On the Police Logs 06.23.16

Amagansett

A man who parked in the Amagansett Square lot near Hampton Chutney the evening of June 9 returned to his 1998 Honda to find the cover for his spare tire, attached to the rear of the car, gone, and the B.F. Goodrich tire itself slashed. Stephen Murray estimated the loss at $250.

An Oak Lane homeowner reported on June 9 that sometime during the winter months, two sculptures had been stolen from a shed on the property. Johanna Vanderbeek told police the sculptures were by Bill King and Mary Frank, and were valued at $1,000 each.

A Great Neck family discovered they had been duped in yet another Craigslist rental scam. Gabrielle Cohen told police she had sent $1,500, as instructed, in March, for a weekend rental that was to begin last Friday. The scammer posed as the owner of a property on Meeting House Lane.

East Hampton Village

Police were called to East Hampton Grill on North Main Street last Thursday evening, where an employee was locked inside a bathroom. An officer was able to get the door open, despite a faulty handle.

The rear window of a rented BMW parked outside a Toilsome Lane house was smashed with a tree limb the morning of June 13. The elderly victim said he had had a dispute with his godson, who was staying with him, earlier that morning. Nothing appeared to have been stolen, and he said he did not wish to pursue charges.

An unidentified assailant attacked a 17-year-old resident of Pleasant Lane outside his house last week. The boy’s mother chased the person into Herrick Park, where she lost sight of him.

Three summonses were issued Saturday morning for walking unleashed dogs outside designated areas on the beach. Two were issued on Main Beach, and the third on Wiborg’s.

Montauk

The owner of the Corner Store on Main Street told police Saturday afternoon that he had put a cart outside the store containing eight bundles of wood. When he looked outside an hour and a half later, they were gone. Joseph Titus valued the cart at $200, and the wood at $64.

A Fairfield, Conn., woman staying at the Montauk Beach House on South Elmwood Street told police on the night of June 11 that her room had been burglarized. Julia Rockwell said she had gone out at about 9:40 and returned less than an hour later to find several high-fashion items by Louis Vuitton and Kate Spade, which she valued at $3,400, missing. Also stolen were two bracelets, one of them silver with two interlocking panthers and the other quartz, each valued at $500. Police found no sign of forced entry.

A bicycle stolen June 14 from a backyard on Main Street was recovered the next day by a sharp-eyed police officer, Grace Peterson, the same officer who had taken the petty larceny complaint from Tom McMorrow. Driving along Essex Street near St. Therese of Lisieux Church, she spotted a bike in the bushes that matched Mr. McMorrow’s description. The gears on his well-worn bicycle have a tendency to slip, locking the chain, and the thief may have decided it would be easier to walk home. “Case closed,” the report concludes.

Another man whose bike was stolen recently is Thomas Grenci, a retired East Hampton Town Police lieutenant. His silver Electra bicycle, which he had left at the train station, vanished sometime last month and has not been found.

Robert Thompson’s 2013 Apple iPad in a black Griffin Survivor case and four chargers disappeared from a windowsill while Mr. Thompson, a musician, was performing at Shagwong on the night of June 5. He had concealed the items under a magazine to no avail. The loss was valued at $800.

Police went to Farrington Avenue early Sunday morning to take a complaint from Christopher Daily, who said he had been pushed to the ground by a bouncer at Grey Lady, the restaurant that replaced Harbor. Officers spoke to the bouncer, Devin McRae, who said Mr. Daily had been asked to leave after he took his shirt off and refused to put it back on. There were no charges.

A rented Ford Escape parked outside a Grant Drive house was emptied of almost $3,000 worth of photographic equipment and electronics on June 11. Nils S. Paulson of Brooklyn, who discovered the theft at about 9:30 p.m., said the car had been there for about four hours. A Nikon SLR camera and lenses, plus a MacBook Air and an iPad, were stolen.

 

Sag Harbor

On the evening of June 14, police were sent to the abandoned Schiavoni building on Jermain Avenue, where they found three young girls breaking windows. The three were taken to headquarters, and their parents were contacted. No charges were pressed. The next day, police were called back to the building. This time they found three teenagers taking pictures of it, who said they were working on a school project. They were warned not to trespass, and left.

On Sunday evening police found “several individuals in their early 20s who were soaking wet” after jumping off the bridge to North Haven. They promised not to do it again.

Wainscott

The Ross School on Goodfriend Drive reported on Friday that one of its students, living in a South Breeze Drive house, had had $1,000 stolen from a drawer in his room in May. There were eight other foreign students and two house parents living there as well, and several cleaning crews had visited the house. Police documented the incident for insurance purposes.