Northport Police Blotter: Multiple Deer Found Across Village

NORTHPORT, NY — Check out some recent police incidents for the Northport Village area from Jan. 16 through Jan. 22.

The Northport Police Department posted the following information. All charges are accusations and do not signify guilt.

• Officers saw a man pull his vehicle in front of another man's vehicle and get out of the car, yelling at the man, on Reservoir Avenue on Jan. 16, police said. Police watched the man push down the sun visor in the other man's car, hitting him in the face, police said. Police ordered the man to get back to his car, which he did. The man told police he was mad he was "brake checked" by the other driver, and it caused his food to fall, which made him angry. The other man admitted to "brake checking" because he felt the man was too close, police said. The man did not want to pursue any charges regarding the sun visor hitting him. Police admonished both men for overreacting, and both left.
• An injured deer police found on Main Street was euthanized and removed from the road on Jan. 16.
• A man fainted at Stop & Shop on Fort Salonga Road on Jan. 17. The man left the store before police arrived, and officers could not find the man.
• A Lewis Road man reported a possible identity theft on Jan. 19. He told police he was using his computer when a pop-up alert claimed there was an issue with his account. The man clicked on the pop-up and followed the steps provided. He then noticed that his Fidelity account had been accessed and his funds re-allocated, but no funds were removed. The man called Fidelity, which put a hold on his account, fixed anything that had been changed and claimed that no funds had been dispersed. The man also froze his credit and was told to contact his bank and do the same. The man did not sustain any monetary loss as of his report, police said.
• A car collision happened on Fort Salonga Road on Jan. 19. Both people involved told police that one car rolled into the back of the other at a red light. There was no apparent damage to either vehicle.
• A summons was issued to driver of a vehicle parked illegally in Municipal Lot #7 on Woodside Avenue on Jan. 20.
• A Bayview Terrace man on Jan. 20 reported that $606.75 was withdrawn from his Jovia bank account. The man told his bank the withdrawals were made fraudulently, and the bank refunded the money.
• Police euthanized an injured deer on Clancy Drive on Jan. 20. Northport Highway was contacted to remove it.
• A man appeared to be overdosing on Norwood Avenue on Jan. 21. Police gave him two doses of Narcan. Northport Rescue responded and gave him additional doses of Narcan before taking him to Huntington Hospital.
• A car was damaged by a shopping cart on Jan. 21. An apparent witness left a note on the car regarding the damage to the rear driver side quarter panel.
• A deer got its head stuck in a fence on Dolphin Lane on Jan. 22. The deer was able to free its head from the fence by the time police arrived and it fled.
• A deer was standing in an Ocean Avenue yard and not moving on Jan. 22. When police arrived, the deer was walking in the yard and appeared to be acting normal, police said. Officers created an opening for the deer to make its way through the fencing at a later time.