Amagansett
When Mary Burkhardt returned to her Main Street home Sunday afternoon, she found a strange car parked at the end of her driveway. She saw a sleeping bag and some clothes in the back seat of the 1999 Audi A6 and took a photo of the car. She then found a woman sitting on her porch — an older woman, who had her own chair and was eating a slice of pizza. She introduced herself to Ms. Burkhardt and said she had just attended church at St. Michael’s and just wanted to eat her lunch in a cool place. Ms. Burkhardt said she could finish lunch, but then would have to leave. She later called police to document the incident.
East Hampton
Rachel J. Portuondo, who lives in Northwest Woods, received an automated phone call on Sept. 25, stating that the Social Security Administration had reason to believe that her Social Security number had been compromised and to contact the office. She called the number and a man identified himself as a Social Security officer and gave her a story about someone renting a vehicle under her name and then being stopped on the road with four kilos of cocaine inside it. He asked her for her Social Security number and ZIP code, which she declined to divulge. He told her he was transferring her to the “Department of Drug Enforcement Administration,” and a man with a thick accent got on the phone. The call then dropped. She called local police, who told her it was all a scam.
Alberto Agudelo reported a fraudulently cashed check from his business account in the amount of $1,477.90 last Thursday morning. His account has since been frozen. Police are investigating.
An Apple iPhone XR, worth $599, went missing at the Ross School on Goodfriend Drive on the morning of Sept. 24. Lisa A. Rattray, who works there, said she left her cellphone behind and when she went back to get it, it was gone. Her driver’s license and two Chase credit cards were with the cellphone. Ms. Rattray logged on to trace her phone, but discovered the SIM card had been removed.
East Hampton Village
A 75-year-old man drove away from a pump at the Exxon gas station on Montauk Highway at about 11 a.m. on Sept. 25 with the gas nozzle still attached to his Mercedes. He did not realize it until he got home. The Mercedes, the nozzle, and the hose were all damaged. The driver and the owner of the gas station agreed to settle the issue between themselves, police said.
A man was waiting at the railroad station for the 10:29 p.m. train on Sept. 25 when, he told police, a woman yelled at him to get out of her house. Police said the woman was highly intoxicated.
Two people were reportedly trespassing on an Egypt Lane construction site last Thursday evening. Police canvassed the job site, but found no one. The general contractor requested extra patrols overnight.
A man and a woman entered a West End Road property through an open gate on Friday morning around 10:30, but left when asked. The owner wanted the incident on record.
Two large ducks trying to cross the Pantigo Road-Egypt Lane intersection on Friday around 7:10 p.m. prompted a call to police. Officers checked the area, but did not find ducks in the road.
A seal, possibly sick or injured, was reported on the sand just east of Georgica Beach on Saturday evening. Police reported the seal in good condition and watched as it went back in the water.
Montauk
Zara S. Beard filed a trespass report with police after she found two strangers taking pictures with her father, Peter Beard, the well-known photographer, on their property on Sept. 20. He did not recall their names, she said. Ms. Beard said she does not want unknown people on their property.
On Sept. 20 at about 12:50 p.m., in the gravel parking lot at Turtle Cove, a man struck Brendan R. Appold of Holtsville in the face with an open hand and then grabbed Mr. Appold’s surfboard from his car, causing minor dents and scratches to his car and his surfboard. They had had a verbal dispute earlier over a surfing incident, according to the report. Mr. Appold estimated the cost of repairing the surfboard at $75. No charges were filed.
Robert C. Bonavolta was involved in a physical altercation with another man at the Sands Motel on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bonavolta told police the other man had been driving around the area in a Honda Accord continuously playing loud music. When he confronted the driver, the man got out of the vehicle and pushed him to the ground, then drove off. Mr. Bonavolta was not injured.
Deborah Charon found a man in her house on Farrington Place when she arrived home Friday just before 5 p.m. She ran out of the house and then saw the man, who looked to be in his 20s and was toting a backpack, run down the stairs to the road — apologizing as he left — before racing off on a yellow bike. Police found no signs of forced entry and nothing appeared to have been stolen.
Sag Harbor Village
Someone stole a cash register with $190 inside from the Sag Harbor Garden Center on Spring Street sometime between Sept. 23 at 5:50 p.m. and Sept. 24 at 7:50 a.m. The register was found on the west side of the property, on the other side of a fence. The cash was not in it. Police are investigating.
Police received an anonymous complaint about a pro-Trump demonstration on village property on Long Island Avenue on the afternoon of Sept. 24. As it turned out, the Trump supporters were in the parking lot near the 7-Eleven, on private property. They were exercising their First Amendment rights, handing out information to those who wanted it, Chief Austin McGuire said.
At around 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 25, a traffic control officer called police in after seeing child inside a car parked on Main Street with the engine running. A man returned to the vehicle shortly after, and said he’d run to get a coffee and did not want to wake the child up. Police said the child was fine.
Someone rummaged through a 2016 Porsche that was left unlocked on Carver Street on the night of Sept. 22. Susan M. Ageel said nothing of value was taken when she reported the incident to police last Thursday.
More arrows were found on Thea W. Girigorie’s Hampton Street property Monday afternoon. She has had an ongoing problem with a neighbor taking target practice in his backyard. Police spoke to the neighbor, again, who said he would stop the activity. He apologized and offered to pay for any damages.
Wainscott
A man took an 18-pack of Modelo beer from the cooler in the convenience store at the Speedway gas station on Sept. 25 at about 10:40 p.m. Another patron confronted the man as he got into the passenger seat of a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, and the man handed him a beer and left. Police were able to track down the car. The man told them he was intoxicated and did not realize he’d left without paying. He returned to the store and paid what he owed. No charges were filed, but the management at Speedway told police he is no longer allowed on the property.