Northport Police Report: Man With Hammer; Car Break-Ins

The following information was taken from the blotter.

• Police responded to Main Street to investigate a report of several youths on a roof screaming at passing vehicles at around 6 p.m. on April 4. The officer located a group of subjects on a deck and advised them to stay off the roof.

• Youths racing motorcycles on Ocean Avenue were reported on April 4 around 8:12 p.m.

• Police responded to a James Street home on April 5 around 2:58 a.m. to help a woman turn off her oven.

• A woman on Belknap Avenue reported that someone was peeking in her window on April 5 around 11:39 a.m. and pointed out a footprint on her property.

• A driver fled the scene of an accident on Laurel Road around 3:50 a.m. on April 8 after he had crashed his vehicle into a guard rail and several road signs causing substantial damage to his truck.

• Police responded to Bayview Avenue regarding a report of a possible stolen vehicle on April 8 around 10:44 a.m. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the man who remembered that he had parked his vehicle in a different location than usual.

• A woman reported that the operator of a vehicle on Woodbine Avenue repeatedly honked their horn and yelled as they passed her while she was on her bicycle on April 8 around 2:25 p.m.

• A man reported multiple items taken from his vehicle between April 5 and 9 on Fort Salonga Road.

• An intoxicated man with a hammer possibly trying to break into stores was reported on Scudder Avenue around 2:14 a.m. on April 10. The man was gone when police arrived.

• A man reported that he heard his car alarm go off on April 10 at 5:28 a.m. on Main Street. When he went to investigate he found that his car door was open and sunglasses and make-up were missing but there was no damage. A neighbor told him that two teen boys were in the car and they fled in a blue Honda. He and the officers canvassed the area with negative results.

• A woman reported that person(s) unknown entered her car on Scudder Avenue and took a pair of sunglasses and a set of jumper cable estimated at $200.00 sometime between April 9 and 10. There were no witnesses or suspects, however the woman's daughter said she heard a commotion outside between 4 and 5 a.m.

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