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On the Police Logs 06.18.15

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 07:22

East Hampton

A two-person kayak was stolen from Sharon Gajajivain’s yard at the Oakview Highway mobile home park at some point over the past six weeks. Ms. Gajajiva reported the theft Saturday, saying the yellow Perception kayak had cost $500.

East Hampton Village

An officer checking the David’s Lane entrance to the Nature Trail wildlife sanctuary on the morning of June 10 “found several benches had been moved, a half-full can of ice tea on the ground, three condom wrappers, and two condoms,” according to the police report.

Two men were stopped from bow-fishing on Hook Pond near Dunemere Lane Saturday evening. They told police they were unaware that they needed a fishing permit from the village in addition to a state freshwater fishing permit, which they had.

A Stratton Square woman received a telemarketing call last Thursday morning. When she told the caller, who said he was “Steven Smith working for Best Health,” that she was on a “do not call” list, he said he would keep calling anyway. He called twice more, screaming obscenities each time, she said.

Police were sent to 333 Georgica Road by a neighbor complaining about noise at around 11 p.m. Saturday. The report says the homeowner agreed to have a D.J. there turn down the music.

Another noise complaint just before midnight Saturday was received. Police were told there was yelling and shouting going on outside 45 East Hollow Road. After a knock on the door, an officer was told the “younger family members would bring the party inside.” They did.

A little after midnight Saturday, a caller told police there was a man shouting at the intersection of Newtown and Pleasant Lanes. The investigating officer reported that the man was just talking loudly on a cellphone.

Police investigated another call about a cellphone user Sunday evening. They were told that a woman was sitting outside of Ricky’s NYC on Main Street, “yelling curse words.” Checking, an officer reported she “was talking on the phone. No foul language heard.”

A four-foot-long section of the white spindle fence to the west of East Hampton Village Hall on Main Street was vandalized Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

Village police continued their enforcement drive on the beaches last week, issuing summonses to a woman walking her dog without a leash on Main Beach Friday evening and to a Santa Rosa, Calif., woman Sunday night for building a fire on Main Beach without it being in a metal container.

Montauk

Lynn Calvo, the owner of Lynn’s Hula Hut at the Montauk Marine Basin, told police that someone had tried to force his or her way into the building through a side door during the early morning hours. While the attempt was unsuccessful, Ms. Calvo estimated repairs would cost about $100.

A woman who parked her 2005 Jeep Cherokee overnight at the Royal Atlantic North Resort parking lot last Thursday found the tires slashed and the driver’s side of the car badly scratched the next morning. Sara Lucas told police it would cost about $1,700 to undo the damage.

Police discovered last Friday that a glass pane on the front door of the store still known as Gaviola’s, although it is closed, had been smashed with a rock. Police checked and found everything inside was apparently in order.

Sag Harbor

Twice last week, items were stolen from supposedly locked lockers at the Sag Harbor Gym on Bay Street. Delores Bifulk told police a purse with $12 and credit cards disappeared on the afternoon of June 9. On Sunday morning, Michael J. Dantonio reported that $300 had been stolen from his locker.

Police responded to a reported brawl outside Back Page on Division Street after the bar closed Sunday morning. “A large group of people” was in the street, “highly intoxicated,” the report said. The group dispersed after police arrived.

A sharp-eyed shop owner thwarted a shoplifter at Flying Point on Main Street Thursday afternoon. Kelly Flaherty noticed a customer place a gray sports bra in her carry bag, hiding the hanger at the back of the store, she told police. The customer then went into a changing room with four pieces of clothing but came out with only three. Ms. Flaherty confronted the woman as she tried to pay for one item, and she agreed to pay for the others, according to the report. Ms. Flaherty has equipped the store with a surveillance system, which she said had been used over the past year.

A small rubber case, which reportedly contained an iPhone and $1,000 in cash, was left on a bench in Marine Park Saturday evening. When Dee Balsamo returned to retrieve it a few hours later, it was gone.

Springs

Peter Gamby of Fernmarsh Road discovered Friday afternoon that his 2001 lime green Volkswagen Beetle had disappeared from his driveway at some point last week. He said the car, valued at $8,000, had been locked when he parked it there early in the week.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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