On the Police Logs 09.20.18

Amagansett

An Amagansett woman went to the police on Sept. 11 after receiving harassing texts. An officer called the man who sent the texts and told him to stop, but he hung up, according to the police report. 

Marie Hand of Wainscott told police that she put her daughter’s prescription glasses on the lifeguard’s stand at Indian Wells Beach on Sept. 3 at about 6 p.m. only to find them gone when they returned from swimming. The Lily Pulitzer glasses cost $547.

The two front tires of Mia Reynolds’s 2012 Nissan were slashed while it was in the municipal parking lot behind Sotto Sopra on Sept. 1 between 2 and 4 p.m. 

East Hampton

An Alewife Brook Road resident went to the police on Sept. 11 after discovering that someone had opened a Comcast account in Fresno, Calif., using her Social Security number in May. She also said she had recently received a phone call from Equifax about a Walmart card that someone tried to open in her name in May. She was advised to inform the Internet Crime Complaint Center. The card had been denied due to inaccurate information.

A student unwittingly tried to use a counterfeit $10 bill in the cafeteria at East Hampton High School on Sept. 12. Police spoke to the girl’s father, who said he was frequently paid in cash and was not sure where the bill came from. 

East Hampton Village

Someone phoned police about a possible violation of the village peddling code after seeing a “Build a Sandwich” food truck in the Red Horse Plaza on Montauk Highway on Friday evening. Police spoke to the owner of the vehicle, who said it had been hired by Naturopathica Spa, in the plaza, for a private party from 5:30 to 7 p.m. There was no code violation. 

Montauk

While on patrol, an officer heard and saw a man “aggressively yelling” at a bouncer at the Point Bar and Grill on Montauk Highway on Sept. 9 at about 3 a.m. Police spoke to man, who they said was highly intoxicated and had been escorted out of the bar earlier. He claimed he had been in a fight, but refused medical attention. The officer told him to leave the area. No arrest was made.

Diane Dacuk told police someone scratched the paint on the front and back right side of her 2012 Audi A4 while it was parked in her Flamingo Court driveway. She also said the front right door was damaged on the night of Sept. 3 but that she had not reported it until the right rear door was also scratched on the night of Sept. 9. She estimated the repair would cost $500. 

A Sag Harbor woman’s purse and jacket were stolen while she was at the Swallow East restaurant on the night of Aug. 26. Danielle Sherley said she put her belongings, including an iPhone, credit cards, and $250 cash, on a hutch just to the right of the entrance to the West Lake Drive restaurant at around 11:30 p.m. At around 1 a.m. on Aug. 27, when she started to leave, they were gone. She was able to track the phone using a friend’s cellphone, however, and learned it was still in the area. Restaurant security found the missing items in the parking lot — except for the cash. She filed a report on Aug. 29.  

When Josip Kostovic of Seaford came off the beach on Saturday morning, he found potato chips strewn all over his vehicle, which was parked near the Sloppy Tuna on South Emerson Avenue. He had last seen his 2000 GMC the day before at 2:20 p.m., and, he said, there had been no potato chips on it. 

A brown planter was stolen off Deborah Kennedy’s front porch on West Lake Drive on Friday. The 24-inch-high, 18-inch-wide planter, with a Japanese dragon on the front, was last seen at 6:15 a.m. She said it was worth about $20. 

 Sag Harbor 

Police received a call when a neighbor on Garden Street heard what she said were “love making noises” coming from a neighbor’s porch on Saturday at around 9:30 p.m., followed by flashing lights. Going to the house, an investigating officer found that a woman had fallen on its front porch. She declined medical attention.

Springs 

A white case with nearly $1,000 in camera equipment was stolen from Kenneth Smallwood’s front porch on King’s Point Road on Sept. 7 between 1 and 5 p.m. He said he had accidentally left it on the porch, and it was gone when he returned. The report, which he filed on Sept. 12, said there were 14 pieces of gear in the bag, including a filter kit, with a total value of $979.13.