On the Police Logs 10.29.15

Amagansett

A Whaler’s Lane homeowner, Alex von Hoffman, told police on Friday that at some point since early September, when her last tenant left the house, someone had entered the premises, apparently with a key, and taken a Sharp flat-screen TV set. The story had a happy ending, however, when it was learned that the set was not stolen, but had been placed in storage by the property’s caretaker.

East Hampton

Police were called to Stratton Square Saturday morning, where two men were fighting in the street. The fight, which had broken up when police arrived, involved two drivers for Taxi One. One, James Wyeth, who lives on the block, was arrested a few months ago after a fight with another cabbie. Mr. Wyeth told police on Saturday that the other man, whose name was not released, had punched him. Simigura Ladislav, the owner of the company, told police that he and the unnamed man had gone to Mr. Wyeth’s house to collect a vehicle, when “an argument ensued, and Mr. Wyeth began to physically attack them,” according to the police report. Both town and village police went to the scene, and it was agreed that the incident was in town jurisdiction, the boundaries between where the village ends and the town begins being uncertain in that area. All involved declined to press charges.

East Hampton Village

An employee of Saunders Real Estate was cited on Oct. 21 for posting an illegal sign at the intersection of Accabonac Road and Collins Avenue. The sign was apparently posted at the southwest corner of the intersection, the only one of the four corners that is in village police jurisdiction.

A local youth whose name was withheld by police due to his age was temporarily taken into custody on Oct. 21 after he was found parking a Gem, an electric vehicle owned by Hamptons Free Ride, near the RECenter. Police said he had taken the vehicle without permission from the owner, who declined to press charges. The youth was released from Cedar Street headquarters when his mother arrived.

Montauk

A decorative gold and glass candle lamp was stolen from a table by the entrance of Gurney’s Spa, the spa’s head of security reported on Oct. 18. Fernando Buitrago said that the thief had struck the day before, taking the lamp and leaving the grounds in a taxi. Mr. Buitrago said that if the lamp were returned he would not press charges. Police called the owner of the taxi company and got the address where the fare had gone, and the lamp was soon returned.

Sag Harbor

Police kept a wary eye on Main Street Sunday afternoon during the Ragamuffin Parade. Numerous ghosts and goblins were sighted, but no arrests were made.

A delivery man for Baldor Produce reported two hand trucks stolen on the afternoon of Oct. 21. Dan Scott told police he had made a delivery to the rear entrance of Page Restaurant on Division Street, then left the hand-trucks nearby, near police headquarters, while he made a smaller delivery. After some investigative work, the mystery of the missing hand trucks was solved. A village employee had spotted them by the side of the street, police said, and thought they had been left behind by a beer distributor who had also been delivering to Page. He took them to the Public Works Department barn for safekeeping.

After a longtime tenant left his Rysam Street apartment on Aug. 25, Alex Matthiessen told police he thought a couple of things were missing. Mr. Matthiessen later told police he had been wrong. The items had been loaded onto the tenant’s moving van by mistake, he said, and have since been returned.

Police were called to Pierson High School last Thursday after Jeffrey Nichols, principal, reported that a student had become “unruly,” and was “demanding things.” “Advised to contact the parents,” the police report concludes.

Springs

A briefcase containing a laptop belonging to a South Windsor, Conn., man was stolen from a car parked overnight on Oct. 16 in front of a residence on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. Wayne Roberts did not place a value on the computer, which eventually was returned in a damaged condition.

A Thanet Way woman told police Saturday that while she was on vacation in Florida, someone had contacted both American Express and Visa, requesting new credit cards be mailed to her. Stella Miller spotted the attempt at fraud when American Express let her know that her new card was in the mail. The post office and the card companies were notified, and no charges have been made with the cards.