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On the Police Logs 12.19.19

Thu, 12/19/2019 - 10:34

East Hampton Village

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police removed a 69-year-old man from the waiting area inside the Long Island Rail Road station at around 2:30 a.m. on Friday. Village police were called upon to check the man’s well-being. He did not require or request medical attention.

Police were given a piece of litter with a man’s name on it at Main Beach on Friday afternoon. An officer contacted the man, who claimed that garbage must have fallen out accidentally when he opened his car door the night before. He picked up the litter from the officer.

Montauk

A stand-up paddleboard, the board’s bag, and a paddle were reported missing from the Landing Condominiums on West Lake Drive on Dec. 10. Toni R. Gray said she had purchased the yellow paddleboard and leash, bag, and paddle about five years ago for $2,000. As it turned out, the items were soon found and returned to her.

Sag Harbor

Police were called after midnight Sunday to Murf’s Backstreet Tavern, which is next door to its Division Street headquarters, when a highly intoxicated man who had been escorted out of the bar earlier made his way back in. He was not welcomed. An officer drove the man home. A handicapped parking placard belonging to a Palmer Terrace resident was stolen from his vehicle sometime on Nov. 29 or Nov. 30.  

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