East Hampton Village police arrested a 23-year-old woman who they said bounced two checks this fall and used an American Express credit card account that did not belong to her to pay for services at the Elegant Touch Nail Spa.
Police went to the Railroad Avenue salon on Nov. 16 after the credit card’s owner, a man from Jericho, notified them that his card had been used fraudulently there. He told police he had contacted the credit card company, which was investigating.
Police determined that Julia M. Hentschel of Wainscott had given the salon the card number, though not the card itself, to pay $41.56. It was unclear how she obtained the number, though the rightful owner said he visited here in the summer and used the card in the village.
Capt. Tony Long said an investigation revealed that Ms. Hentschel had also written a check for $56 on Oct. 5, which did not clear, and another on Oct. 15 that also bounced. On Nov. 16, he said, she went to the salon to make good on the $41.56 payment.
Detectives contacted Ms. Hentschel and she turned herself in at police headquarters on Dec. 5. She was charged with four misdemeanors: two counts of issuing a bad check, one count of unlawful possession of personal identification, and theft of services. She was released on her own recognizance and will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Jan. 9.
On Dec. 10, town officers arrested a 60-year-old man after he disobeyed a court order put in place last month. They were looking into a separate incident, according to the report, when they found Lloyd W. Harris inside a house on Crystal Drive. He had been served with an order of protection on Nov. 7, prohibiting him from entering the residence of the protected party.
Mr. Harris was charged with criminal contempt in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and held overnight for a morning arraignment. Justice Lisa R. Rana released him on his own recognizance.
