Amagansett
Ten pieces of assorted lumber, stacked on sawhorses at Vincent Fiore’s Crassen Boulevard property, were stolen sometime between Feb. 15 and 18. Mr. Fiore named a suspect. Police followed up, and the man promised to return the lumber to where he found it. Mr. Fiore did not wish to press charges.
East Hampton
A 15-year-old student at East Hampton High School left his cellphone on a desk during his morning Spanish class on March 3, and by the time he realized he was missing the blue iPhone XR, it was gone. He and his mother filed a police report that evening.
East Hampton Village
On March 3, a caretaker at a residence on Highway Behind the Pond found glass broken on both a door and a window. The damage was estimated at more than $250. That same day, a broken window was also found at a Huntting Lane house. Surveillance cameras showed at least one person within that house wearing a ski mask. Nothing was reported missing, but detectives have classified both incidents as burglaries, and continue to investigate.
Police received a report on March 3 from a village resident that his February Social Security benefits were reduced due to a “tax garnishment.” He is in contact with the I.R.S. to reverse the charges against his benefits, which are deemed fraudulent.
Montauk
Approximately 1,000 square feet of interlocking flooring, described as individual shock-absorbent, flexible rubber tiles, were taken from Plaza Sports on Feb. 28 or 29. The flooring material was stored in the back of the building for about a month, while the store was being renovated.
Mariam Perez contacted police after receiving a call from a man who claimed to be with the Department of Social Security and said there was fraudulent and suspicious activity on her accounts. He asked her to provide her Social Security number, which she did. When he asked for her banking information, however, she hung up and went to the police substation to make a report. Police advised her to contact her bank and credit card companies to have them monitor any suspicious activity.
Sag Harbor Village
The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce filed a grand larceny charge on March 3 against David O’Neal, the owner of a laser light show company that was hired to put on a display at HarborFrost but never showed up. According to the complaint, the chamber paid $8,000 for the company’s services.
A Hampton Street resident found a dead chicken on his front stoop last Thursday morning. Officers who responded said a raccoon or other wild animal had probably killed it and left it there. They moved the carcass to the side of the road for pickup by the Highway Department.
A Division Street resident filed a missing persons report on Monday night. Judy Jenkins told police her sister, Paula Jenkins, was last seen driving a gray Toyota Highlander on Route 27, but may have gotten lost. East Hampton and Southampton Town police were notified, and were able to locate Paula by tracking the use of her cellphone. A few hours later, Judy called to say her sister was again lost. This time, the Suffolk County Aviation Unit and Southampton Town police searched, and tracked her to Horseblock Road in Brookhaven.
After seeing a child going door to door soliciting funds for cancer research, a Denison Road man filed a suspicious incident report on March 3. The child left before police arrived. A woman told police on Friday that she had been receiving harassing messages on Snapchat from a man whom she had blocked on social media.
Amy L. Rudd said the man threatened to send videos of her to her family and work colleagues. She first contacted the F.B.I., she said, which advised her to file a report with the local police as well.
Springs
A 36-year-old woman called police to say four men had pushed her, pulled her hair, and kicked her in the arm after she confronted them about the whereabouts of her boyfriend. The men told police they were inside a parked vehicle on Springs-Fireplace Road, drinking, at around 8:30 p.m. on March 3, when the woman pulled up behind them. They told her they didn’t know where the boyfriend was, they said. She told police they began calling her derogatory names and there was a physical altercation. Police asked the woman to come in for an interview; it is unclear if she complied.
