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Car Break-in Spree in Sag Harbor

Thu, 06/18/2020 - 18:06

Sag Harbor Village police counted a grand total of 27 vehicles broken into on Sunday night. The calls to police started coming in at 8 p.m., and the phone kept ringing, they said, until 2 a.m.

In 22 of the break-ins, nothing was taken. Six of those cars were parked on Madison Street, three on Hamilton Street, two on High Street, one on Rysam Street, two on Grand Street, two on Prospect Avenue, two on Franklin Avenue, three on Bay Street, and one on Elizabeth Street.

Five callers reported items missing from their cars. At 136 Bay Street, three of Phoebe Bridges's cars were entered and $50 was stolen. Tanya Miller's car was broken into at 4 William Street and a $500 camera was taken.

The thief or thieves also made off with $78 from Mare Dianova's car at 26 Grand Street and with $100 from Jill Musnicki's Subaru at 285 Madison Street. Kayleigh Randall had her $205 Ray-Ban sunglasses stolen from her 2012 Jeep, parked at 57 Rysam Street.

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