East Hampton
Michael D. Marran, the owner of East Hampton Fence on Hardscabble Court, reported on June 19 receiving a barrage of threatening text messages from one of his former employees. He told police he did not want to pursue charges, only to have the messages stop.
East Hampton Village
A caller reported a man dragging a blanket behind him on Gingerbread Lane on Friday afternoon. The man and his blanket were nowhere in sight when police arrived.
Montauk
Michael Pendill returned to his Cedar Street house for the first time since November to find that none of his gas-powered appliances were functioning. He called in workers, who found that the cap to the propane gas tank in the yard had been left open, allowing all the propane to leak out. There was also a problem with the generator. It seems the air filter had been removed and left on the floor, and the cap was also taken off the oil-fill spot, causing the generator to malfunction and shut off. Police filed the report as possible criminal tampering.
A man picked up a wallet from the ground in front of the Montauk 7-Eleven on June 18 and walked into the store, where he put the wallet in his rear pants pocket, according to Khan Attaullah, the store manager. The wallet is believed to belong to Sam Younes of San Antonio, Tex., who just wants it and its contents returned.
Sag Harbor Village
Lew Donovon, a visitor from New Jersey who was staying at Baron’s Cove, complained to police on June 21 about a potential internet scam after attempting to log on to Facebook and receiving an email stating that his email address no longer matched his account. After calling a number that appeared in the email, Mr. Donovon was told he would need to send $500 in Google Play cards to reactivate his account, which he did.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, an anonymous caller reported a broken window at the Corner Bar on Main Street. Police found a Modelo beer bottle in the broken glass near the window’s damaged front exterior. Police viewed the incident on a surveillance camera later and spotted a man in the middle of the road hurling the bottle at the window.
David Schroeder called the police around 4 a.m. on Sunday after his daughter awoke to loud noises and discovered a damaged windowpane and broken screen door at their house on Harrison Street. Police searched the area but were unable to locate the offender.
A passer-by was concerned about a sick-looking raccoon on Monday evening near 77 Bay Street. It scurried into the woods as police arrived, but they said it appeared to be in good health.
Springs
A chain saw and cordless drill were stolen from the end of a Winterberry Lane driveway on June 17. Kenneth Keyser of Shelter Island was installing a fence and left the tools for 20 minutes, he told police, while he moved some trees. When he resumed work at the fence around 4:50 p.m. the two items, worth $500, were missing.