On the Police Logs 03.17.16

East Hampton Village

The manager of Latin Express in the Reutershan parking lot called police March 9 after receiving what appeared to be a series of attempted scam calls in the last few months. The caller told the manager, whose name was not released, to go to Stop and Shop and send $885 by Western Union to El Salvador, after which the cash for the transaction would be brought to Latin Express. When the would-be scam artist called back to ask if the money had been sent, the manager said it had, knowing it was a scam. A few minutes later, the phone rang again. The manager was told that if he did not send the money, the caller would send “a couple of guys to come and hit him until he is dead.” The caller claimed to be the owner of a shop on North Main Street where Western Union service was down. In fact, the only Western Union in East Hampton Village is at Stop and Shop.

A cellphone charger was the subject of a dispute that required police intervention at the Exxon station on Montauk Highway and Toilsome Lane Sunday afternoon. A New York man told police he had purchased a charger there that didn’t work, and the manager was refusing to refund his money because he didn’t have his receipt. The officer tested the charger in his patrol car, where it worked without a problem. He told the man, who had tried to charge his cellphone in his car, that he probably had a faulty fuse.

A 20-year-old East Hampton woman, waiting around noon March 7 at the train station for one of the three Suffolk County buses that begin their routes there, was approached by an unknown older male driving a Honda, who offered her a ride. She told police that he drove off after she said no.

A man sitting in his 2008 Audi in the Reutershan parking lot March 7 called police after an out of control shopping cart from Stop and Shop rolled into his car, denting it.

Police investigating a possible break-in on La Forest Lane March 7 said that two windows with shattered glass there were apparently struck “by a large bird, possibly a turkey or goose.” The caretaker was called.

Montauk

An Oyster Bay man’s white Apple iPhone 5S was stolen from his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee on the evening of March 9. Michael Putnam told police he had left the phone in the cup holder of the Jeep, which was parked outside Muse restaurant on South Euclid Avenue. Police said they would review surveillance videos.

Northwest Woods

Kevin Vlismas, an East Hampton Town building inspector, reported an incident last Thursday that had occurred the previous Monday. He said he had gone to a house under construction at 45 Settlers Landing Lane, where the building permit had expired. A man who apparently was the owner of the house and whose identity was not released, got angry, Mr. Vlismas said. Details of the ensuing incident were blacked out, but the police classified the man’s actions as possible harassment.

Sag Harbor

An anonymous caller told police that youths were illegally dirt biking in Mashashimuet Park Thursday evening. When police arrived, the bikers were gone.

Springs

A 14th Street resident trying to sell his Schuberth motorcycle helmet on the website Wallapop was the target of scammer earlier this month. Jose Rojas told police March 2 that he had received an email from a potential buyer and sent the person his cellphone number. He then received a text stating that a check had been sent, but was for more than agreed upon. Mr. Rojas was asked to send the difference back, along with the helmet. The check arrived, but when Mr. Rojas tried to deposit it he learned it was a fake. He did not mail the helmet or lose any money.