East Hampton Town
A recent report of criminal mischief on Carriage Court in East Hampton, namely two damaged motorized gates, was solved last week with the arrest of Dominick Gaudio, 24, of Smithtown, who turned himself in to East Hampton Town police. He will be arraigned in Town Justice Court at a future date.
East Hampton Village
A woman flagged down a police car near Guild Hall on Feb. 26 to say a 94-year-old man had fallen off his bike, but he told officers he was fine and did not need medical assistance.
It seemed suspicious to find a pickup truck and van parked in her Apaquogue Road driveway, a homeowner told police on Friday. She confronted the drivers, who told her they were at the wrong house and were leaving.
Donpeng Li of Jersey City, N.J., 23, was pulled over in East Hampton Village for speeding last week and wound up with additional charges of aggravated unlicensed driving and failure to produce either proof of insurance or valid registration. Bauer Santizo-Escalante, 26, of Springs, was also charged with unlicensed operation. Both men will appear in Justice Court in the near future.
Sag Harbor
A dead dolphin was found on the beach near 53 Bay Street on Feb. 23, and was taken away for an autopsy.
The kids in the back seat were scared, a woman said to police, when a man began yelling and knocking on the rear side door of her car on Feb. 23. She reported he was upset that she'd taken the last space in the parking lot behind the elementary school. Police said he appeared to be picking up his own children.
A Union Street resident panicked last week when the key under her doormat was missing and jumped to conclusions when her basement power went out soon after. An officer helped her look for the key, which was not found; she then said it could have been misplaced. The basement power was restored and police searched the premises, finding nothing amiss. The incidents were unrelated, they told her.
A Madison Street resident called police twice on Feb. 24, first to say she smelled gas and then to report "suspicious people" on her property asking for access to her kitchen to check her stove. Police explained these were the service people from National Grid, come to help with the possible gas leak. None was found.
A vault alarm went off at the Apple Bank last week and police were called. It turned out that an employee had forgotten to turn off the alarm before opening the vault.
Fourteen emails from an ex-tenant drove a homeowner on Columbia Street to seek assistance last Thursday from law enforcement, in documenting what he said felt like harassment.
A Hampton Street resident complained to police on Friday that someone was following him and filming him outside his home, workplace, and on the road. When he asked the person why he was being followed, the reply was only, "I have videos and pictures of you."
Late Friday evening, a Burke Street resident reported that kids were throwing snowballs at his house. "Happens to him all the time," the report said. An officer was able to corral one of the youths, who gave up the names of his friends, all of whose parents were notified.
An employee of 7-Eleven who was fired after receiving a poor work evaluation threatened to "tell other employees," a manager told police. At the store's request, the man was warned not to go back inside.
Upon seeing two people in a gray Audi arguing on Brick Kiln Riad Sunday, a passer-by took it upon himself to notify police. The man got out of the car and walked away with the keys, the caller reported; then the woman got out, ran after him, retrieved the keys, got back in the car, and drove on up the road to pick him up.
Springs
An Amazon package, with contents worth $35, was stolen on Feb. 20 from Julie Strong's mailbox on Harrison Road. Police documented the theft, which she said was not the first of its kind.
The street signs on Squaw Road, Whipple Street, and Manor Lane were "observed to be snapped in two and thrown in the roadway," an officer reported on Feb. 22. The Lincoln Avenue and Isle of Wight Road signs had also been pulled up and tossed onto the road, but were undamaged and put back in place.
