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Blotter: Phys Ed teacher charged with BWI

A Southold boater stopped Saturday night for insufficient navigation lights was later charged with boating while intoxicated, according to Southold Town Police.

Craig Osmer, 55, was arrested at Albertson’s Marina in Southold at about 10:45 p.m., police said. He was held overnight and is scheduled to return to court on July 22. Mr. Osmer is a physical education teacher at Oysterponds School in Orient and a former Greenport boys varsity soccer coach.

• Cutchogue Fire Department responded to a fire in the basement of a building at the North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue on the morning of July 8. Southold Police said that a dryer in the basement had caught on fire and was extinguished by workers at the country club.

• Two flowerpots were reported stolen from in front of a Route 25, Peconic flower shop on July 5.

• A Main Street, Greenport resident reported that a blue and gray mountain bike that had been chained to the house’s porch was stolen sometime between July 5 and July 6.

• A Route 25, Southold resident reported on June 29 that someone had reportedly shot at her house with a BB gun on May 25. She simply wanted to document the incident, according to police.

Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime or violation. The charges against them may later be reduced or withdrawn, or they may be found innocent.