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On the Police Logs

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 18:18

East Hampton

The owner of a vacant wooded property on Atwell Street called police Sunday morning to complain about illegal dumping there. Officers reported that debris and landscaping brush had been discarded on the property, which the owner is trying to sell. There are no suspects or witnesses. According to the real estate website Zillow.com, the lot is about three-quarters of an acre and is on the market for $550,000.

 

East Hampton Village

In the late afternoon of Oct. 26, after a neighbor called police to complain, a landscaper working at 58 Lily Pond Lane was cited for draining pool water into the street, which is a violation of village code. The landscaper stopped what he was doing when told to.

 

Montauk

Police shut down a party at the Shagwong Tavern on Friday night, reporting that "numerous people" were seen dancing and not wearing masks, in violation of state public health rules during the Covid-19 pandemic. Police were dispatched to the tavern three minutes before midnight, and referred the incident to the State Liquor Authority.

A New York City resident staying at a house in Montauk called police on Oct. 26 to report hearing gunshots on Navy Beach shortly before 4 p.m. Officers found someone skeet-shooting over the water, which is legal.

 

Sag Harbor

David Brogna, who owns the In Home shop on Main Street, reported the theft of more than $1,100 in merchandise from his store around 3 p.m. on Saturday. The incident, considered grand larceny, is still under investigation.

Wesley Kennedy called police on Saturday morning after seeing an uninvited guest aboard his sailboat, the Night Gallery, docked at the Sag Harbor Yacht Yard on Bay Street. Police found that an employee of the yacht yard was preparing the boat for the onset of winter. Mr. Kennedy said he had not authorized anyone to work on his boat.

Illegal dirt-bike riders have plagued several village neighborhoods in recent years, and another such sighting was reported on Saturday, shortly after 3 p.m. Henry Keogh spotted a group of kids riding dirt bikes in an off-limits wooded area near Otter Pond, he told police, but they were gone by the time an officer arrived.

Last Thursday, Carla Chavez, the manager of the 7-Eleven, turned over 50 fake ID cards that store clerks had confiscated over the past month from under-age customers trying to buy alcohol or tobacco products. Police said the fake cards would be destroyed.

Emergency Dispatch Cost Analysis Debated

With two months to go until the East Hampton Town Police Department takes over the lion’s share of emergency dispatching responsibilities from East Hampton Village, questions linger about the cost of the transition and how the town department will handle the new workload. 

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East Hampton Had Role in High-Stakes Poker Scandal

Rigged, illegal, and high-stakes poker games have been held in recent years in various locales, including East Hampton, according to a federal indictment filed on Oct. 9. 

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On the Police Logs 10.30.25

The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.

Oct 30, 2025

On the Police Logs 10.23.25

A dog had been barking on and off in a fenced-in backyard for four days, a Springs-Fireplace Road neighbor reported on the night of Oct.15, adding that the house appeared to be empty and abandoned. Police went to the property and found a large black-and-white husky, “whimpering and shivering.”

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