Crimes Nearby: Alleged Shoplifter Caught on Video in Greenport

A roundup of notable arrests on the East End:

North Fork:

Doreen Masterson, 44, of Woodstock was charged with petty larceny on Friday at 6:35 p.m. after an employee of the Greenport retail store on Main Street called police and reported that she was following a woman she'd recognised from two days earlier who she suspected had shoplifted from the store, police said. The officer on the scene located Masterson and arrested her for shoplifting, police said.


Scott Anderson, 24, of Mattituck was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated on Monday at 1:20 a.m. after police stopped him for speeding on Route 25 in Cutchogue, police said. Anderson was found to be intoxicated and was held overnight for arraignment.
William Ronayne, 19, of Middle Village was charged with petit larceny on Sunday at 4:47 p.m. after police responded to a report of shoplifting at Handy Pantry in Mattituck, police said. Officers on the scene identified Ronayne as the suspect who allegedly attempted to leave the store with a package of frozen cookie dough without paying for it, police said. Ronayne was arrested and later released on cash bail.

Riverhead

Lawrence Nash, 20, of Flanders was arrested Aug. 4 and charged with criminal obstruction of breath and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors. Police said Nash got into a fight with his younger brother and sister, smacking him and choking her. Police did not have the ages of Nash’s siblings.  

Robert Langhorne, 45, of Riverside was arrested Aug. 4 and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Police were called to a fight near the corner of Pine Street and Vail Avenue and said they saw Langhorne looking suspicious. He then admitted he had crack cocaine in his pocket, which police discovered was wrapped in a dollar bill, according to police reports.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays        

A 23-year-old man from Manorville almost ran his girlfriend off the road the evening of Aug. 3, according to police. Police said the girlfriend of Jose Umanzor of Manorville called 911 upset, saying “He’s trying to run me off the road. When police arrived at the corner of Flanders Road and Red Creek Road in Hampton Bays at 8:42 p.m., they said they pulled Umanzor over and charged him with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, second-degree menacing, second-degree unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and reckless driving, all misdemeanors. He was also charged with second-degree harassment, a violation.

Frank Vlahadamis, 58, of Hampton Bays was issued an appearance ticket for a noise compliant on July 27 at 6:56 p.m. at Club Dream on Canal Road in Hampton Bays. Three neighbors of the club told police that they could hear loud music. Vlahadamis, when reached Tuesday, said that his club was actually closed at the time the noise complaint was issued – he was there cleaning with a power washer – and that the music was coming from a Latino party nearby. Police have been at Club Dream several other times this summer for various other violations.

In an attempt to re-create a prank scene on the popular show “Glee,” two unidentified people burst into a Quogue Junior Theatre Troupe rehearsal at Quoge Hall on Jessup Avenue Sunday, police said. The duo squirt the rehearsing cast with water guns and then acted out a make-believe sword fight with rubber weapons, police said. After they fled the scene, the two pranksters broke a light, police said. Police are investigating the incident as a case of fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct and harassment, both violations.

Southampton

Michael Connor, 51, of Selden was arrested July 28 at 2:12 p.m. by Southampton Town police at the intersection of Sunrise Highway westbound and North Road in Southampton and charged with circumventing the interlock device in his car, a misdemeanor. Police said they stopped Connor for speeding when they discovered he was not properly using the court-ordered device that monitors blood alcohol content.

Lewis Blydenburgh, 59, of Southampton was arrested Friday at 11:57 p.m. by Southampton Town police at his home on North Sea Road and charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony. Police said Blydenburgh got into a verbal argument with his wife, who has an order of protection against him. Blydenburgh also pushed his wife to the ground, police said.

Cleto R. Medrano, 42, of Southampton was arrested Monday at 4:07 p.m. by Southampton Village police and charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a felony. Police said he was found to be in possession of a fake Social Security card, and they later discovered he had an outstanding warrant from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was remanded to Suffolk County Jail in Riverside and turned over to ICE agents.