Also on the Logs 11.19.15

East Hampton Village

A burglar alarm was triggered in a Lily Pond Lane house on the afternoon of Nov. 11. When an employee of the Bellringer security company checked on it, he discovered that a glass pane on a ground-floor bedroom window had been smashed from the outside and called police. Detectives found that a door that had been boarded up for the winter had been forced open, though it did not appear that anyone had entered. They also found an extension ladder left by the house and a footprint on a second door, which the trespasser had apparently attempted to kick in. A caretaker took a look and told police it did not appear that anything had been stolen.

The owner of a Georgica Road house called police Friday evening to report a “strange noise in his backyard.” When police checked it out, they found that the noise was static coming from an outdoor speaker that had been left on. The homeowner turned the speaker off, and the noise went away.

A David’s Lane resident called police last Thursday after a neighbor down the block told her that there were deer in the backyard of an adjacent property that fronts on Huntting Lane. The caller said she was concerned that the deer were trapped. Police told the woman they could not enter the property in question unless its owner gave them permission. They found no one home there, and saw no deer.

A very intoxicated East Hampton man caused a disturbance at Park Place Wines and Liquors on Friday. Police informed him he was no longer welcome in the store.

Montauk

Mailboxes were knocked off their posts on Prospect Hill Lane during the overnight hours Saturday. Police found what appeared to be a footprint left by someone wearing tennis sneakers near one of the damaged boxes and photographed the print. Joseph DiBenedetto said it would cost $500 to replace his damaged post and box, and he was not the only victim on the cul-de-sac off East Lake Drive. Virginia DiPasquale also had her mailbox vandalized. 

An Apple MacBook was reported stolen on Nov. 3 from the West Lake Drive room of Angel Flores. Mr. Flores told police he had had a guest staying with him whom he had recently met. When the man left to return to New York City, he took the computer, valued at $1,300, Mr. Flores said. Police told Mr. Flores to get in touch with the New York Police Department. 

Springs

A thief, apparently armed with a shovel and a wheelbarrow, struck the front yard of a house on Springs-Fireplace Road between Nov. 6 and Nov. 7, making off with three osmanthus shrubs. James Grassi told police the plants, which he had recently put in the ground, cost $150 each. He said he was concerned for the other osmanthus shrubs in the yard and asked for more police patrols in the area.