On the Police Logs 07.02.15

Amagansett

A Parks Department employee told police last Thursday that a porcelain sink in the men’s room at Atlantic Avenue Beach was destroyed during the night. It will cost the town $410 to replace it, he said.

The attendant’s booth at Indian Wells Beach was also vandalized that night. The rear window was damaged. Replacement cost is under $100.

A resident of St. Michael’s Apartments reported June 23 that his gold pocket watch on a gold chain was missing from his apartment. Brian Byrnes valued the watch and chain at $900, and said he would not press charges if it is returned.

East Hampton

A thief made off last week with a red Trek mountain bike from an Accabonac Road front yard. The theft was reported last Thursday by Anthony Polikoff, who valued the bike at $200.

East Hampton Village

A woman who parked a black Porsche in a spot reserved for handicapped parking in the Waldbaum’s lot late Friday morning was asked by police if the card hanging from her mirror was, in fact, hers. She admitted that it actually belonged to her husband, who was at their Upper East Side residence. The card was confiscated “for safekeeping,” according to the report, and she was issued a summons.

A Waldbaum’s store manager caught an East Hampton teenager shoplifting a pack of Cheez-Its and a bottle of Snapple on Friday evening and followed the youth to the gazebo at Herrick Park. The teen was warned to stay out of the store.

An officer on bike patrol Saturday afternoon spotted an employee of Lisa’s Lovely Organic Juice handing out free juice samples and menus on Newtown Lane, in violation of village code. She was warned not to do it again.

At noon Friday outside the Chase Bank, police came to the assistance of a traffic control officer who was being harangued by an irate Farmingdale man she had just ticketed. An officer explained to the man that he had indeed parked his 2013 Range Rover partially outside the parking space, in the lane of travel. “Subject was instructed on how to contest the summons,” according to a report.

An officer stopped a little after midnight on June 21 on Toilsome Lane when she saw a young woman sitting on the curb, talking loudly on a cellphone. The woman, 22, from Manhattan, said she had been staying with her “best friend” on Borden Lane when the two got into a heated argument. The woman said she did not know how to get back to Manhattan. The officer took her to the railroad station, in time to catch the westbound 1:24 a.m. train.

Montauk

A Gurney’s Inn employee told police last Thursday that $400 had been stolen from his car, parked outside his apartment at Tiny Underwood’s on West Lake Drive. Nelson D. Perez said he was moving things from the apartment into his Toyota, and that he’d left the driver’s side door open. The theft occurred while he was in the apartment.

A New York woman staying at the Wave Inn on South Elmwood Avenue discovered on the morning of June 20 that the front passenger window of her 2013 Honda had been smashed during the night. Amanda Bilello said repairs would cost $225.

Napeague

The building under the radio tower continues to be the target of black spray-paint-wielding vandals. The most recent graffiti was reported June 22.

Sag Harbor

A man making a delivery on Division Street Friday morning ended up visiting police headquarters next door after finding a bag of marijuana. John Hagen told police that an occupant of a vehicle tossed the bag out the window as it passed him.

Police went to Jermain Avenue Sunday evening, responding to a report of several men on the back of a truck wielding baseball bats. The caller thought the men might be responsible for a series of mailboxes that were vandalized last week. Police interviewed the men, who said they were filming a video for a college film course.

Springs

Two kayaks left on the beach at Gerard Point June 16 were no longer there on June 21. Mary Bromley estimated the value of the stolen kayaks at a combined $1,100.