At least three men were detained early Wednesday morning and a fourth man apparently fled as federal immigration agents carried out operations in at least two locations in Greenport. Around 6:30 a.m., federal agents in unmarked vehicles pulled up behind a local man in an SUV at the Greenport North Ferry dock, according to an eyewitness who observed the exchange. “They pulled in line behind the guy, and all we saw was the lights,” said a North Ferry employee, who declined to give his name. The ferry worker said there was little drama. “They were just talking to him. And then he got out, and they took him … no fighting, no yelling, no arguing.” The man was identified by a family friend to the Sun as Hugo Ardon Osorio, and later confirmed by OLA of Eastern Long Island as Hugo Leonel Ardon Osorio. Two other men, Martin Zambrano Diaz and Alexandro Rivera Magana — who neighbors said live on Ludlum Place in Greenport — were also detained. “At this point, we know they have no criminal background, have been here for 20+ years, and we have no idea about their whereabouts,” an OLA press statement says of the trio. A fourth man apparently fled from agents on Ludlum Place, according to residents there. A press alert issued Wednesday by OLA of Eastern Long Island. The actions follow at least two previous U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations conducted in Greenport over the summer. Southold Police Chief Steven Grattan confirmed that the department was notified of the presence of ICE officers after they had already arrived in Greenport. “We certainly did not get a heads up that they were going to be conducting operations out here,” Grattan said. “What happened was, when they were out here, they contacted us and let us know that they’re in the area. I got that they did not need any assistance from us, but just wanted to let us know that they’re out in the Greenport area, and that was it.” (Courtesy videos) Then, shortly after 7:30 a.m., agents carried out another action on Ludlum Place in Greenport. In that incident, according to multiple eyewitnesses, three federal law enforcement vehicles pulled over an unidentified man in a truck. The man exited the vehicle and fled on foot. “He was coming [down Ludlum Place] in his truck and they were right behind him — three cars right behind him — and then he got out of his truck and he ran and he got away,” said Ludlum Place resident Elber Ochoa, 24. An ICE agent on Ludlum Place in Greenport Wednesday morning (Courtesy photo) Ochoa said the agents remained at the end of the street for about 20 minutes. “They waited, just standing there, just waiting, and he never came back.” At that point a group of people — joined by neighbors — gathered on Ludlum Place, began filming the agents and shouting demands that they leave the area. “Get ouuuuuut!” one woman with a Spanish accent can be heard yelling at the agents in one of several videos shared with the North Fork Sun. “You’re not welcome here.” Outside Ludlum Place resident Mary Herrmann’s home, “people were screaming and cussing at each other — that woke me up out of a dead sleep.” By then, a large number of cars had converged on the area as the agents departed. Carpenter Street resident Kelsey Morgan was getting ready to take her child to the bus stop at the time. Carpenter St. in Greenport “I just saw people getting out of their cars and there was a lot of commotion,” she said. “A lot of cars that were lined up all the way down both streets,” she said of Carpenter and Ludlum. “Then, all of a sudden, [the federal agents] were coming out from Ludlum, and people were following them and taking pictures.” Ludlum Place resident Steven Shelby witnessed the same scene. “I heard all the yelling, ‘Get out,’” he said. “And that was it — they chased them out.” What happened next stunned neighbors. According to Ochoa and his mother, Irma Ochoa, the man who had fled from agents less than an hour earlier returned to the scene. “After they left, we saw him get back in his truck,” the younger Ochoa said. “He managed to get back in his truck. He escaped them.” Shown photographs of the three men who were detained, the mother and son confirmed to the Sun that the man who fled the truck was not among them. It was not immediately clear where Rivera Magana and Zambrano Diaz were detained. ICE agents on Ludlum Place in Greenport The incidents sent a chill through the North Fork. “It’s not fun,” Ochoa told the Sun. “It’s not fun to live in fear, but it’s the life we have right now. So you just got to go through it.” Parents were arriving at Greenport High School, which has a large population of Hispanic students, all morning Wednesday to pick up their children. Anti-ICE activist “watchers” are deploying themselves at key locations throughout the area, like schools, and intend to maintain vigilance in case agents return, one of them told the Sun. Morgan said she walked her young children to the bus stop at the corner of. Ludlum Place and Carpenter St. after the area had cleared. “There were three or four other kids,” she said. “Normally there’s many more that get on that bus stop. I heard one of the little boys say that his teacher had told them a couple months ago that ‘you can come to school. School is a safe place.’ They sent out a letter at the beginning of the school year, and then again last year, saying ‘it’s okay to come to school.’ And there was a whole list of rights, so everyone knows their rights.” Grattan said he emailed an ICE public information officer “asking for additional information” but has not yet received a reply. In an email to parents, Mattituck-Cutchogue Schools Superintendent Shawn Petretti said the school district “has protocols in place should ICE officers come onto our school grounds. “No agency, with the exception of the Southold Town Police Department, is permitted to enter our school buildings without presenting a warrant. Any such warrant would be reviewed by the district’s legal counsel prior to granting access.” Greenport High School Superintendent Beth Doyle, who made similar comments in an email to parents, said attendance was down significantly on Wednesday. “A lot of kids are out, about 25% did not come in today.” The educator said there’s “definitely an undercurrent of some fear” among students. The Sun viewed time-stamped cell phone video of what appeared to be six law enforcement vehicles pulling up to a residence on Oakland Dr. in Riverhead at 6:19 a.m. Wednesday morning. Two neighbors said that a man was arrested in that incident, but none of that information could be independently verified as of this writing. Late Wednesday morning, Riverhead Police Captain Danielle Wilsey said the department hadn’t been notified of any ICE actions within their jurisdiction. “Sometimes they tell us when they’re here. Sometimes they don’t,” she said. “We have heard nothing yet today.”