Also on the Logs 09.03.15

Amagansett

Two Manhattan women staying at a Wyandanch Lane house called police Saturday morning. Tricia Bonner said that during the night someone had opened several of its sliding screen doors. Sally Hallows added that she had noticed one door open when she awoke during the night, but thought nothing of it. Nothing in the house was missing. There were several fans on that night, which might have muffled the sound of a trespasser.

East Hampton

 John Martino of Malverne, who owns a house on Buckskill Road, told police on Aug. 23 that between July 26 and that date, when he returned to his house after an absence, someone had put so much chlorine into the pool on the 3.5-acre property that it was unusable. Police checked the area, but had no suspects. It is not clear from the report if the property was vacant or occupied during that peak summer month.

A Town Lane resident told police that on the night of Aug. 10 at his residence, a dispute became physical, and he was pushed into a wooden table, injuring his right rotator cuff. Edward Schuster said he had missed 10 days of work so far. and wanted the alleged event documented. He did not want to press charges, however, but “wishes to be compensated.”

East Hampton Village

Police went to the railroad station on Aug. 25 after receiving a call about a fight between two men involving a box knife. An officer reported no knife in sight, but two taxi drivers in a heated dispute. They agreed to part ways and never bicker again.

Two Citarella employees were reported fighting in front of the gourmet food store on Pantigo Road on the evening of Aug. 26. Police said one of the combatants had kicked the other, who temporarily left the fray, but then returned with a three-foot-long angle iron, which he allegedly swung at the man who kicked him. “In self-defense,” the police report says, the man who was struck proceeded to strike the assailant with a box cutter, causing a small laceration. The men were briefly detained, with neither pressing charges, and the angle iron and box cutter were confiscated.

A resident of a seven-bedroom house on Georgica Road told police last week that employees of the company that cleans it had made off with three pieces of jewelry. Missing, she said, was a Versace woman’s gold and silver watch, valued at $1,200, a multicolored Pucci purse valued at $1,000, and a Slane and Company silver necklace, with a large moon and sun attached, valued at $800. The housekeeping company had been employed by the homeowner for 12 years without prior incident. The owner of the company told police she had fired two sisters whom she suspected of the theft and had hired just before the incident.

A cab driver for Taxi One, already accused of criminal mischief as a felony as a result of a recent incident with a fellow cab driver, which is detailed elsewhere in this issue, was visited again by police on Aug. 25 after a verbal altercation with a potential fare. The female complainant told police James Wyeth had screamed at her, using foul language. Mr. Wyeth said the lady had yelled at him for having his dog in the cab, and he told her, “if she didn’t like it, she can call another cab.” No police action resulted.

A Buell Lane resident called police last Thursday morning, complaining that a heating oil truck making a delivery at her neighbor’s house was emitting fumes. Police spoke with the driver, who promised to leave the area “as soon as he was done with the job.”

Montauk

An orange handbag was stolen from the back of a seat at Liars’ Saloon on Aug. 14. Sandra Mustion-Lemmerman of Hicksville told East Hampton Town police on Aug. 16 that the handbag had two iPhones in it, which she had disabled, plus a debit card, which she canceled.

A 2011 Lincoln Continental parked outside a Bryan Road house was vandalized with a sharp object, like a key, last Thursday. Police found that the driver’s-side door of the car, which belongs to Harvey Brandt, had numerous scratches on it.

A Montauk man left his white Massi chopper-style bicycle unattended in front of Marshall and Sons service station at about 4 a.m. Aug. 24. The station was closed at the time. When Vincent Rella returned about an hour later, his bike, which he valued at $440, was gone. The bike has black tires, a brown seat, and a flashing red light at the rear.

Dillon Gaddi, a Carlsbad, Calif., man, complained to police that a bouncer at Sloppy Tuna had pushed him in the face for no reason on the early morning of Aug. 23 as he was leaving the bar. The bouncer told police that Mr. Gaddi had a drink in his hand and refused to leave it behind when exiting. The bouncer said he knocked it out of his hand. No charges were filed.

Sag Harbor

Missy Hargraves of Manhattan filed a report with Sag Harbor Village  police on Friday, two weeks after her blue and silver beach bag was stolen from her car, whicht was parked in the Meadow Street lot on Aug. 14. She did not state its value.

After his longtime tenant left his Rysam Street apartment on Aug. 25, Alex Matthiessen told police three items were missing: an antique hutch worth $1,000, an Indonesian basket worth $150, and a $75 wall clock. He reported the theft on Saturday. 

Amanda Birchmier left her yellow vintage Schwinn bicycle in front of 80 Division Street on Friday around 11 p.m. and 12 hours later it was gone. She went to police on Monday and said it was worth $400. 

Frank Atkinson-Barnes did not fall prey to what he thought had to be a scam. He described what happened to police. After listing his 2002 28-foot Sea Ray for sale on a legitimate website, he received a check for $62,000. But he had only listed it for $48,000. The interested buyer told him the rest was for the cost of shipping the boat to Miami. He declined to deposit the check and offered to sell the boat to the Floridian for $45,000 cash. There was no subsequent report. 

Springs

An 18-year-old Fort Pond Boulevard man, whom East Hampton Town police did not identify, had $1,400 in cash stolen from the center console of his unlocked 2000 GMC overnight Aug. 25.

Dennis Kromer also told police that some personal papers as well as his wallet disappeared from his 1990 Chevrolet pickup truck, which was parked outside Kromer’s Auto Marine Service on Fort Pond Boulevard.

Wainscott

A white straw handbag with over $700 and several credit cards was stolen from an unlocked 2012 Jeep parked at the end of Beach Lane on the morning of Aug. 15. Nina Lesavoy said she had been gone from the car for about 20 minutes and discovered the theft when she left the beach.

Dwayne Gordon, the manager of the Speedway gas station on Montauk Highway, told police that during the overnight hours on Aug. 24, its men’s room was vandalized with graffiti. Police have already arrested at least one local juvenile at Speedway, who was caught on a surveillance camera and charged with stealing food items.