Obama Changed the Gate Code, She Claimed

A woman called East Hampton Village police to 121 Further Lane on Friday, insisting that President Obama was to blame for her gate code not working.

Gail M. Dunn, 65, who gave addresses in California and New York City, told police she needed help to get onto her property. “She said Obama changed her gate code,” Chief Gerard Larsen said. Police phoned the owners of the house and were told no one was supposed to be there and they did not know the woman.

When officers asked Ms. Dunn to leave the property, she refused, the chief said. When they tried to arrest her for trespassing, “she took a swing at one of the cops, and they had to wrestle her to the ground.”

She was charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and trespass, a violation, and was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital’s psychiatric center for observation. She was released from police custody with a ticket to appear in East Hampton Justice Court at a future date.

Reed Krakoff, the former president and creative director of Coach Inc., is the owner of the house, according to tax records. Mr. Krakoff purchased the property in 2007 for a reported $24 million. It was known for many years as Lasata, an 8,500-square-foot estate where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent her summers as a child.

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Gail Dunn was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. She was charged with trespass, a violation, in addition to resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.