Cops: Petty Theft Results In Area Manhunt, Warrant

Town of Southampton Police are searching for a woman they said turned a shoplifting incident into a resisting arrest and obstruction charge in Riverhead on Oct. 28.

According to police they received a 911 call from the owner of the Shamrock Gas Station on Flanders Road at around 10:30 a.m. stating that a woman had entered his store and attempted to buy a pack of Newport cigarettes and a 32 oz. bottle of cranberry juice. When her card was declined, the woman took the items over to the nearby ATM machine, but suddenly attempted to leave the store without paying for the items, which totaled around $14.

The store owner was able to grab the woman’s handbag containing the cranberry juice and she dropped the cigarettes on the ground, which the owner scooped up before heading inside to call police. That’s when he said the woman re-entered the store, went behind the counter and grabbed her purse still containing the juice.

Again the owner tried to pursue the woman, but she ran north on Flanders Road toward the Peconic View Trailer Park. When police caught up to her she was inside one of the trailer homes and came out as commanded. While police began questioning her, they said the woman began to walk back towards the trailer ignoring commands to stop. As police moved in to arrest her, two pit bull terriers emerged from the trailer home and prevented police from taking her into custody. The woman struggled with police and broke free, running off in an unknown direction down Flanders Road.

Police issued a warrant for her arrest. She is described as a thin black female, approximately 25-years-old. At the time of the incident she was wearing a maroon jacket and dark pants.