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On the Police Logs 02.09.17

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 06:40

East Hampton

Police warned two East Hampton High School girls last week to stop disparaging another girl on Facebook or face criminal charges of harassment. The two agreed to stop. The victim, who lives in Springs, told police she did not want to press charges at this time, but would do so if there were any more posts.

 

East Hampton Village

Police were called to the parking lot of Stop and Shop last Thursday afternoon, where a dog was spotted inside a 2014 Jeep that had its engine running. The windows were open, and the caller was afraid the dog would be overcome by fumes from the exhaust. The dog was fine, and not in any danger, police said.

 

Montauk

A trespasser who damaged a fence on Old Montauk Highway was captured on a surveillance camera by the homeowner. Eli Wilner, who has several cameras on the property, showed images of the person to police, who are investigating.

 

Northwest Woods

Nora Jacobs of Hand’s Creek Road notified police on Friday that she had received three credit cards in the mail, none of which she had applied for. An investigation revealed that someone had obtained her Social Security number and was attempting to defraud her. The cards have been canceled, and police are monitoring the matter.

 

Sag Harbor

Police were forced to put down a deer stuck in a Main Street fence last Thursday morning. The animal was in bad shape, officers said, from its efforts to free itself.

A contractor working with heavy equipment on a Taft Place property called police Monday afternoon after having a heated verbal exchange with an unnamed neighbor. Timothy Fallon said the neighbor has continually accused him of crossing the property line while working, which he said is not happening. Police advised the two to stay on their respective sides of the line; no charges were pressed.

Springs

Two people renting rooms at 4 Grant Avenue got into a physical altercation on Friday morning, and police were called. Neither wanted to press charges, and agreed to avoid each other.

Frederick Kurka of Great River returned to his Waterhole Road house on Jan. 31 after being away most of the month, and found that someone had broken in, damaging a deadbolt and the door. Nothing appeared to be missing, though some kind of solvent had been poured on a wood-floor stair landing and  several drawers appeared to have been rummaged through.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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