storeowner in Greenport told police that an unknown female entered the store and stole a pair of board shorts. The storeowner did not want to press charges, but only wanted the merchandise returned.
On Sept. 13, a Southold woman reported the disappearance of her mailbox and the post it sat on. Police found “no evidence of a motor vehicle accident or vandalism,” and the mailbox and post were nowhere to be found. No security cameras in the area were trained on the location, according to police.
On Sept. 14, police received a report of two possibly intoxicated subjects in Greenport’s Mitchell Park. A responding officer found two men lying on the grass behind a bench, apparently intoxicated. Both men, who are known to Southold police, have no known addresses. One of them, Charles Tyler, 55, was issued a code violation for having an open container of alcohol. Both men were advised to leave the area.
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.