Blotter: Property spat nets three police visits

Southold Town police responded to 77 incidents between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, including the following.

• An ongoing property dispute brought police to Champlin Place in Greenport on three occasions during the week. On Aug. 31 a Greenport man called because he believed his neighbor was on his property, telling an officer via Ring camera interview that he observed suspicious activity alongside his fence. The officer then contacted the neighbor, who said a surveyor was visiting properties in the vicinity regarding an easement dispute. She also said she is tired of her neighbor’s complaints. The officer observer a surveyor in the area. On Sept. 1, the man called again to report that the neighbor was sending surveyors over to his side of the property line. Responding officers saw no surveyors there, but advised the caller that surveyors would need access to surrounding properties when taking measurements. On Sept. 4, the neighbor called police. She told the responding officer there had been multiple incidents regarding this dispute and that surveyors had recently placed marking stakes along the property line, one of which had subsequently been broken. While the officer was on this call, the original complainant arrived at police headquarters, where he asked to obtain an order of protection against his neighbor. He was advised that police would inquire with the town Justice Court as to whether the circumstances qualified for such an order. He was also advised to avoid further confrontations or conversations with his neighbor.
• A Southold woman called police Aug. 31 to report the possible theft of a Cartier watch from the nighstand in her master bedroom. Detectives were notified of the potential larceny.
• Southold police and detectives reported to the Nassau County Jail Sept. 1, where they arrested Travis Gast of East Quogue, 39, on an outstanding warrant from Southold Town Justice Court. Mr. Gast was transported to Southold headquarters for processing and later arraignment.
• An East Marion resident called Sept. 3 to report a black Toyota sedan parked on Shipyard Lane for over a week with the windows open. Responding officers found the vehicle to have an expired registration and contacted the owner, who said the vehicle had belonged to his son and the registration had been shifted to a new vehicle, as the Toyota would be junked. Officers were assured the Toyota would be removed from the roadway after the son returned from work.
• During response to a domestic incident in Greenport on Sept. 3, Southold officers identified and arrested a Farmingville man for whom there was an active Suffolk County arrest warrant. Urry Dodard, 48, was taken into custody and transported to Riverhead police headquarters, where he was transferred to the custody of SCPD officers.
• While on routine patrol Sept. 4, an officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle failing to maintain its lane on CR 48 in Mattituck. The sole occupant, David Christelot of Deer Park, 51, reportedly had the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and admitted to consuming alcohol. After performing poorly on a standard field test, Mr. Christelot was arrested, transferred to headquarters for processing and held for arraignment.
• A Greenport woman called police Sept. 4 because her neighbor had “shouted at her to quiet down” earlier that morning, claiming her “tone of voice” was disrupting the peace of surrounding neighbors. Officers spoke with the neighbor, who said the woman had been often talking and acting in a way that was annoying nearby residents, such as speaking very loudly on her front porch early in the morning. She only wished the woman to be more mindful going forward.
• Police were called to Greenport Sept. 5 by a pedestrian reporting people being chased and possibly fighting. Responding units made contact with a Manhasset resident who said a man began running after him as he was walking toward the ferry. After stating he did not want to fight, the man struck him in the face and ran away. The victim could not provide a description or say which direction the assailant fled. He claimed not to be in need of medical assistance and just wanted to document the incident.
• An officer on patrol Sept. 5 pulled over a Honda bearing a 2025 inspection sticker traveling on Route 25 in Greenport West. Further investigation showed that the driver had a suspended license, the car registration had expired in March 2023 and the vehicle was uninsured. The car was towed, the plates were confiscated and the driver and her passenger were transported to her residence.
• Police responded Sept. 6 at about 2:30 a.m. to a report of a vehicle running a red light and failing to maintain its lane on Main Road. Responding officers observed the vehicle cross the double yellow line multiple times and pulled it over in East Marion. The driver, a Jackson Heights resident, did not show any signs of impairment and said he could not find Truman’s Beach. Officers provided directions and advised him to be more conscious of his driving.
• According to an officer on patrol last week, a sign reading “Driving is not a crime” was affixed to the lower portion of a flock camera at Main Road and Manhanset Avenue in Greenport sometime between Sept. 4 and Sept. 6.
  

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.