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PAQE FOURTEEN LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975 Police News Alleged Pu§her At 15 Two men, charged with misde meanor possession of narcotics when arrested May 28 along with a 15-year old Riverhead boy described as a marijuana pusher, were arraigned May 29 in Riverhead Town Justice Coun. Town Justice Robert G. Leonard set bail of $100 on the defendants, Charles Cherry, 25, of Doctors Path, Riverhead, who went to jail in lieu of the bail; and Samuel Reed, 26, of 94 Evergreen Ave., Flanders, who made the bail and was released. Both face future court action. Seventh Squad and Narcotics Squad Detectives arrested Reed and Cherry at the home of the boy, shortly after the teenager allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover detective. Police said it was the second time the youth had sold marijuana to the detective. The youth, whose name is with held because of his age, was turned over to the Youth Section of the County Police for further action. Nearly Hits Monutnent A 44-year-old Nassau County man was arrested early May 29 for driving while, intoxicated, after police said he almost hit the Bridge- hampton Monument. Southampton Town Police said Richard Harring ton, of 87 Vermont Street, Long Beach, was arrested on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton at 1:55 am, and jailed to await arraignment in South ampton Justice Court. Arrest Two On Narcotics Action on information received. Southampton Town Police arrested two women on narcotics charges May 29 in Hampton Bays. Arrested at a house at 79 Wakeman Road were 22-year-old Patricia Eger, of 9 Suffolk Avenue, Patchogue, and 19-year-old Catherine Owens, of 80 Seaman Avenue, Bayport. They were charged with criminal posses sion of a controlled substance, 7th degree. Both were given summonses to appear in Southampton Justice Court. Allegedly Set Fire State Police Saturday morning arrested a Riverhead woman for allegedly setting fire to the curtains in the family home at 155 Flanders Road, Riverhead, after a fight with her common-law husband. Marilyn Griggs, 37, was charged with arson, a felony, and harass ment and was jailed in lieu of $ 1,000 bail, after a hearing in Southampton Town Justice Court. State Police said they were called to the home by a daughter of the woman, Michelle Wyche, who re ported her m o t h e r and Percell Granville, 47, were fighting. The Troopers arrived at about 7 a.m. and in their presence the fire was started. The Troopers put the fire out and then arrested her. Bridgehampton Disturbance Southam p ton Town Police re sponding to a report of a disturb ance on Narrow Lane, Bridgehamp ton, about 2:45 p.m . S a turday arrested 21-year-old Robert Hous ton, of Narrow Lane, on charges of harassment brought by Teresa Bax ter, also of Narrow Lane. Police said Houston indicated by word and deed that he resented the interfer ence of police, so they added a charge of resisting arrest. He was jailed to await arraig n m e n t in Southampton Justice Court. MarUnana Tnms Up State Police at Hampton Bays stopped a car on Route 24 in Southampton at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, after they saw it weaving back and forth across the road at slow speed. They arrested the driver, 25-year- old Robert Cobb of Southampton, for driving while intoxicated. Fur th e r investigation, police said, turned up a quantity of marijuana in the car, and Cobb and two of three passengers were charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh degree. The passengers were identified as 22-year-old W a lter Pendleton and 16-year-old Dawn Conklin, both of Bridgehampton, and a 15-year- old girl. Cobb and Pendleton were additionally charged with unlawful ly dealing with a minor. The girl was released. Cobb, Pendleton and Miss Conklin were jailed to await arraignment in Southampton Jus tice Court. Apartment a Shambles State Police at Hampton Bays Saturday night arrested a 22-year- old Riverhead woman on charges of burglary 3rd degree, reckless en- dangerment 1 st degree and menac ing, after police said she wrecked the apartment of a gjrl friend at 821 East Main Street, Riverhead, and chased the girlfriend's boyfriend with a .22 caliber pistol. Police said they received a report of a disturbance at the East Main Street location about 6 p.m. and on arrival found th a t Alice Louise King, of 420 Doctors Path, River head, had kicked in the television set an() made, in their words, a shambles of the apartment. Police said the King woman had chased the girlfriend’s boyfriend with a fully loaded .22 caliber pistol, but when police arrived she fled into a wooded area back of the apartment and threw the weapon away. It was not recovered. She was arraigned before River head Town Justice G. Richard Manning, and remanded to the Suffolk County Jail in lieu of $3,000 bail, to await further court action. Hits Tree and Runs A 33-year-old Selden man was arrested by Southold Town Police Saturday night and charged with driving while intoxicated, after his car hit a tree in East Marion. Police said George Nelson, of Kensington