On the Police Logs 08.20.15

East Hampton Village

Tire tracks were found on Aug. 11 on the grass by the garages at Georgica Beach.

A Queens man whose wallet had fallen between “the shower enclosure and the wood paneling” at Georgica Beach flagged down an officer, and a village employee removed the wood paneling. The man’s wallet was rescued.

Police went to a Further Lane house on the evening of Aug. 12 after an elderly caller reported that “his family went shopping today in East Hampton around 4 p.m., and have not returned for dinner.” Police contacted one of the missing family members, who said they had actually gone shopping in Riverhead, and would be home soon.

Montauk

A front window of a 2011 Nissan parked in the Montauk dock area near Uihlein’s Marina Saturday afternoon was broken by persons unknown. Jill Winkleman estimated repair would cost about $100.

A Water Mill couple who went to the Montauket to watch the sunset on Aug. 5 returned to their parked Jeep to find graffiti on a surfboard strapped to the back seat. The vandal used a permanent marker to deface the board. Eugene Gentile told police he had just purchased it at a Montauk surf shop for $650.

A Trek 7200 bicycle was stolen from the rear deck of a Mulford Avenue house on the night of Aug. 8. The bike is gray and has a sticker on its top bar from the New York City five-borough bike tour. Alex Livadis valued the missing bike at $500.

Sag Harbor Village

Police were called to Franklin Avenue the morning of Aug. 12 to investigate a report of a man driving a white car and “acting suspiciously.” The caller said the man kept stopping and “looking into other cars.” When police pulled the white car over, the driver told them he was delivering papers for Newsday and was unfamiliar with the territory. He showed the officers his Newsday delivery list and they sent him on his way.

 Two of the three Southampton Town motel-courtesy parking permits that were stolen from the Baron’s Cove Resort Hotel in July have been returned. Dot Capuano told police last Thursday that the permits arrived in a plain white envelope. The third permit is still missing.

Don Comaty, an employee at the 7-Eleven, told police Saturday morning that he was receiving harassing phone calls, always from the same number. The caller “wants ‘three doughnuts and $5 million,’ ” he told police. Police advised that he not answer the phone if the number shows up again on the store’s caller ID.

A man concerned about the well-being of the early-morning radio announcer at WLNG called police early Monday, saying that the station had been off the air for several hours. Police went to the WLNG studio on Redwood Road and found nothing amiss. Chris Buckhout, the station’s vice president, said Tuesday that the station’s transmitter had been down during Monday’s early morning hours.

Springs

A 21-speed Mongoose mountain bicycle was stolen from a Fort Pond Boulevard yard last Thursday night. Michael King valued the bike, which he had left unlocked, leaning against some plywood, at $500.

Wainscott

Four youths were caught on video shoplifting food from the Speedway gas station on July 17, and again on July 24. The manager, James Sharpaletti, told police he would press charges if the youths were found.