On the Police Logs 05.14.15

Amagansett

Police were called to Shore Drive East after a verbal altercation about a $50 loan turned physical on Saturday at around 7:30 p.m. The fight was broken up before police arrived, however, and no one wanted to pursue charges.

East Hampton

Cory Pawlukojc said he was startled in the kitchen at his house on Kopka Court when he saw someone there he did not know on April 30 at about 9 p.m. Reportedly, a stranger had knocked on the door and then let himself in when no one answered. Mr. Pawlukojc didn’t go to police until the next day, and just wanted to record the incident.

Patio chairs still in their packages were stolen from a front porch on Sherrill Road on April 29 or 30. Matt and Allison Edgerton said the shipment was delivered and left on the porch, but when they arrived on April 30 at about 6:30 a.m., it wasn’t there. The chairs were worth a total of $1,100. They filed a report on May 2.

An iPhone 5S was reported stolen from inside a Dodge pickup that was parked in a driveway on Accabonac Road for only about 10 minutes back on April 6. Chris L. Classens was walking around the property with a landscaper when the phone disappeared from on top of the center console at about 2 p.m. He said it was worth $300.

A Troy-Bilt push lawn mower disappeared from the side yard of William Winkler’s Rivers Road house between April 26 and May 3. Mr. Winkler and Morton Seitelman told police no one had permission to use their mower, worth $500.

Marshall Creek and Michael Grimstand contacted police on April 11 after a dispute about a custom gate for a deer fence they were installing on their Bearing East Road property. After paying $1,050 to a deer fence company, they were billed another $2,326 three weeks later. Police did not have information on how the matter was resolved.

A resident of Seabright Avenue was the victim of a scam after he received a recorded message on Friday stating that he owed the I.R.S. money. He returned the call and was told to get a $500 GreenDot Visa card at CVS pharmacy and to call back with the information. While waiting for a confirmation number, he was told he would need an additional $500 GreenDot card, which he obtained. The man’s daughter informed him it was a scam, and that’s when he phoned police.

East Hampton Village

A woman who lives on Main Street said she received several suspicious phone calls on May 4 from a man calling himself Alex Johnson, who claimed she had won a monetary prize. She informed him she wasn’t interested, but he called her several more times.

Police informed the village’s Department of Public Works about a sinkhole forming in the Reutershan parking lot behind Cittanuova last Thurday. The area was cordoned off.

Suspicious bags were reported left outside  the post office on Gay Road on Saturday around 10:30 a.m. Police found the owner of the bags, who said he was taking them with him on the bus to Montauk. Police made sure he was doing so, they said.

Montauk

Police were called when Robert Bennett saw a man digging up oysters behind his lakefront home on West Lake Drive on May 6 at around 6 p.m. Mr. Bennett said he paid to have oysters planted there. An officer spoke to the oyster harvester, who said he was not aware he was on private property. He was instructed to put the oysters back. Mr. Bennett did not want to pursue the matter further, police said.

Once again, police are putting out the word to be aware of a phone scam where the caller claims to be from PSEG-Long Island or National Grid and requires payment immediately under threat that the power will be shut off. A woman in Montauk lost $500 on May 5. Enzo Burriesci, the manager at Primavera Pizza, also reported receiving a similar call on the afternoon of May 5.

Two Honda generators were stolen from inside a trailer at the Montauk Airport on East Lake Drive on May 4. Dennis Kern, who rents space at the airport, said the generators were worth $1,000. When police contacted another man who rents space in the area, he told them some items were taken from a recreational vehicle and a truck, but that he would make a report later.

While asleep on a boat at the Sportsmans Dock Marina on West Lake Drive on Sundy morning, Amanda Hirsh of New York City said her watch and necklace, together worth $31,000, were stolen. She found her pocketbook open. Ms. Hirsh found the items several days later.

Sag Harbor

After receiving a tip, police found an intoxicated man behind the wheel of a car that was parked in the 7-Eleven lot on West Water Street on May 6 at around 2:20 a.m. The man said he would not be driving. Because he didn’t have keys in the ignition, he was not placed under arrest, police said.

Joe Caputo called police when he realized about 50 Hestia plants along his driveway on Palmer Terrace were gone. He said he didn’t realize they were missing until he raked up all his leaves. Each plant cost between $13 and $20.

A “drone accident” was reported four days after it occurred in the water off the Sag Harbor Yacht Club. Kristen Conlin, the dock master at the Bay Street club, told police on May 6 that a man lost control of the drone he was manipulating, and it struck the mast of one boat and then possibly another. It wasn’t clear if there were damages to the boat or the drone.

Springs

A two-person bench and small wooden garden sign with the word “Beach” on it were stolen from a property on Hog Creek Lane sometime between April 19 and Saturday. Noreen Shevlin-McManus said she arrived at the house on Saturday and noticed the items missing. They were worth a total of $220.

Editor's note: The account concerning the Montauk Sportsmans Dock has been updated.