Avenue, Selden, was driving west on Route 25 about 9:50 p.m. when he lost control of his car and struck the tree. Police said Nelson contin ued on his way with the front end of his car badly damaged. He was stopped about a mile from the scene of the accident, arrested for drunk driving, and jailed to await arraig n m e n t in Southold Justice Court. Village Luncheonette Robbed Harry P. Shepard Jr., age 18, of 5630 P e q u a s h Ave., C u tchogue, was arre s t e d and charged with burglary in the third degree by Southold Town Police on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Police said that S h e p p a r d e n t e r e d th e V i l l a g e Luncheonette, Route 25, Southold, by forcing open a rear door on the south side of the building, and took approximately $100 in cash. Detec tives Bruno Bobinski and Ray Purcell of the 7th Squad investi gated. Hits Tree In East Marion George T. Nelson, age 33, of 33 Kensington Ave., Selden, was ar rested and charged with driving while intoxicated, on Saturday night at 9:05 p.m. Police said that Nelson was heading west on Route 25, East Marion, when his car went off the road and hit a tree. Nelson, who continued to drive westward with the entire front of his car damaged was arrested by Police Officer Robert 0 . Hulse, approxi mately one mile from the scene of the accident. Nelson was placed in the lock-up. There were no injuries reported. Charged with Drunk Driving Irene D. Sullivan, age 59, of New Suffolk Road, Cutchogue, was ar rested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Sunday morn ing at 5:21 a.m . , when Police Officer Joseph Conway noticed that she was driving in an erratic manner on 9th Street, in Greenport. Strikes Utility Pole Maura Gildersleeve, age 17, of Camp Mineola Rd., Mattituck, was ticketed by Police Officer Edward Sidor and Sgt. Stosh Droskoski, for driving without a license, when she and Francis Kujawa, age 18, of Red C e d a r Point, H a m p ton Bays, a p a s s e n g e r in the car, struck a utility pole on Route 25. She failed to negotiate a turn. Police reported extensive damage to the vehicle. There were no injuries. Arrested on Drag Charges A security guard at the Suffolk County A ir p o rt in W e s tham p ton Beach was arrested on misdemean or drug charges. Southampton town police said 24-year-old James Rug- gles, of 320 Beechwood Lane, Southold, was arrested at 11:10 p.m. when marijuana was found in his car, which was parked in a vacant air base housing area. He was released on $25 bail for an appearance in Southampton Justice Court. Killed in Car Crash A 45-year-old East N o rthport man was instantly killed recently when the car he was driving crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment. State Parkway Police said Christ Fitrakis, of 12 Brunswick Drive, East North port, was driving east on the N o rthern State Parkway in the Syosset area about 11:15 a.m. when the accident occurred. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Cutchogue Accident David Witherspoon, age 19, of Calves Neck, Southold, tost control of his car and struck a utility pole on New Suffolk Road, Saturday at 2:50 a.m . He was northbound. Police said that lights in the New Suffolk-Cutchogue area were affect ed by the collision. Witherspoon, who police said, had sustained minor injuries, refused medical treatment. Disorderly Conduct Southold Town Police recently arrested 55-yeaf-old Zeb Gardner, of 321 7th Strfeet, Greenport, on charges of disorderly conduct after they said he stood in front of his home shortly before 8 p.m. and threatened passersby with a pitch fork. Police said he was drunk, too. He was locked up to await arraign ment in Southold Justice Court. Police Officer Fired On Suffolk County police report an exchange of fire between a police officer and a robbery suspect early one morning, but no one was hurt. Police said a bearded man armed with a handgun entered the 7-11 delicatessen at 316 Montauk High way in Sayville at 2 a.m. and took $100 from the attendant, 19-year- old Jacob Canajal. The robber fled in a car and an alarm was broadcast. Police said a few min utes later officer Joseph Ruiz, on a routine patrol, saw the suspect driving east on Middle Road in Sayville. He gave chase in his patrol car, and pursued the suspect into a dead end street, Pavlanna Avenue in Bayport. Police said the suspect then got out of his car and fired two shots at the police car, breaking the w indshield. Officer Ruiz fired two shots in return, but the suspect, identified as 22 -year- old John Cucci, of 21 Breston Drive, West Shirley, was not hit. He was arrested and charged with robbery first degree and attempted murder of a police officer. He is to be arraigned today in first District Court in Hauppauge. Arraigned For Assault Wayne Errol Brathwaite, of Green port, was arraigned before Judge Samuel Glickman on Tuesday and charged with assault in the Third Degree. He was sentenced for obser vation by Glickman to see if he was competent to stand trial. Patrolman Goldsmith and Patrolman Miller, of the Greenport Village Police and Detectives DeGrigorio and Baldwin of the 7th Squad, were present at the