Amagansett
A woman was on the beach by Marlin Drive on Sunday afternoon, watching someone swimming in the ocean, when she lost sight of the swimmer and called police around 5:15 p.m. The swimmer was reported to have got out safely by the time officers arrived, but lifeguards on a Jet Ski checked the water to be certain.
What appeared to be a dine-and-dash-without-paying from the Lobster Roll last Thursday afternoon turned out to be misleading. An employee followed the Quogue family all the way to the Montauk Lighthouse, where they told police they had put down a credit card for the $369.73 bill when it arrived. Then they "went back to their conversation," thinking after 15 minutes that the bill was paid when the mother looked and saw her card "back" on the table. They apologized and paid.
East Hampton
On the morning of July 5, police found a tent and a gray Honda parked behind the high school at the edge of a wooded area, and recorded a "camping-related town code violation."
East Hampton Village
A guest who stayed at the Baker House from June 26 to June 27 owes them $1,617.66, his Visa card having been declined. The manager told police they have been unable to reach him.
Near Hook Pond last Thursday morning, a dog was "seemingly looking for its owner," a caller told police. The pair had been reunited by the time an officer arrived.
An hour later, police caught up with someone placing handbills under windshield wipers in the Reutershan parking lot, and instructed him to retrace his steps and remove them.
Montauk
The last time she saw her bicycle, a Culloden Place resident told police, was on June 23 at 11 a.m. She noticed the $440 Electra Beach Cruiser, green with a black seat and black handle grips, missing six days later.
A weekend visitor who parked her white 2018 Jeep overnight on July 3 on Gannet Drive found its wheels slashed with a serrated knife in the morning. The knife blade had broken off and was found at the scene. The woman told police she did not know anyone in town or anyone at all who would do such a thing.
An Old Montauk Highway resident watched in horror on the morning of July 7 as a remote hacker took control of her computer screen and purchased a $500 American Express gift card. She had entered her card number on a fraudulent website, she told police, while searching for Amazon's returns page. Police advised her to call her bank, which voided the charge.
A cleaner sent at 9 a.m. last Thursday to prepare the Deforest Road public bathroom for the day found a urinal divider ripped from the wall, the trash can broken, and a toilet paper dispenser cover removed. The damage was left behind.
Outside the West Lake Drive bathrooms last Thursday morning, an East Lake Drive resident left his glossy blue mountain bike, with "Giant" in black lettering, against a chair. Five or so minutes later it was gone.
Sag Harbor
A Burke Street house that police say is often targeted by neighborhood children was the site of criminal mischief on the night of July 7. The resident told police that "eight to ten" youths had broken the front-door windowpane around 11:20 p.m. Two were "tall, wearing light shirts and dark pants," he said. The two who matched the description were still on the front porch when officers arrived, and they promptly admitted to breaking the window. One had a cut on his right hand; it was treated on the scene. One youth was from East Hampton, the other from Sag Harbor, and their parents were summoned to take them home. The homeowner declined to press charges.
"Harassing TikTok videos" referencing his daughter reopened a cyberbullying issue that a Division Street parent thought had ended a year ago. Police were informed of the situation last Thursday afternoon, and an officer left a voice mail message with the principal of the Ross School, where the alleged bully is a student.
Someone walking along Main Street Friday afternoon encountered a "suspicious bag" on a bench outside Apple Bank. Police determined it was a child's backpack that had been accidentally left behind, and called a number listed inside. The bag was returned to its owner.
On Friday at about 8:30 p.m. at the West Water Street dock, a man spotted three people, two men and a woman, trying to get belowdecks on his boat. Upon seeing him there, the three ran down the dock, he told police, and he was unable to catch up with them. Police notified the harbormaster.
Half an hour or so later, diners at Sen were not happy about a group of youths throwing water balloons at them and at one another. They were confronted by the restaurant manager, but did not stop until officers had a word. Thirty minutes later, the manager was back on the line: The kids were now pushing a shopping cart filled with water balloons, he reported. Police told them to take their fun to Marine Park instead.
An irate customer at the Exxon station Sunday told police that an attendant had pumped $58 worth of fuel into her car, but that after giving him her card, she got an American Express notification saying that the charge was $100. "Believing he overcharged her in an attempt to steal money," the report stated, she "grabbed the change in his hand," which was from another transaction, saying it was hers. Officers and attendants told her that the $100 charge included a pre-authorization fee from the credit card company, and was not the attendant's doing. She threatened to "send her husband to kick his ass," which police advised against. She returned the money she had grabbed from the employee.
Springs
Police have been unable to get in touch with a Crystal Drive caller who reported harassment on the afternoon of July 5. "A male worker on the property stated that the caller went out to get food, and he does not know when she will return," said the report.
Wainscott
An umpire was needed on Friday evening, not on the ball field off Stephen Hand's Path, but for two men who were grappling on the sidelines. One of them told police he'd picked up his cousin to go watch soccer, but was confronted by her husband when they got to the field. Medical attention was not necessary, but the incident was documented.
Fraudsters scammed a Stephen Hand's Path resident on July 6. Posing over the phone as "the head of collections from PSEG," they told him his power would be shut off if he did not pay an outstanding balance of $2,556 immediately. He made the payment, but then "thought something was off," he told police, and checked his outstanding balance with the utility company. It was $0.
