On The Police Logs 01.21.16

East Hampton

A resident of one of the eight cottages at 782 Route 114 discovered when she returned home on the evening of Dec. 21 that someone had entered her home that day and stolen a gold chain and pendant. Noelle Parker told police the missing jewelry was worth $500.

East Hampton Village

An argument erupted over a hedgerow on David’s Lane on the morning of Jan. 12. The father of the owner of one of the street’s large houses told police that the neighboring property had recently been sold, and that its former owner had a running agreement with his daughter as to how the hedge, which divides the properties, would be groomed year round. The head of the landscaping company involved agreed to halt work to while the neighbors work out a new agreement.

Montauk

A fight at the 7-Eleven brought the police calling on the night of Jan. 7. When officers arrived, they were told that the two combatants had left in a silver Toyota Tacoma that pulled out of the parking lot, eastbound. Police pulled the truck over a few minutes later on Flamingo Avenue, headed toward the docks. The two men said they were mates on the fishing vessel Donald T, and that neither wanted to press charges. They agreed, police reported, “to remain civil, going forward.”

About 230 square feet of cedar decking disappeared from Navy Beach restaurant on Christmas Eve, according to Franklin Ferguson, a partner at the restaurant, which is closed for the winter. As police investigated, they were told by James Kelly, identified in the report as a board member of the Royal Atlantic resort, that the missing decking involved a civil dispute, and that he would document for them where the decking was now being stored. Much of the incident report was not made public.

Northwest Woods

An 18-year-old from Springs told police last Thursday morning that she had parked her 2007 Jeep on Peters Path the night before, and that when she returned she found it had been vandalized by attackers armed with eggs.

Wainscott

Pump number five was the target of a vandal armed with black permanent ink at the Speedway gas station on the night of Jan. 11. Maximiliano Amaya told police it would cost $50 to remove the graffiti.