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On the Police Logs 02.06.20

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 19:11

East Hampton

Two drivers traded obscenities on Jan. 25 when a pickup truck slowed to a stop on Springs-Fireplace Road and a Ford XPL pulled up alongside. The incident, recorded by police as road rage, happened around noon. Police advised both parties to keep away from each other; they agreed.

Sometime between Dec. 15 and Jan. 30, two wooden slats on a gate at the foot of Salvatore J. Cesarani’s property on Hedges Banks Drive were broken. One was attached to a bolt on the locked gate. Whoever broke it then tried to secure the gate with a piece of rubber tubing. Police checked the house but found no other signs of tampering.

East Hampton Village

The manager of a clothing store on Newtown Lane called police on Jan. 27 after finding a cardboard box in front of the store’s Dumpster. She wanted it on record in case the illegal dumping continued.

Montauk

A woman lost her black Canada Goose parka with a white fur hood in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, while at Shagwong Tavern. She had left the parka, worth $900, on a bar stool, at the bottom of a pile of other jackets, at about 1 a.m. By 1:30, it was gone. Police were told that another woman had put the jacket over her shoulders and walked around Shagwong with it on before leaving.

When Douglas Moore arrived at his South Endicott Place house on Jan. 31, after being away for about a month, he found a pickup truck in the driveway and that his bed had been slept in. In the kitchen, he found the remains of soup, beans, sauerkraut, and diced tomatoes. A backup battery for an iPhone was being charged on the counter. There was no sign of forced entry. He called everyone who has access to his house, but no one he knew had been there. Before calling police, he washed the bedsheets and cleaned up the rest. Police have a suspect’s name, but no one has been charged.

North Sea

A 22-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with a possibly broken jaw at about 10 p.m. on Jan. 27. The victim was highly intoxicated and not able to give a statement about a fight that had taken place on North Sea Road, according to police. He was advised to go to headquarters and make a report as soon as he was able.

Sag Harbor Village

A man was reported on the grounds of the Old Whalers Church on Union Street on the evening of Jan. 27. Chris C. Kohnken said he saw a suspicious man in his 40s wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt walking around the property at about 6 p.m. He requested extra police patrols. 

On the Police Logs 11.27.25

A Barry Lane, Springs, man told police that someone claiming to be from Amazon had called him in regard to a $996 charge on his account for an iPhone 16. When he said he didn’t have an Amazon account, he was transferred to someone who identified himself as a Social Security employee, accused him of money laundering, and told him to expect a call from Nassau County police.

Nov 27, 2025

Accused of Stealing Wipes

A homeless 22-year-old was arrested last week in Montauk, accused of stealing a package of wipes from the Montauk I.G.A. after having been being notified the week before that he was no longer allowed on the premises.

Nov 27, 2025

Hospitalized After Accident

Police reported only one accident on local roads recently that resulted in an injury, which happened on Nov. 11 in Montauk, after midnight.

Nov 27, 2025

Five-Day Sentence for 2023 Graffiti That Unnerved Montauk

A 76-year-old Montauk man was sentenced to five days in county jail, followed by three years of probation, for spray-painting swastikas and antisemitic phrases around the hamlet in late 2023. 

Nov 20, 2025

 

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