On the Police Logs 04.21.16

East Hampton

A resident of a Boatheaders Lane apartment told police on April 12 that $210 had been taken from an envelope on a nightstand the evening before. Harry Stevenson said the door was open when he came home after midnight, but he didn’t realize that the lock was broken until the morning. Police told him they themselves had pried the door open the day before, when Mary Balreich, his landlord, complained of an unwanted guest in the room. Mr. Stevenson said he had left $670 in the envelope, but now there was only $460.

East Hampton Village

Police were called to a Georgica Road house a little before 3 a.m. on March 11, where a 42-year-old resident told them that “she is being mentally controlled by a 78-year-old spiritual healer named Nick.” She said she had known Nick for five months, and had “exchanged several emails and text messages that were sexual in nature, and, at times, inappropriate.” Recently, she said, “Nick” had accessed her Gmail account and deleted about 50 inappropriate emails. She told police she just wanted the situation documented.

A woman came into police headquarters on April 11 to complain that her partner in a Race Lace business was removing items from the store without her approval. She said her lawyer had advised her to make a complaint. Police told her that a business partnership problem would better be dealt with in civil court, and advised her to call her lawyer again.

Midafternoon on April 11, an officer noticed a man seated on the porch of the front house of the Gardiner homestead on James Lane. The man said he lived in Columbus, Ohio, and was waiting to take the next train back to New York City. He was told that he could not loiter at the historic site and should wait for the train at the railroad station.

Several callers reported distressed seals on or near Main Beach last weekend. Village police often get such calls; out of the water, seals can appear lethargic. The calls usually result in log entries like the one made for Friday’s call from Tides Turn Lane: “Seal did not appear to be in distress, and appeared to be sunbathing.”

A Meadow Way homeowner reported a raccoon trapped in a dumpster last Thursday night. Two officers were able to tip the dumpster forward, allowing the animal to make off into nearby woods, no worse for wear.

Montauk

Jill Fuchs, an employee of Plaza Sports on Main Street, reported the theft of two safari hats on April 11. The hats were stolen from a stockroom.

Northwest Woods

A white Apple iPad with a blue case, valued at $400, disappeared from a Marion Lane house sometime in January. Eric Hegi of Catholic Charities, who cares for Brian Leifer, wanted the incident on record but told police he was not sure if the device had been lost or stolen. The battery is apparently dead, making it impossible to track the iPad down remotely.