Greenport Man Accused of Raping Woman at Beach

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 1, 2013

A man has been accused of raping a woman at a beach on the North Fork on Tuesday night, Southold Town Police said.

Rudy Orlando Cruz-Ventura was arrested on Shelter Island and charged with first-degree rape, police said.

The suspect allegedly raped the woman at Goldsmith’s Inlet Park beach overlooking the Long Island Sound off Mill Lane in Peconic at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Both the suspect and the victim are 33 years old and from Greenport.

Cruz-Ventura will be arraigned at Southold Town Justice Court.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.