Crime & Safety
Northport Police Report: Man Arrested After Alteraction at Northport Dock
Incidents and arrests, May 24-28.
The following was taken from the blotter. An arrest does not indicate a conviction as all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
- Enrico Sabatino, 64, of Northport was arrested on May 28 and charged with second degree harassment after he allegedly became physical with the complainant after the complainant and others asked him to turn down loud, offensive music coming from his sail boat which was tied to Northport Village Dock around 9:34 p.m. Sabatino was arrested, processed, and held pending sobriety. He was released around 12:30 a.m. and shortly later returned saying that his sail boat had been untied from the dock while he was in police custody. A police officer confirmed that the vessel was untied upon arrival, however it was not known if this was done maliciously or if someone erred when tying up the vessel. Sabatino is due back in Northport Court on June 4.
- Peter Krauss, 23, of unknown address was arrested for an open container violation after a police officer saw him walking down the street with an open Natural Ice beer can. Krauss was recognized as a wanted subject with two Northport Village Court warrants, arraigned, and released.
- A police officer observed a man inside a 2000 Toyota at Constitution Square around 10:40 p.m. on May 25 playing music from his car stereo at high volume. The officer told the man to lower his music and he became belligerent. He said that he was a Vietnam veteran and the music he was playing was beautiful, adding that he has received multiple compliments in regards to his music and has watched people dance right outside his car. The officer reiterated that the music should be lowered and the man then complied.
- A customer at a Scudder Avenue laundromat became irate when he discovered that staff had removed his clothing from the washing machine at the end of the cycle on May 26. The man, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, put his clothes into a drier and left. Personnel requested that the incident be documented.
- Police responded to a report of heavy smoke coming from an Ocean Avenue residence around noon on May 24. Northport Police assisted Suffolk Police with the incident until gained entry and corrected the situation.
- A Crown Hill Road man complained that he found an envelope tucked under the windshield wiper of his business truck containing a letter demanding that he stop stalking an old customer. The man wished the letter to be docuemented by police, though it did not rise to the level of criminal activity.
- A man claimed that someone entered the unlocked door of his Beach Avenue home and removed $350 in cash and other items on May 25.
- Someone on Lewis Road reported a rabid racoon on May 26. When a police officer arrived, he observed an apparently healthy raccoon in the rear of the location which immediately fled upon his arrival. An interview with caller appeared to indicate that the raccoon may be coming onto the porch because it has been eating the cat's food. The officer advised that the best course of action would be to move the food as the animal did not appear to be sick, but merely hungry.
- A School Street man told police that somenoe removed a planter from in front of his business and threw the flowers about the sidewalk. The value of the flowers is about $100 and the planter about $50.
- While on patrol on May 27, the undersigned was flagged down at the foot of Main Street and was advised by a woman that subjects in a red BMW had just thrown eggs at her vehicle on Woodbine Avenue. The suspect vehicle was within view of the undersigned at the time. A vehicle stop was conducted on Scudder Avenue and the four occupants were interviewed. Sgt. Bakker responded to the foot of Main Street to continue the interview with the complainant. The victims decided not to pursue the incident any further. The occupants of the suspect vehicle were warned and admonished.
- Someone stole a painting valued at $325 off the wall of a Main Street businees on May 28.
For questions about this blotter, email the editor at Leah.Bush@patch.com.
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