Crime & Safety
Machete-Brandishing LI Man Threatens To Kill Worker Over Fence: Police
Brandishing a machete, he threatened to kill the construction worker in Greenport, police say.
GREENPORT, NY — A fight over a new fence escalated Saturday when a Greenport man brandished a machete, threatening to kill a construction worker, police said.
According to Southold Town police, the incident took place at 3:30 p.m. at a home on 2nd Street.
Roberto Bachez-Reyes, 44, confronted a construction worker about the new fence; he was "not happy" about the fence being constructed, police said. He then threatened to kill the worker and brandished the machete, police said.
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He was later located, arrested, and taken to police headquarters for processing, police said. Bachez-Reyes was charged with second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor, police said.
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