On May 13, an employee at a Cutchogue vineyard reported a theft on May 9. The employee had left her bag in a closet in a tasting room, she told police, and discovered a few days later when she went retrieve it that bank card, a debit card and a $100 bill were stolen from the bag. One of the cards had a charge for $169 sneakers ordered online to an address in Pennsylvania. The victim notified the credit unions to put a fraud lock on her accounts, and the bank refunded the $169, according to police.
On May 13, a Greenport West senior citizen reported having gotten a fraud text alert from Apple Pay, saying someone was trying to process a $143 payment from her bank account. She then received a call from someone claiming to be from her bank, and instructing her to transfer $143 into her account. The person told her she had to download an app to transfer the money, which she did. During the transaction, the amount was changed to $14,000.
On May 15, Jorge Avila Pavon, 39, of Riverhead, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated, after a witness called police to report that a car he was driving eastbound on Route 25 was failing to maintain its lane, and had pulled over into a bank parking lot. A responding officer located the vehicle. Avila Pavon admitted to operating the vehicle, according to police, and was found to be intoxicated and arrested. A check of record found a previous DWI conviction in Southold from March, 2024.
On May 16, a Laurel resident reported through a relative that an electrical wire had been cut from her residence and the electric meter stolen. PSEG replaced the service and the meter prior to her contacting police. The theft is believed to have occurred between April 25 and March 15, according to a police report.
On May 16, a 12-year-old boy reported that he was walking to the Southold library on Main Rd. when an unknown woman approached him and said, “If you want some drugs, meet me behind the 7-11.” The boy walked into the library and called the police. The boy’s description of the woman matched a 47-year-old local woman known to police, but a responding officer was unable to locate her.
On May 17, a Cutchogue senior citizen reported to police that someone had forged a check that drew $6,200.58 from her bank account. The woman learned of the fraud when she was contacted by her waste management company, who said she hadn’t paid her monthly bill — even though she dropped off a letter containing a $68.44 check with recently at the Cutchogue Post Office. The resident obtained copies of both the real and the forged checks, and turned them over to police, who are investigating.
On May 17, a resident on Second St. in Greenport contacted police to report an ongoing issue with a group of men who congregate in the Adams St. village parking lot behind her home. The homeowner told police that the men urinating in the bushes behind her home and leave trash in the parking lot. A responding officer escorted the men from the area without incident, according to a police report.
On May 17, police responded to a complaint about people putting up tents on the beach at Goldsmith’s Inlet Park in Peconic. Responding officers spoke with a 26-year-old Bronx woman who said the one tent on the beach was hers and that she was fishing, according to a report. Officers advised her to take down the tent. While at the scene, the police checked fishing licenses and determined that five people were fishing without a license. They were advised not to come back to fish until they have received licenses.
