Amagansett
Someone stole an antique copper apple-butter kettle, weighing about 60 pounds and measuring 3 by 3 feet, from a Bluff Road property between June 21 at 4:30 p.m. and June 30 at 9:30 a.m. It is worth approximately $800. Police notified local antiques stores and told proprietors to keep an eye out for it.
A man tried to get into East Hampton Town Councilwoman Sylvia Overby’s house in the early morning hours on July 7 and then passed out in a parked car in her driveway. Ms. Overby called police at about 8:40 a.m. The officer woke the man, who said he was staying at the house next door. Police found the garage door keypad and window trim on the garage door broken and on the ground. Ms. Overby declined to press charges, and spoke to her neighbor about fixing what was broken.
A beach sticker was swiped from Susan Cohen’s 2017 Land Rover while it was parked on Indian Wells Highway between July 4 and Friday. Police saw scratch marks where the beach permit had been removed.
East Hampton
Two men returned to their room in a Morris Park Lane house on July 5 at 3:15 a.m. and found a man in a bed in the room they rent. One of the men woke the sleeping man, who became combative and pushed him. No charges were filed.
A physical altercation began on Middle Highway on July 9 when a man asked his tenants to put out a fire in a metal pit, saying he felt it had grown too large. The landlord had a bloody nose, which he said was from being struck in the face. The man who allegedly hit him, however, said that he had been head-butted. Police also saw the landlord spit at the tenant and lunge toward him. Police said there has been an ongoing dispute, and the landlord said he would contact the Suffolk County Sheriff’s office to begin a formal eviction process.
Logan Patrick McDonough filed a report after $1,000 was withdrawn from his account through an app called Cash App on July 9. He was not sure how his account was compromised.
East Hampton Village
Police were asked to check the welfare of a brown puppy tied to a bench on Newtown Lane on July 8 at about 5:10 p.m. When an officer arrived, she found the owner with the puppy. The owner said he had run up to his friend’s apartment quickly.
A complaint was lodged about a car carrier service dropping off vehicles in a no parking zone on Egypt Lane on July 8 at about 8:25 p.m. Police spoke to the driver, who said he was delivering the cars to a house on Egypt Lane. Police observed no violations.
The Ladies Village Improvement Society of East Hampton on Main Street received a donation box during the week of July 1, but when workers went to inventory the box on July 10, they found rifle ammunition inside. Police took the ammunition that afternoon.
A 35-year-old woman called police at Starbucks on Main Street last Thursday morning to say that a 48-year-old East Hampton photographer was taking pictures of her and her husband and she felt he was acting aggressively toward her. Police said there was no exchange between the parties, and the woman just wanted the incident documented.
Police found a 37-year-old man sitting on a bench on Newtown Lane by Park Place drinking from a six-pack of beer last Thursday, just before 6 p.m. An officer told him it is illegal to have an open container of alcohol in public. The man was intoxicated, but not actually drinking the beer when police arrived. He said he was waiting for the Hampton Jitney to go back to the city — and was advised that the Jitney stop is on Main Street. He gathered his belongings, and the beer, and walked toward the bus stop.
Kids were reportedly drinking beer and throwing their cans in the water behind the Sea Spray Cottages on Ocean Avenue on Sunday afternoon, according to a woman who phoned police. Police searched the area, but found no one.
Montauk
Two women who purchased several items from Montauk Dazies on Montauk Highway may have left the store without paying for a pair of Blank jeans, worth $88, on June 15. An employee filed a report that day. The storeowner said she wanted to be reimbursed.
Someone rummaged through a tenant’s belongings at a house on South Fuller Street on June 30, according to Robert Devlin, the homeowner, who called police at 12:45 a.m. on July 1. He said one of his tenants, Bao Ming Chen, told him that he found stuff scattered around the room as if someone were looking for something. Nothing was taken, but pieces of wood that held up a window had been moved and placed on the ground.
Rick Greenberg of Old Tappan, N.J., alerted police to a rental fraud scam in Montauk. After finding what he believed to be a property for rent on Craigslist, he and his wife wired $1,950 to rent the house between July 14 and 19. When they arrived at the property, on South Fairview Avenue, on Sunday, there were already tenants there. Police notified the owner, who did not know his property was on Craigslist, and let Craigslist know about the fraudulent listing.
