Blotter: Three alleged DWIs and more futzing with flocks

Southold Town police responded to the following incidents during the week from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19.

• Three reports involving criminal tampering with flock cameras in Greenport were received during the week. The first, made by an officer on patrol, occurred Oct. 13 at Moores Lane and Front Street. That same camera was disturbed again Oct.14, when an officer discovered its lens covered with tape and a cardboard sign posted on the pole. Another incident on Oct. 14 involved a camera at Knapp Place and Main Street, where a patrolling officer noted that the port wires had been cut and found a portion on the snipped wire on the street.
• Officers responded to Cedar Drive and Main Bayview Road in Southold about 8:40 p.m. Oct. 12 on a report of a vehicle failing to maintain its lane of travel. They observed a black SUV traveling out of its lane and pulled it over. The driver, identified as Brian Flanagan of Huntington, 58, admitted to drinking “some beers” and was observed to have glassy bloodshot eyes, be unsteady on his feet and have the smell of alcohol on his breath. Mr. Flanagan consented to standard field sobriety tests, on which he performed poorly. He was subsequently arrested and taken to headquarters for processing, where he was held overnight for arraignment.
• A Cutchogue woman called police about 11:50 p.m. Oct. 12 to report a subject in a dark SUV outside honking and ringing her doorbell. Responding officers found two individuals in the vehicle, and the passenger explained that she was a home health aide looking for the address 58 Fawn Lane. Further investigation revealed that the place they were looking for was actually 58 Fawn Lane in Centereach.
• Officers were called to a Southold home just after midnight Oct. 14, where a 13-year-old had apparently sent explicit photographs via TikTok to an unknown subject, who then demanded $500 and threatened to post the pictures if the money was not received. The juvenile reportedly acquired a $30 Apple gift card and sent that code to the subject, who continued to demand further payments equal to the full amount requested. At that point, communication was cut off and the subject was blocked, but Southold detectives were alerted and investigation was to continue.
• On Oct. 14 about 10:45 p.m. a patrol officer observed a vehicle turn northward at Front and Main streets in Greenport then proceed in the wrong lane. A traffic stop was initiated and the officer noted the vehicle bore a paper license plate. A search of the VIN showed the vehicle to be unregistered and uninsured. The driver was issued several UTTs for the violations and the vehicle was towed to the police yard.
• A 29-year-old Riverhead man was detained for officer safety Oct. 15 after police were called to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, where the man was causing a disturbance about a lost cellphone, becoming argumentative and irate with officers. He eventually agreed to leave the property.
• A 27-year-old Southold driver was pulled over Oct.16 about 7 p.m. after police observed his vehicle crossing over the double yellow and fog lines along Main Road in Greenport West. The officer observed “multiple” cans of Modelo in the vehicle and smelled an odor of alcohol on the breath of the driver, identified as Kevin Guzhnay Yanzaguano. He was observed to have watery, glassy eyes and be unsteady on his feet, and performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests. Mr. Guzhnay Yanzaguano was arrested, transported to headquarters and held for arraignment.
• Just before 2 p.m. on Oct. 18, police witnessed a vehicle run a red light at Route 48 and Westphalia Avenue in Mattituck, then saw the driver pull over, exit the vehicle and urinate in front of a local residence. An officer identified the driver from a learner’s permit as Paul Peralta-Bravo, 40, of Middletown, N.Y., who was observed to have glassy, bloodshot eyes, be unsteady on his feet and have the odor of alcohol on his breath. He also performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests, which were administered through Language Line. Mr. Peralta-Bravo was arrested and taken for processing at police headquarters, where a Riverhead police officer translated for him. He consented to a chemical breath test and was then held for arraignment.
  

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.