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On the Police Logs

Thu, 06/11/2020 - 12:37

East Hampton Village

Police received a call from Old Beach Lane about a distressed swimmer off Egypt Beach on the afternoon of June 1. They arrived quickly to find that a 34-year-old surfer had rescued the swimmer with his board. The swimmer was conscious and responsive, but was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to be checked.

A Cove Hollow Farm Road resident reported on June 1 that someone had opened his outdoor garbage cans, eaten several items inside, and then resealed the cans. Also, his outdoor shower out back of the house had been used. It did not seem that anyone had entered the house, he requested extra patrol in the neighborhood if possible, noting that there are several construction projects nearby.

“George Floyd” was found spray-painted on the window of Halstead Properties on North Main Street on June 2. Later that day, across Pantigo Road on the ground in front of Citarella, the phrase “silence = death” was found.

Reports of loud leaf blowers were flying all over last Thursday and the day before, ringing in the village’s new lawn-care equipment noise law. Police gave out warnings on  Bailow Lane, Gingerbread Lane, Dayton Lane, Buell Lane, and at the intersection of Mill Hill and Toilsome Lanes.

A Sherrill Road homeowner who dumped a load of dirt and grass across the road on village property last week told police he thought he was doing a good thing, because the ground was “so compressed from people parking their cars” there. Informed that he could not put debris on village property and that the superintendent of the Public Works Department would like it removed, the man agreed, but asked for a couple of days. The officer promised to return and check.

Sag Harbor

Rodrigo Ramirez told police on the night of June 1 that he was backing out of a parking spot at 63 Main Street when a black Jeep Wrangler sideswiped his rear driver’s-side door and kept going.

Later that evening, a Garden Street resident called police to say a drunken man was knocking on his door. Police arrived in time to find the man still knocking. He told them he had been fishing with his friends and gotten separated. Officers assisted him to the 7-Eleven on Long Island Avenue, where he thought he might find his buddies.

Daisy Miller of Spring Street left her unlocked car overnight in her driveway and found it on the morning of June 2 with the passenger door, glove compartment, and center console open. She told police her $800 Gucci wallet with credit cards, license, and $60 in cash was missing.

A cashier at 7-Eleven confiscated Brendan Lawlor’s valid I.D. on the afternoon on June 3, thinking it was fake. Mr. Lawlor called police, but before they arrived the cashier realized his mistake and gave it back.

A woman who is said by police to be a frequent caller, called again on June 3, late at night, to file a report of “virtual embodiment.” An F.B.I. agent, she said, is virtually occupying her being.

The dispute between Jonathan Davis and his Jermain Street landlord continues. Mr. Davis’s rental contract has expired, but so long as evictions are suspended in light of Covid-19, he refuses to leave the house. On June 4, Mr. Davis received an email from his lawyer, informing him that the landlord would be coming to the residence. Mr. Davis told police he wanted this development on record, as the eviction is still in process.

A woman called police from Bay Street on Saturday morning to report that people were not picking up after their dogs. She was advised to call code enforcement.

Wainscott

A store manager at the Speedway station on 346 Montauk Highway told police on the evening of June 2 that a man had taken a cheeseburger from a shelf in the convenience store, put it in his hoodie pocket, and tried to leave without paying. The manager stopped him, and he gave back the cheeseburger. He was allowed to leave without giving his name.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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