Also on the Logs 04.28.16

Amagansett

Two mechanics at the Mobil station on Montauk Highway had a minor dust-up the morning of April 18. David Giuseppone told police afterward that another employee, whom police did not identify, had accused him of taking and misplacing his tools. Things escalated when one hurled a cup of coffee at the other, and ended with Mr. Giuseppone getting punched in the head. He told police he was unharmed and didn’t want to press charges. Both men agreed to discuss any future disagreements with their manager.

East Hampton

A Cedar Court man had an unexpected visitor on April 5, when Paola Arias came knocking on his door. Richard Wilson told police Ms. Arias had found his house posted as a rental on Craigslist, but that he himself had never put it there. Whoever did had apparently found old images of the house, and had gone so far as to sign Mr. Wilson’s name on a phony lease, made out to Ms. Arias. It was not clear from the heavily redacted report whether money was exchanged between Ms. Arias and the scammer. Detectives are investigating.

The manager of Serafina restaurant, Goran Jokic, called police on Saturday afternoon, saying that he had just noticed an exterior surveillance camera was missing. He valued the camera at $350.

East Hampton Village

Someone turned in what police described as “a yellow-colored necklace” last Thursday afternoon. The necklace, which is now in the lost and found at Cedar Street headquarters, was spotted near the tennis courts in Herrick Park.

Another Saturday morning passed with what has become a routine: calls from concerned citizens about a seal they believe is in distress on Main Beach. The first call came in a little before 8 a.m. An officer went to the beach and reported that the seal in question “appeared to be normal, and resting.” The same officer was sent back to the beach a couple of hours later, after a report was received that the seal was being harassed. The officer found several people near the seal and told them that federal law requires individuals “to stay 150 feet away from any marine mammals.” The onlookers left the beach, and the seal, in peace. A third call about a seal in possible distress on Main Beach was received Sunday morning. By the time an officer got there, the seal was swimming away.

Sag Harbor

A small plastic bag containing a white powdery substance was found in the Pierson High School parking lot on April 19 and turned over to police. The powder tested negative for narcotics. Police believe the bag may have contained crushed breath mints.

An altercation between two men outside Provisions last week ended with a shattered windshield on a truck. The truck’s owner, Philip Kess, told police he had been arguing with a man he knew as Jacques, who, he said, grabbed a hoe from the truck and swung it at the windshield, smashing it. After an officer took down the report, Jacques himself walked into headquarters on Division Street. He told police that Mr. Kess owed him money. The two eventually agreed to work out their differences without involving the law any further.

After receiving a report that two raccoons were caught in traps on Harding Terrace, police contacted the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, which determined that the traps were not licensed and suggested the raccoons be freed for their own safety. When police returned to Harding Terrace, the raccoons were gone, and the traps had been reset. Police confiscated the traps. 

A Glover Street woman called police Friday evening to complain that her neighbor had dirty water in his swimming pool. She said she was concerned the pool might be a breeding ground for mosquitos bearing the Zika virus. The officer who went on the call noted that the woman appeared highly intoxicated, and told her that dirty pool water was not a police issue.`

There were nails all over the entrance to Jim Burns’s driveway on Hempstead Street Saturday evening. Mr. Burns told police he had reported a similar incident about two months ago.

Springs

Curt Chapman of Gardiner Avenue told police Friday that sometime in the preceding two days, someone had damaged two of his window screens. Both appeared slightly bent, and one had a tear. The house was not entered, and nothing was missing from the backyard.