On the Police Logs 01.18.18
East Hampton
The gas lines to two Whooping Hollow Road residences were shut off sometime between Jan. 3 and Jan. 8. A subcontractor, Rolando Merchan, arrived at the houses on the morning of Jan. 8 and noticed the gas had been shut off and the temperature inside had dropped from 70 to 33 degrees. The main contractor for the houses, which are in the final stages of construction, James Gherardi, told police he had just taken over the job. Police are investigating.
East Hampton Village
Police were called to Rowdy Hall on Main Street on the evening of Jan. 10 by the manager. A 64-year-old woman with a residence on Fifth Avenue, as well as one in East Hampton, “was being rude,” the report reads, and the manager “wanted assistance having her leave without creating a scene.” The manager told police the woman had been a problem in the past, and “had become aggressive to the staff.” The manager had asked the woman to leave, and not to come back, but the unruly customer refused to leave her table. An officer spoke with the woman, telling her she needed to exit the restaurant or face arrest for trespassing. The woman agreed. Afterward, the manager filled out a trespass affidavit for the police to keep on file. The names of those involved were not released, because no charges were pressed.
A deer stuck in a fence outside an East Hollow Road house triggered a call to police by the homeowner Saturday morning. After police arrived, the homeowner was able to cut the fence, freeing the animal.
A report of suspicious activity on Hither Lane brought a patrol officer to investigate Monday. A young man wearing shorts and a gray hoodie had climbed over the gated entrance. The man in the hoodie turned out to be a friend of the homeowner’s son. The son told police that the driveway gate would not open when he entered the code, and that his friend had climbed over the gate in order to open it from the inside.
Montauk
An Old Montauk Highway resident told police on Jan.7 that her personal computer had been hacked that morning. She said she was on her computer when a warning message appeared on her screen referring to spyware. The message gave her a phone number to contact, claiming to be Microsoft technical support. After she shared information about one of her bank accounts, she told police that a forged electronic signature in her name was created and the individual on the other end hung up the phone. She immediately contacted the bank, canceled the transaction, and closed the account. She also turned the computer off, telling police she was going to take it to a computer specialist to be examined.
Northwest Woods
Police are just now reporting the theft of a red and white 13-foot Sonoma kayak from the town trustees’ racks on Hand’s Creek. Elizabeth Laytin valued the missing kayak at $300, and said she had not secured it to the rack.
Springs
Two Fort Pond Boulevard residents woke up on the morning of Jan. 8 to find an unmarked package on the front step. When the package was opened, the contents appeared to be feces. Police are investigating.