On the Police Logs 03.19.15

East Hampton

Surfside Taxi, based in Montauk, is now also operating out of East Hampton, where it has opened an office. This has apparently created some ill will. A Surfside driver, Junior Vladimir Vega, was filling up at the Empire gas station on North Main Street when he was approached by a driver for another company, who, according to the police log, was “arguing in regards to the fact that Surfside should stay in Montauk, and not take business away from the East Hampton taxis.” What happened next was redacted from the report. Mr. Vega declined to press charges, saying he only wanted the incident documented.

Detectives are investigating a burglary at a residence in the Oakview Highway trailer park back on Feb. 24. Carlos J. Ramirez told police he had been out all day and returned at night to find his Apple iPad 2, valued at $500, missing. He activated the Find My iPhone app, which told him the device was now at a County Road 39 address in Southampton. Several sentences in the report are blacked out, making it unclear what happened afterward.

East Hampton Village

Police had to put down two wild animals this week. A deer managed to impale itself on a fence post on Georgica Road March 10. The animal was “bleeding severely,” police said, and an officer put it out of its misery with one shot. A raccoon was “in distress and very sick” on Bailow Lane March 9 before it was similarly put down.

A Pantigo Road woman called police shortly after midnight Friday. “She stated she heard footsteps outside her residence,” police reported. They checked the area and “found no sign of anyone walking around the house.”

Sag Harbor

The side of Schiavoni’s I.G.A. on Main Street was vandalized with graffiti last week. The vandal wrote a phrase starting with the words “You never loved me.”

Honesty has paid off for Thomas Moyer, who found an undisclosed amount of cash some time ago and turned it in. Police hold items and cash turned in for between six months and a year, depending upon the value. After that, the item or cash is turned over to the finder, as was the case with Mr. Moyer.

Drivers in Sag Harbor may want to slow down as they pass through school zones, if not only for safety than perhaps for their wallets. The police issued six summonses last week for driving over the posted limit of 20 miles per hour, mainly on Hampton Street.

Springs

Grifters continue to try to take advantage of the tax-filing season. Anthony Martone of Bell Road visited his accountant last month to complete his tax forms, but the Internal Revenue Service rejected the filing, reporting that someone else had already filed, using Mr. Martone’s Social Security number. The I.R.S. told the Springs man it would handle the investigation, but needed a police report. Any return he was due would be paid, he was told, but it might be delayed. Mr. Martone told police that the same thing happened last year. As it turned out, he was a poor choice of targets this year: He is not due a refund, he told police.