East Hampton
Michael Marran's front and back license plates were removed from his 1948 Ford, parked in his Hardscrabble Court driveway, early in October, he told police last week.
Black ice was blamed on the morning of Dec. 8 when a 19-year-old driver, Dultha Gallaher, lost control of his 1997 Land Rover and hit a tree on Town Lane near Spring Close Highway in East Hampton. Police said the teenager, who was not wearing a seatbelt, complained of chest pain and was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital by East Hampton ambulance.
Later on Dec. 8 several cars encountered black ice on Route 114 near Cove Hollow Road, East Hampton, leaving skid marks but no further injuries.
East Hampton Village
A prospective guest from Germany arrived at the Mill House Inn on Dec. 9 and attempted to check in, but allegedly "was not screened for Covid at the airport and did not fill out the required paperwork," an employee told police. The general manager did not allow the man to stay.
Montauk
Laura Michaels reported her $1,100 Cruisers white paddle board stolen from her Edgemere Street property on Dec. 8. Police said a similar longboard had been left in its stead, but "foreign lettering and a red grip pad" gave it away.
Two people, whom police did not identify, fell for the same fraudulent Facebook Marketplace scam recently. One paid $601.50 for a PlayStation 5; the other paid $575 for the same device. After much back-and-forth with the seller, the device was never shipped.
Sag Harbor
A Harrison Street resident returned home on the afternoon of Dec. 7 to find a thank-you card on her kitchen table, which she told police had not been there when she left. Police suggested the card might have fallen out of her newspaper, and be a hint from the paper carrier regarding end-of-year tips.
In the parking lot behind Flying Point Surf Shop, a passenger-side window was smashed out of an Audi on the afternoon of Dec. 9. The car alarm went off, and police called the owner, who said nothing was missing.
"Lewd acts" were reported taking place in the back of a dark sedan behind the Division Street hardware store on the evening of Dec. 9, but the car was gone when an officer arrived to investigate.
A resident of Grand Street told police last Thursday that her neighbor, who is building a house next door, has been harassing her and her children, sending text messages that "come across as provoking and unsettling."
There was a loud thud downstairs at 4 a.m. one recent morning on West Water Street, according to a woman who told police she saw lights in her living room turn off. Police did find the rear door unlocked, but reported that all appeared in order, and there were no footprints on the grass.
Springs
The furniture company West Elm confirmed by text on Dec. 3 that Aston Clay's $1,200 brown leather wingback chairs had been delivered to her Gerard Drive house. The next day, not only was she not sitting in them, but the chairs themselves were not sitting on the porch where they were said to have been left.
On Dec. 8, two cars met up with deer, the first at noon on Old Stone Highway near Deep Six Drive in Springs and the other at 5:15 p.m. on Rivers Road off Springy Banks Road, East Hampton.
A trim piece that goes over the left front tire of Maka Nikachadze's 2020 black Mercedes appears to have been stolen from her Winterberry Lane driveway on Dec. 9. Sunglasses and paperwork were removed from the car's center console and left on the passenger seat, police reported, but a ring she had left in the console was gone.