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Shelter Island Police Blotter

The Shelter Island Police Department prepares a weekly report for local media; we bring it to you as the Police Blotter.

A DWI arrest, where a vehicle ended up in the water off the Ram Island causeway, tops the Shelter Island police blotter for May 16 to 22, a week when a bay constable rescued three possibly hypothermic people who'd run into difficulty while paddling in waters off Southold.
A minor accident tops the Shelter Island police blotter for May 9 to 15, a week that saw the animal control officer handling the usual missing pets along with a doggy-door-using raccoon and a food-motivated peacock.
The announcement of an arrest on a felony identity theft charge tops the Shelter Island police blotter for May 2 to 8.
A moped accident and three tickets top the Shelter Island police blotter for April 18 to 24. [Shelter Island Fire Department volunteers put out a house fire; read our coverage in this Gazette post.]
A bomb hoax Sunday night at the South Ferry tops the police blotter for April 11 to 17, a week that included the arrest of a Cutchogue woman for aggravated harassment.
A chimney fire tops the Shelter Island police blotter for April 4 to 10; no injuries or property damage were reported.
An accident due to icy road conditions tops the Shelter Island police blotter for March 28 to April 3.
Six traffic tickets top the Shelter Island police blotter for March 21 to 27, a week where officers were twice called to dispatch injured wildlife.
Six traffic tickets top the Shelter Island police blotter for March 14 to 20, a quiet week punctuated by false alarms.
A traffic stop that resulted in seven tickets and an impounded vehicle, tops the police blotter for March 7 to 13.