On the Police Logs 10.12.17

Amagansett

Five lounge chairs belonging to the Ocean Dunes Apartments, which were padlocked and left on the beach last Thursday night, were stolen. Jaime Carillo contacted police on Friday after finding that the padlock had been cut and the Telescope Casual blue-and-white metal lounge chairs, valued at $150 each, were gone.

Orly Friedman, who manages a Napeague Lane residence, told police recently that, between Sept. 13 and 18, four outdoor Bose speakers, valued at a total of $800, were stolen. The speakers were not visible from the street. Ms. Friedman has given police the names of people who were on the property at that time, and the theft is being investigated. 

East Hampton 

A Three Mile Harbor Road resident discovered Monday that his Cannonale grey Catalyst Two bicycle had been stolen from outside his house sometime over the previous six days. He was able to give the police the serial number for the bike, valued at $668, and anyone with information about its whereabouts has been asked to call the department at 631-537-7575.

East Hampton Village

The owners of Spa 27 on Montauk Highway responded to a phone call from a man posing as a PSEG representative on Oct. 2, who said they had to transfer $1,095.90 via Green Dot debit cards immediately or their power would be shut off. The couple, whose names were not available, went to CVS, purchased the cards, and called the man, giving him the card information. After doing so, however, they received another call, and were told a late fee of $1,498.83 also had to be paid. Again, they transferred the money. A third call for a similar amount was heeded, as well. By the time the couple realized they were the victims of fraud, they were out almost $5,000. Police are investigating.

A deer was killed by an unknown hunter using a high-powered crossbow on Middle Lane on the afternoon of Oct. 1. A homeowner called police, who contacted the State Department of Environmental Conservation. A D.E.C. agent arrived and is reported to have followed a trail of the animal’s blood to a property on the street.  

A 10-year-old East Hampton boy left his backpack containing an iPhone 6 near the basketball court at the YMCA East Hampton RECenter on the afternoon of Oct. 5. When he returned, the phone, valued at $600, was gone. 

Montauk

At some point between Sept. 20 and Sept. 29, a thief or thieves apparently climbed the fence surrounding the cellphone tower near  the Montauk recycling center and cut and stole the copper grounding wires for the tower and adjacent shed. The copper was valued at $1,000, and repairs will cost another $4,000.

Police were called to the Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island early last Thursday morning. The manager, Evan Rose, told police two men had taken a Carryall golf cart for a joyride around the property and, although it was eventually returned, he wanted the incident documented. He declined to press charges, at least for the time being.

Sag Harbor

A football being tossed around by three men was striking cars, according to someone who notified police. The tossers were gone when police arrived and no damage to vehicles was reported. 

A skimmer alarm went off on an A.T.M. in the lobby of the Apple Bank on Columbus Day afternoon. Police secured the lobby until the bank manager arrived. They learned, however, that a skimmer, which stores data of card users so it can be harvested by criminals, was not attached to the machine. 

Springs

Zev Wachtel returned to his Lion Head Rock Road residence on Oct. 1 after being away for almost a month, only to discover that a thief had made off with his Craftsman lawn mower, as well as a 55-gallon garbage container. He told police he had left them outside his shed. Replacement was estimated at $350.