On The Police Logs 12.17.15

East Hampton

A coach allegedly went after a referee over a call during a youth basketball game being held at East Hampton High School on Dec. 5. Police were called there for a disturbance, and the referee, Alfred J. Conforti of Mastic, told them the coach had pushed him and said “I’ll see you outside,” in front of the 11 and 12-year-olds. The coach had already left the Long Lane gym when police arrived. Joseph Vasile-Cozzo, the athletic director at the high school, told police he did not want the man on school grounds anymore. Mr. Conforti declined to press charges, and police put the coach on notice he cannot return.

Two plastic hubcaps on a 2015 Honda Civic parked on Montauk Highway were damaged on the night of Nov. 24 when someone tried to pry them off. Kathryn Bermudez called police the following afternoon after noticing the damage.

East Hampton Village

After twice hearing what sounded liked a bird hitting the glass and causing the motion light to come on, a woman on Jericho Road called police last Thursday at 10:45 p.m. Police checked the property and found nothing.

Police dispatchers sent an officer to speak to a 68-year-old Dayton Lane resident who called 911 numerous times on Dec. 9. The man just wanted police to know, according to the report, that they would not need snow tires on their cruisers this winter.

Montauk

A vintage soda can that decorated a door frame at Whoa! Nellie on Main Street was stolen on the night of Dec. 4. Elndea Seaton discovered it missing at about 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 5, and went to the police substation to file a report. She said it was worth about $25.

Sag Harbor

A Santa decoration was stolen from Baron’s Cove Inn sometime last week. Joe Santacroce called police about the missing Santa, part of a set of replicas of jolly old St. Nick, last Thursday at 7:35 a.m. It was valued at $850.

An anonymous caller phoned police complaining of being harassed by a man behind Murph’s Tavern, where he was stuck with a flat tire. Police could not find either the caller or his car with the flat, and called him back. He was not  cooperative, according to the report. The officer heard laughing and cursing in the background before the man hung up.

A lockdown drill was held at Pierson Middle-High School last Thursday morning.

Alan Furst reported a “suspicious incident” on Friday, telling police he had found litter on his Hampton Street lawn two or three times last week.

The mailbox belonging to Harbor Market and Kitchen on Division Street was taken and the post damaged sometime between 7 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. Monday. Susana Delfavero said it was worth $75.

Wainscott

Last month someone took $1,400 in cash left on the counter at Southampton Brick and Tile’s Montauk Highway brickyard. Scott Germain, the manager, reported the theft on Nov. 21. The suspect, seen on security cameras, drove off eastbound in a white utility work truck towing a tan-colored air compressor.