On the Police Logs 11.03.16

East Hampton

Antonios Foskolos of Hedges Avenue was contacted on Oct. 24 by a Chase Bank officer, who wanted to know whether a card about to be opened in his name was legitimate. Mr. Foskolos told the bank it was not. A scammer apparently tried to use Mr. Foskolos’s name and address on an application, but made a mistake with other information. There was also an attempt to open a new account at Amazon.com. No money was stolen.

Earlier this month, the Chase account of an East Hampton woman, Sheryl Gold, was breached by someone who changed the email address on her account. Ms. Gold changed her accounts and canceled a Chase debit card on Oct. 11. The next day, she was alerted by Lifelock.com that an attempt had been made to open a new bank account in her name. She was warned that a scammer was in possession of her personal information. Police are investigating. 

Two bicycles that had been on the Spinner Lane front lawn of Brian King’s house on Oct. 25 had disappeared. He told police he had noticed a gray pickup truck parked for a few minutes in front of his house the day before. One of the stolen bikes was a blue and gray Hybrid with a black back rack, while the other was a maroon and gray Specialized 24-speed bike.

When Marnie McBryde went to fire up the grill outside her Fieldview Lane house Friday night, she made an unpleasant discovery: The propane tank needed had been stolen. She told police she had last used the grill two weekends earlier. Ms. McBryde said “she had never had anything stolen from the property in the 20-plus years she has lived there,” the report reads.

East Hampton Village

A manager at Starbucks called police at closing time on Oct. 26. A man had entered the coffee shop with a can of beer. When told to leave, the beer drinker, whom police later described as homeless, became belligerent and followed the manager behind the counter, shouting obscenities, he  said. When the man finally started to leave, the encounter turned physical. Neither man wanted to press charges, however, but the homeless man was warned not to re-enter the store or he could face trespassing charges.

Montauk

Two front windows on a Cleveland Drive residence were smashed by an unknown vandal during the afternoon of Oct. 19. Dieter Hoecklin told police it will cost $600 to replace them.

Two women, employees of Herb’s Market on Main Street, got into an altercation last Thursday morning. One of them reportedly picked up a knife and threatened the other. The alleged victim told police she had changed a price posted at the deli counter, thinking it wrong, when the other employee challenged her, saying only the manager could change a price. 

Police said they were ready to arrest the reported aggressor on a misdemeanor charge of weapons possession and menacing, but the victim repeatedly told them she did not want to press charges. The names of the employees were not released, but they were advised to avoid each other in the small store. The manager said he would send one of them home for the day.

Sag Harbor

An unlocked 2015 Land Rover, parked outside a Redwood Road house, was entered by a thief at some point between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Justine Rimland told police the keys, which she had left in a cup holder, were missing, as was an envelope containing $2,000 in cash and over $8,000 in checks. The envelope was in the glove box, which had not been locked. Also gone was an iPhone and a wallet containing several gift cards.

 Someone tried to tamper with the slot for the card needed for a cash dispensing machine in front of Suffolk County National Bank on Main Street Friday afternoon, police said. The person, a man, covered his face with a jacket as he attempted to do so, but a woman standing behind him went into the bank afterward to alert them to what had happened. The machine was taken out of service.

Wainscott

The license plates were stolen off a car belonging to James Mirras, which was parked in a lot north of Montauk Highway sometime this month. Mr. Mirras told police last Thursday that he would not press charges if the plates were returned.