Northport Police Blotter: Phone Scam Thwarted, Stolen Car Found

NORTHPORT, NY — Check out some recent police incidents for the Northport Village area from Sept. 18 through Sept. 24.

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

• A woman said she lost money while at Giunta's Meat Farm on Sept. 18. She told police she put a large amount of cash into her bag at home and went to the grocery store, bought some items, and when she got back to her car, she noticed the money was missing and stated that she may have been pickpocketed inside Guinta's, police said. Officers reviewed security footage from the store's security cameras and accounted for her location the entire time she was inside the store. Police say she was not pickpocketed. The woman wanted it documented that she lost her money somewhere between home and the grocery store.
• A Clancy Drive resident reported a phone scam on Sept. 18. The woman said a person she didn't know called her house phone and claimed to be her grandson and that he got arrested. The woman immediately identified the call as a scam and did not entertain the caller further.
• A boater was issued a summons in Northport Harbor for driving excess of 5 mph within the channel. The woman driving the boat was admonished by police.
• A vehicle window was damaged in the Woodbine Avenue Marina lot on Sept. 19. The owner said he parked his vehicle in the lot next to a grassy area around 1 a.m. and then returned at 1 p.m. to find a broken back passenger window. Police said the damage was consistent with debris thrown from a weed whacker or backpack blower which was in use earlier in the day.
• A stolen car was recovered on Troy Court on Sept. 20.
• The Steers Beach entrance sign was damaged on Sept. 21.
• Police were called to Laurel Avenue School to help Northport-East Northport School District Security around 7:25 p.m. Sept. 21, as an employee said he needed help because the "residents at the meeting were becoming enraged." The employee said the board was canceling the meeting and believed a police presence could prevent issues. Police remained until the school was secure.
• A dump truck took down utility wires on Dick Court on Sept. 22.
• A woman fainted at Feed and Grain on Sept. 22. Northport Rescue brought her to Huntington Hospital.