On the Police Logs 11.12.15

East Hampton

A Springs teenager who left her black backpack under a bench in the East Hampton High School locker room while she was in gym class on Nov. 4 returned to find it missing. In the backpack, which is decorated with palm trees, was her notebook and a Google Chrome school-issued laptop.

A pair of prescription Ray-ban sunglasses was stolen from a Montauk teen in the parking lot of the Dutch Motel a little before midnight on Oct. 24. Alex Tacuri told police he had just pulled into the lot when a group of men, some of whom he appears to have known, surrounded his 1999 Subaru. One of them reached in through the open driver’s window and grabbed the glasses off his head. The group was gone when police arrived. Mr. Tacuri said he would not press charges if he could get his glasses back.

East Hampton Village

A St. James man operating a garbage truck was issued a summons on Nov. 2 after he made a pickup on Egypt Close a few minutes before 7 a.m. The village code prohibits such pickups between 11 p.m. and 7 in the morning.

A cement truck parked on Railroad Avenue near Newtown Lane last Thursday was leaking its contents onto the road. Police spoke to the driver, who told them Suffolk Cement Products was sending a crew from Farmingville to assist with the cleanup.

Montauk

Nolan Meredith of East Lake Drive had a friend staying in his cottage in early October, who in turn invited an ex-girlfriend in. Mr. Meredith told police last week that a cordless drill, a lemon juicer, a pair of sunglasses, and a bottle of cologne were all missing, and that he did not believe his friend had taken them. It appears from the heavily blacked-out report that police could not immediately question the friend, because he has since been arrested and is in jail.

An 11-foot-long Lamiglas surf-casting fishing pole with a black-and-gold Penn reel was stolen from the backyard of a South Edin Street house in mid-October. Kenneth Hejducek valued the stolen rod and reel at $500.

Sag Harbor

Oliver Holder, who will celebrate his 103rd birthday next month, called police to his Soundview Drive house on Nov. 4 after discovering both his and his wife’s passports, along with other critical legal identification cards, were missing from a dresser drawer. Police are investigating.

A 16-year-old’s iPhone 6, left unattended in a backpack for an hour, disappeared last Thursday, but was returned to a school district employee the next day after the teen’s father, Kurt Leggard, reported the theft to police.

A Howard Street man complained to police that a vacationing neighbor had left a surveillance camera, apparently recording, in a front window. Frank Ahimaz said he was concerned because there were children in the area. Police told him that “it is not illegal to have surveillance cameras on a property.”

Springs

Police are investigating a criminal mischief complaint against a construction company working a site on Harrison Avenue. Julie Strong reported that the company has begun work before 7 a.m. since August, in violation of the town code, and has continued work into the night. In addition, she said, on three occasions trucks have driven across her lawn, damaging her sprinkler system. She has called code enforcement several times, but the violations have continued. Recently, nails were thrown into her driveway, twice causing flat tires. Ms. Strong believes this was done in retaliation.