On the Police Logs 09.18.14

Amagansett

Three parking signs in a parking area behind Tiina the Store were vandalized in the early morning hours last Thursday. Jonathon Rosen told police the damage would cost about $200 to repair.

East Hampton

Jane Reutershan received a call on Sept. 3 from someone claiming to be her grandson, saying he had been in a car accident. Suspicious, she questioned the caller, who then hung up. After confirming that her grandchildren were all in good health, she reported the call to police. Calls like this have become increasingly common, with the callers looking to trick victims into sending money.

East Hampton Village

Blue and Cream was the target of a bike-riding shoplifter on Sept. 8. Josh Kennedy told police that a young man with a green backpack, wearing a gray jacket and khaki pants, grabbed a pair of tortoiseshell Retro Super Future sunglasses, jumped on a bicycle just outside the store, and rode off west on Main Street. Detectives are investigating.

A Squires Path woman called police Sept. 9, saying she might have left her iPad mini in a Waldbaum’s shopping cart in the Reutershan parking lot. Police arrived to find that she had found it.

A man stopped an officer on Newtown Lane to complain that his ex-girlfriend was extorting money from him. She was “demanding money from him, because she felt she was entitled to it,” he said. Asked if she was threatening him, he said no. He was advised to stop giving her money.

Montauk

A thief hit a South Forest Street residence overnight Saturday after an engagement party took a road trip. The revelers had called for taxis to take them downtown to continue their celebration, but returned to find that a silver MacBook Pro, as well as $200 in cash, had been stolen.

A resident of Captain Kidds Path told police Saturday that a black 1985 Honda 700S motorcycle, which he had been trying to sell, had vanished from his property sometime between Aug. 28 and last Thursday. Scott Braddick said numerous potential buyers had looked at the motorcycle, but he had no record of their names. The cycle was valued at over $1,000, making the theft a grand larceny.

Robert Aspenleiter of the Rough Rider Condominiums told police a resident had “backed into a small wooden structure, causing damage,” in the early morning hours of Aug. 15. Officers contacted the woman, who admitted that she was responsible for the damage, but said she’d left the scene because the office was closed at the time. She reported the incident later that day, she said.

The manager of Tiny Underwood’s Motel, which was purchased last year by Gurney’s Resort to accommodate its seasonal workers, told police that a former Gurney’s employee had tried to kick open a door to a unit last Thursday, causing about $200 damage to the frame. Fernando Buitardo said he did not want to press charges, but he did want the incident documented.

Two bicycles, along with bike helmets, went missing from the side of a Hoppin Avenue house on Sept. 10, though Gerald Robbins called back after making the report to say that they “had returned.” They turned up on a neighbor’s lawn, but the helmets were still missing.

Last Thursday morning in the lobby of Solé East, a man punched a Montauk cab driver in the back of his head when the cabbie tried to collect his fare. Dave Cherrington told police he had picked the fare up at 7-Eleven and that the man had left the cab without paying. The driver followed him into the lobby, where the fare threw the punch. An officer found the man, who was described as “highly intoxicated.” He agreed to pay up, after which the cabbie left, declining to press charges.

There have been several reports of fights outside of the 7-Eleven in recent weeks. The most recent incident happened on the morning of Sept. 2.

A resident of The Landing on West Lake Drive reported several fishing rods stolen from his 23-foot Seacraft Center Console in mid-July. Larry J. Keller told police the boat was docked at the co-op’s floating dock, and said the stolen items included three Ugly Sticks, each with Penn S 310 reels, one Shamino Calcutta pole with an Ocean Master reel, and an unnamed trolling rod with a Penn Fast Retrieve 4.0 reel. The equipment was valued at over $1,000, and the police classified the theft as grand larceny.

Northwest Woods

A New York woman with a house on East Way reported on Saturday that at some point over the previous six months, $40,400 in cash, broken down into specific amounts in envelopes, was stolen from a safe in the house, and that only she had the combination. Marlene Markard and Adam E. Hirschfeld were listed by police as the victims of the theft.

Sag Harbor

A Brandywine Drive woman called police late Sept. 10, reporting that raccoons were on her roof and were attempting to gain entrance into the house via the skylight. When an officer arrived, the raccoons had fled. He advised Ardath Hill to call an exterminator.

Raynold Ruffins of Hampton Street told police Sept. 10 that his daughter’s green Old Towne canoe had disappeared from Ninevah Beach several days earlier.

Springs

Two red plastic gasoline containers at the maintenance department at Whalebone Village were emptied of their gas sometime between Aug. 22 and Sept. 3, and the contents were replaced with water. Parada Basilio, the manager of maintenance, valued the gas at about $40.

Four teak deck chairs were stolen from the deck of a Clinton Street house in July, police reported this week. Annette Kunin valued the chairs at $400.