A customer at Montauk Beer and Soda on South Elmwood Avenue made a purchase, then grabbed an additional 12-pack of White Claw Hard Seltzer off a counter and left without paying for it on July 6. Dorothy M. Atkinson, the owner, tried calling the customer to get reimbursed for the canned alcoholic seltzer water, worth $18.99, but had not heard back as of July 8, when she filed a report.
Items were taken from an outdoor storage area at Lana Schnitzer’s co-op at the Atlantic Bluffs Club on Old Montauk Highway sometime between September 2018 and June 22. Ms. Schnitzer filed a report on July 4 and told police that a caretaker had access to the storage area while windows were being replaced in March.
Loretta DiBenedetto’s iPad mini, in a leather case, was taken from the Montauk Lake Club on June 28. When her iPad battery ran out of power after she spent most of the day on the club’s beach at East Lake Drive, she had plugged it into a lightpost near the walkway to the marina at about 3 p.m. When she came back for it two hours later, it was missing, along with its charging cable. It was worth about $300.
Tiffany Lee of Springs told police on July 7 that she had been punched in the head by a female acquaintance while standing outside of the Gray Lady on West Lake Drive around 3:30 a.m. She said the woman became angry when she said something about a mutual male friend. Police spoke to the woman, who had a different story. Police advised them to stay away from each other.
A 2014 Jeep Wrangler’s soft top and a back tire were punctured while it was parked in the lower lot at the Wavecrest Resort on Old Montauk Highway on Friday night. David P. Rosman of Bayport discovered the damage to his Jeep at about 9:45 on Saturday morning. No other vehicles in the lot were damaged. Mr. Rosman estimated the damage at about $400.
Sag Harbor
A man called police when a woman who had been ordered to stay away from him parked her vehicle directly across the street from his driveway on Henry Street on July 9 at around 8 p.m. The man told police he felt she parked there to antagonize him, and he was concerned for the safety of his family. Police informed the man that she was legally allowed to park there, but that they could call her and ask her to park elsewhere.
A mother reported her 10 and 7-year-old daughters missing from Main Street on July 9 around 8:30 p.m. The woman told police she had asked her children to pick up pizza from Yummylicious while she parked, and that they were nowhere to be found. Police found them at Sag Pizza safe and sound.
A man walked into the police station last Thursday evening wishing to file a complaint about traffic control officers. He stated that he had parked in front of Sag Pizza and was backing out of the alleyway when a T.C.O. stopped him and gave him an “unnecessary lecture.” The man said there was no traffic behind him, and that for the last five years he has noticed that traffic officers cause more disruption than help to the village. On a final note, the man added that he did not understand why so many traffic officers are needed.
Later that evening, police responded to a report of a dog fighting an opossum or raccoon on Atlantic Street. The caller said that the dog had gone under the fence and was cornering the animal. Police were able to assist the woman in retrieving the dog but did not find the wild animal.
An officer spotted a man sleeping on the beach by Long Wharf on Saturday at around 5:30 a.m. The man told police he was staying on a sailboat and was waiting for his friend to pick him up. He was asked to leave the area and complied.
During a routine patrol late Sunday night, police observed four teens outside of the 7-Eleven parking lot with a case of spiked seltzer. When the officer requested identification, none of them was able to present any. It turned out they were 16. They were taken back to the police station, where they were released to their parents.
Springs
A 1975 Mercedes 450 SL sustained damage while it was parked in a driveway on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, James T. Mulhern found two flat passenger-side tires, scratches on the hood, passenger-side fender and trunk lid, and cuts in the convertible roof, rear windshield, and passenger seat. He also said the gas door appeared to have been pried open, causing damage, and that the trunk would not open.
Wainscott
A men’s silver Rolex watch, worth $10,000, last seen on a nightstand inside a house on Sayre’s Path on June 24, was reported stolen on July 3. Jennifer Errico told police several people, including a caretaker, a cleaning person, painters, and a window washer, had access to the house.