On the Police Logs 03.23.17

East Hampton Village

An Amagansett resident told police the afternoon of March 13 that he had left his Apple iPhone6 on the counter at Starbuck’s earlier that day. When he returned, the phone was gone. The manager told him Starbuck’s has a surveillance system, but it could not be immediately accessed. The man told police he began searching for the device using his iPhone tracker app, which showed the phone moving around East Hampton, with stops at delis and restaurants. The tracker eventually led him to Bridgehampton Main Street, where, he told police later, he confronted a man and demanded his phone be returned. “Oh, this phone? I found it on the road,” the man replied, handing over a badly damaged iPhone. Police marked the case closed.

Whoever was gassing up a 2003 Chevrolet at the Exxon station on Montauk Highway and Toilsome Road on March 13 forgot to remove the nozzle from the tank. The car pulled away, snapping off the fuel hose. The station’s management asked that police document the incident, though the report indicated that the two sides were working out the issue.

Sag Harbor

Police were called to the abandoned Harborview Professional Building on Ferry Road Friday afternoon, where Steve Hesler said someone appeared to have gone inside. Officers found “a new hole” at the second-floor level. It appeared that the hole had been accessed via an old door, which had been propped up against the building and used as a ladder. Police took the makeshift ladder away.

Police on patrol found a windowpane broken on the Sag Harbor Firemen’s Museum Monday night, either by a vandal or blowing debris. There was no sign of entry into the building. The chief of the fire department, Thomas Gardella, was notified of the damage.

Springs

A dispute on 19th Street between occupants of a house there required police intervention early on the evening of March 17. All combatants were separated, and no charges were pressed.

An intruder forced open the front gate at an Old Stone Highway property on the morning of March 15, but a police check of the property and the house indicated nothing disturbed or missing.