arraignment. According to the Greenport Village Police report, Brathwaite was fight ing with Vera Smith, on Madison Ai'enue in Greenport, on Monday afternoon. Police said that Brath waite had a knife and was shouting that he would cut Smith into pieces. The police report said that Brath waite knocked Smith to the ground and hit her about the head and body and just missed hitting her in the stomach with a knife. Brathwaite also hit and pushed Irene Smith, Edward Smith, and Shirley Benjamin. All four, who told Police that they wanted to press charges, were treat ed at Eastern Long Island Hospital. Police reported that four knives and a shovel were used in the fight. Brathwaite was placed in the Village lock-up. Detective Baldwin of the 7th Squad took statements from the involved parties. Sgt. Bokina and Patrolman Doroski of the Southold Town Police assisted. T h i s T I C K c a n G i v e y o u T i c i c F e v e r ! And I m may be in your backyardl U t IM p r o t e c t y o u a n d y o u r f a m l y f r o m PECONIC Riverhead (Continued from Page 1) The Board okayed the purchase of a microfilm camera from 3M Business Products of Woodbury for $4,154. And an enterprising Police Offic er, Frederick Rodgers, was ordered reimbursed to the tune of $350 for his air surveillance work on his own time. Rodgers for the past two summers has been flying over back country roads in Riverhead, and via radio contact has been alerting patrol cars to drag races. He has also taken photographs of the drag racers, which are helpful later in court, according to the sponsor of the resolution, Town Justice G. Richard Manning. In other action, the Board, by resolution introduced by Manning, urged the State Legislature to enact legislation establishing Sound Ave nue as a “ scenic and historic corridor . . . in honor and celebration of the American bicen tennial.” The Board took no action, either way, on the request of the officials of the Sound Avenue Day Care C e n ter, who m u s t vacate their Sound Avenue premises, by Sept. 1, and who want to rent about 25 to 30 per cent of the floor space of the old Jamesport School, turned over to the town two years ago by the Riverhead School District. Steven Angel, an attorney, and spokesman for the group, urged the Town Board to either grant approval or deny it, noting the Day Care Center has offered $4,600 a year in rental, plus insurance. Leonard and the other Board members suggested he contact members of the Jamesport Civic Association, who have been given permission to plan for the future of the building. The estimat ed costs for renovation of the structure are $ 22,000 according to Smith. Members of the Civic Association agreed to meet with Angel. The Sound Avenue Day Care Center, wants to run its operation, with 20 to 25 pre-school children, at the old school house. At T u e s d a y ’s board m e e ti n g , Councilman George Young intro duced a proposed “ landmarks pres ervation ordinance,” designed to aid the town in the acquisition, and preservation of historic sites and buildings. Young claimed the ordinance, if and when adopted, would help the town in obtaining state and federal aid for preservation of sites, ‘‘and will even help us get money to pay for painting of murals at our new town hall.” The ordinance would also create a Landmarks Preserva tion Commission of seven members to retain consultants to aid in selecting and preserving historic sites. The Board held a public hearing on a stop sign, already placed on Penny’s Landing Road, where it joins (at right angles) Sound Shore Road. Several people were critical where the stop sign had been placed, including Joseph Shaffery, a vice president of Northville Indus tries. Shaffery and others suggest ed that rather than place a stop : SOUTHOLD : GARDEN CENTER I Nursery Stock and S Garden Supplies S a t t h e SIGN sign at the corner, land should be acquired to \round off the curve,” so it would be safer. Northville’s oil trucks travel the route. Shaffery said his company would spend at least $ 1,000 for land acquisition to aid the town in correcting the corner. Smith said the sign has no legal weight because it was in stalled prior to the public hearing, and without the required approval after the hearing. A brief public hearing was held on the application of Sven Englund, to establish a small machine shop business for manufacture of piping for aircraft engines, on property off West Lane, Aquebogue. The Board took no action on Englund's request for a special permit. Another public hearing was held on a proposed amendment to the town zoning ordinance in regard to special permits, which would stiffen regulations, require stringent prep aration, extensive title searches, and in general govern new restaur ants, bars and taverns. Several speakers including H. Lyndon Hallock, J. Wilson Stout, and Costa Papson, whose family owns the Grant Shopping Plaza property, were critical of the pro posed amendment. Papson defended the Plaza which came under some local news criti cism, for allegedly having more than 15 per cent of its total space devoted to buildings. He said that when the Grants chain obtained a permit to increase