On the Police Logs 04.02.15

East Hampton

An alert Stuart’s Lane woman noticed an unauthorized charge on her bank card in February. Jennifer Cunningham disputed the charge, which the bank then reversed. On March 23, after investigating, the bank informed her that someone had apparently been using her Social Security number in an attempt to change her address. The bank has changed the account number.

East Hampton Village

An Oceanside man called police Friday evening from Middle Lane, saying he had pulled his car over near Cross Highway to watch deer and gotten stuck in mud by the roadside. An officer helped him find a tow truck service.

Montauk

Four benches and a garbage can were ripped off their moorings at Carl Fisher Plaza during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 22. Police have been examining various surveillance cameras in an effort to find the culprits.

Northwest Woods

A worker at a Scallop Avenue house apparently has an expensive taste in clothes, and fed it by stealing couture items from the homeowner. Philip Judson told police March 9 that ever since work commenced in late January, he has missed various pieces of clothing. The labels included Prada and Balenciaga, with a total value of at least $3,200. Several companies were involved in the work being done on the house.

Sag Harbor

Christine B. Grout of Hamilton Street contacted police on March 24 after she became aware of secretly recorded telephone conversations involving herself. Ms. Grout told police that Whitney St. John Fairchild, the ex-wife of her boyfriend, James Fairchild, had recorded telephone calls without her knowledge between June and September of 2014. Police told her it is not illegal to record conversations, and to bring the matter up in Family Court.

Photographs of a house for rent on Walker Avenue were lifted from HomeAway.com and being used with a fraudulent posting on CraigsList. Mark Willis called police on March 24 after he found out about the situation involving his house. Police tried contacting the person who made the post, and contacted CraigsList about removing the listing.

Over $70,000 in jewelry was reported stolen on March 25. Christian R. Gaines said his wife left the jewelry in a Michael Kors box inside her Buick when she parked on Main Street, near the Sag Harbor Pharmacy, on March 20 between 5:05 and 5:30 p.m. Inside the box was a 6-carat ring with an antique setting, reportedly worth $30,000, a $40,000 gold Piaget watch with a diamond and gold band, and a pair of pearl earrings worth $1,000.

Springs

When a Kingston Avenue teen woke up Saturday morning, he heard what he thought was his mother preparing laundry in her room across the hall. But when the 14-year-old opened the door to the room, he saw a strange man there, who then ran through an open slider onto an upper deck and jumped off it to the deck below. He was last seen running toward Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. A Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department canine unit searched for him. Nothing was reported stolen.

Neighbors had a disagreement over the feeding of feral cats last month. Brad Roman called police on March 7 to say that a woman was feeding cats across the street from his house, and that his dog had become ill from eating the food. The owner of the property across the street told police the woman in question had her permission to feed the cats. Police advised Mr. Roman that this was a civil matter, but he called again with the same complaint a week later. However, when police made a follow-up call to him on March 25, he said the problem had been resolved.

Renters who moved out of a Flaggy Hole Road house at the end of February took more with them than their possessions, according to the homeowner, Eric Brauer. Mr. Brauer told police he was missing a six-foot aluminum stepladder, a 16-foot extension ladder, a DVD player, paint supplies, a metal shovel, a rake, a TV remote, and two washing machine hoses. Detectives are investigating.

An unwelcome visitor made himself at home last month in a Chaparral boat stored on Boatyard Drive for the winter in plastic shrink wrap. Jeff Briggs, the boatyard’s owner, called Lee Deutsch of Manhattan to tell him that a squatter appeared to have cut his way into the boat. Police found an old pair of Levi’s with a 34-inch waist, some dirty underwear, and a bucket of water, apparently used by the intruder to flush the toilet. The boat has been resealed.