Crime & Safety
Cops: Suspect Threatened To Kill Man With Kitchen Knife
Defendant was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.
A suspect was arrested in Greenport Thursday after police said he threatened to kill a man with a kitchen knife.
According to Southold Town police, Robert Lee Smith, 54, of Greenport, was arrested on Thursday at 2:21 p.m. and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing, felony charges, after an incident on Third Street.
Police said a Greenport resident, 69, called 911 to report that Smith had picked up a kitchen knife, held it up, pointed it in the man's direction and told him he was going to kill him.
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Smith was arrested, transported to Southold Town police headquarters, processed and held for arraignment.
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