East Hampton Town
Phillip Sweenie's American flag was stolen from its place by his mailbox on Three Mile Harbor Drive on or about Aug. 1. He told police he does not know who would have taken it.
Savas Tsitiridis of Hedges Banks Drive reported his Serene Life inflatable stand-up paddleboard and paddle, valued at $1,000, was taken from the beach in front of his house during the weekend of Aug. 8.
East Hampton Village
On the evening of Aug. 11, two Maseratis were reported speeding on Lily Pond Lane. The drivers were found, actually in Lamborghinis, parked at Georgica Beach. Both told police that "they were not speeding and were only having their photographs taken while on Lily Pond Lane," a report says. Both cars had Michigan license plates.
More speeding was reported later that night. This time, a caller claimed to have seen "a pack of 12 to 15 coyotes" running around a Toilsome Lane house on Toilsome Lane. Officers found nothing, and no one else reported anything unusual.
A man was playing the saxophone with amplified speakers in front of Village Hardware on the night of Aug. 11, and police gave him a warning for violating village code. The unidentified musician, 22, said he was taking a train back to Hempstead shortly, but then called police from the Stop and Shop parking lot, where he had permission to perform. His train was due in six minutes, he said, but first he wanted an officer to explain the rules with regard to street performances. Police advised him to contact Village Hall for answers.
Law enforcement cracked down recently on beach fires set without proper metal containers. One code violator was cited Aug. 11 at Main Beach and another on Georgica Beach last Friday night.
It was supposed to be a small going-away party at 2 Bailow Lane, but police said 40 youths showed up. The homeowner said 10 of her daughter's friends were invited to the party, but word apparently spread through social media and a large group of strangers showed up. Police found the mother and daughter "actively attempting" to disperse the intruders and trying to arrange Uber rides for them. No one was intoxicated, according to the report, and parents eventually came to get their children.
A Georgica Road resident complained of a low-flying helicopter "hovering" over her house for an hour last Thursday morning, causing the windows to shake. Police advised airport management of the incident.
A Malia Mills employee reported last Thursday afternoon that a man had called the swimwear shop and asked her "to describe swimwear tops" and "describe the sexiness of the swimwear." The same thing had happened two days earlier, the report said, noting that other businesses in the area had reported similar calls. The identity of the caller is as yet unknown.
Police responded to Meadow Way on Saturday morning after a carbon monoxide leak was detected in a basement room housing pool equipment. Firefighters cleared the residence and warned the homeowners that they were violating the building code.
Montauk
Dolores Ditullio of Deforest Road told police she and her family parked their blue 2016 Hyundai at Ditch Plain for a beach fire on the night of Aug. 11, passing two young men in the parking lot who greeted her kids casually and got into a white Chevrolet Tahoe. They seemed intoxicated, she said. When she came back to the car she found a message, withheld by police, spray-painted in orange on the driver's-side rear door, causing damage estimated at $500. The youths will be charged with criminal mischief if and when police find them.
Sag Harbor
The owner of BuddhaBerry called police on the afternoon of Aug. 11 after a woman refused to wear a mask inside the store. The woman was found sitting outside, and told police that because she was handicapped, she wanted to eat her ice cream indoors.
On Aug. 4, a woman found her UPS package open on her shared porch. She told police she suspects her landlord's son, who lives next door and against whom she holds an order of protection.
Through language interpreters, a woman complained on Aug. 12 of unwanted advances from a co-worker at Happy Feet massage spa on Bay Street, alleging both verbal and physical harassment, most recently on July 24. He always approaches her in the "cooler," she stated, and she has been afraid to report him. Her managers, saying they had not witnessed such behavior but wanted to give them less time together, have reportedly cut back her hours.
A Long Wharf dock attendant was hit in the eye last Thursday afternoon when "a group of boys pointed a laser at him" while driving by in a Cadillac. The beam caused a lasting headache," the report said. Police were able to contact the wife of the registered Cadillac owner, who said her son had been playing with a laser pointer he'd just bought from a village toy store.
Six protestors gathered Saturday afternoon outside Ryland Life Equipment on Madison Street, alleging that the owner's partner was connected to a business that harms chimpanzees. Police did not find anyone blocking the street or any other code violations.
Springs
Anna Tran's laptop was stolen last month from her locked 2017 Subaru, parked at 687 Springs-Fireplace Road. The redacted report indicated she "had problems" with an ex-boyfriend, who lives out of town, drives a '90s white Lincoln Continental, and has been harassing her. Ms. Tran wants him to stop calling her and return her property, but told police that if asked about the laptop "he would get rid of it."
Wainscott
Eddie Lewis, a Springs resident, was driving home last Thursday evening with takeout Indian food, but was waylaid on Montauk Highway by a gray Jeep Wrangler moving back and forth ahead of him at 30 m.p.h. There were no other cars ahead and a buildup of cars behind, he told police. Officers pulled the Jeep over at Daniel's Hole Road but did not find the driver to be intoxicated.
