Crime & Safety

Police: DWI in Cutchogue, Copper Theft from Greenport Utility Yard

Southold Town Police report one incident of aggravated DWI and another of grand larceny in Greenport.

The following information was supplied by the Southold Town Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt.

• Elogario Pirir Chamale, 37, of Peconic, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and driving without a license on Oct. 15 at 12:45 a.m., after Chamale crashed into a Long Island Power Authority utility pole with his car on Route 25 in Cutchogue, police said. He was found to be intoxicated and was arrested and held at Southold Town Police headquarters until l arraignment in the morning. No injuries were reported.

• Anthony Toy, Jr. , 47, of Greenport was charged with third-degree grand larceny this week, after investigation revealed that he stole copper wire, a truck radiator and Christmas lights from a Greenport Village utility yard on Oct. 1, police said. Value of the stolen items was reported to be over $5,000. Toy turned himself in and was arraigned at Southold Justice Court.

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