the size of its store five years ago, the allowed maximum space for buildings in shopping centers was 20 per cent, adding the center now has 19 per cent of the total space devoted to buildings. He wants to erect a small 2,100 square foot bank branch on the n o r t h e a s t corner of the parking lot, and claims the lot is always empty. The Board has had the application for several months but has taken no action. The Town delayed action on several proposals calling for special permits, re-zonings, etc.. Supervis or John Leonard explaining action was adjourned at the request of Councilman Dr. Francis Menendez, who is recovering from a mild heart attack at C e n tr a l Suffolk Hospital. The Board did eceive a strong suggestion from th ; Town Planning Board, that it imp ement the 1973 Master Plan. The i'lanning Board’s message, notes that it is receiving numerous referrals from the town board for consideration and recom mendations on zone changes, spe cial permits, and amendments to the zoning ordinance ‘‘which are contrary to and in dsrogation of the Master Plan . . . and if granted, can irreversibly contravene the in tent of the Master Plan and create future non-conforming uses.” Im plementation of the Master Plan by public hearings, and map prepara tion was urged by the Planning Board. Riverhead Town Zoning Inspector Edward Munson reported to the Town Board T u e s d a y , that the hiring of Thomas Ward, as an aide, and housing inspector, under the federal emergency employment reg ulations, has been an outstanding plus for his department—the Town Building Department. Thomas Ward of Wading River, hired in April, has begun enforcing the Town’s seven-year-old housing code, Munson said, has made about 100 inspections of tenant occupied homes and has cited the owners for at least 29 violations, mostly con cerning lack of entrances, excess rubbish and safety—particularly re garding fire and electrical prob lems. Nobody’s been hauled into court yet, it was explained, but the dep a r t m e n t w a n ts the violations corrected. ‘‘The main thing is that we want the violations corrected,” Munson said. He said that Ward, after inform ing the ow n e rs of violations, will return, to insure they are corrected. A total of 19 owners are involved in the inspec tion of the 100 rented homes. There was one complainant at the meeting regarding the inspections, Wickham Tyte complained bitterly, and he held in his hand notices of violations. Tyte said he is cooperat ing with the town in its beautifica tion plans and is re-shingling the building on E a s t Main S tr e e t, where he operates his glass busi ness. But he said Ward’s inspec tions are violations of constitutional rights, and that he will not let him on his property. Riverhead will soon have an off track betting parlor, but just where it is going, is anybody’s guess. Syd Askoff, President and Execu tive Director of the Suffolk Off- Track Betting Com m ission, said Tuesday several shopping center sites have been looked over and found adequate along Route 58. ‘‘Two weeks ago, we met with the Town Board and the down-town merchants, and were urged to look along Main Street,” Askoff said. The empty Pergament Store on East Main Street, 290 feet from the Riverhead Methodist Church, and Pert«;on’s Furniture Store, 410 feet from the Church, were fine, said Askoff, but ‘‘we have to be 500 feet from schools or churches, unless they give us permission.” The M e thodist Church voted down the Pergament store as a site, but may reconsider it and the furniture store in the near future. ‘‘We should have gone to Route 58 to begin with,” said Askoff. Sites picked on Route 58, includ ed the Harrow’s Shopping Center off Roanoke Avenue, the A&P-Perga- ment Shopping Center (the empty store was leased for a liquor store), and the small shopping center off Ostrander Avenue. Strawberries (Continued from Page 1) Cauliflower Association, which ser vices the growers with plants and containers. Roadside stands and farm stores handle a large part of the production, and most of the remainder is harvested by berry consum e r s them s e lves in “ pick- your-own” fields. The leading variety this year is Raritan, although most of the early fruit is of the Midland strain. Other popular varieties are Jerseybelle, noted for king-size berries, and a recent late - fruiting introduction, Marlata. Long Island’s largest self-pick operation, at Lewin Farm s , in Wading River, opened on Saturday with a fair turnout of shortcake lovers, happy to get berries at 50 cents per quart. Deane and Ernest Lewin have some 50 acres of strawberries, by far the biggest planting in the area. In addition to Lewin Farms, other growers who invite people to pick their own, as listed by the SC Cooperative Extension Service at Riverhead, include the following: Ed Latham, Orient; A. Sepenoski, Jr., East Marion; William Polak, Aquebogue; Richard Reeve, Sound Avenue, Riverhead; and Fritz Lew in and Sabat Farms, both in Baiting Hollow. STRAWBERRIES FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES O p e n i n g June 5 9 a.m . - 5 :30 p.m . 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