Amagansett
A loaf of bread, a container of orange juice, a sweatshirt, a T-shirt, and a blanket were stolen from Amber Waves Farm on Saturday afternoon. The thief fled eastward on foot, an employee told police, who found the suspect at the Amagansett train station. "In a gesture of good will," said the report, the farm stand allowed the person to keep the items and declined to press charges.
East Hampton
At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, dropped off by an Uber at the wrong Oakview Highway house, a man knocked on the front door, startling residents who thought he was a prowler and called police. He eventually made his way to the right address after calling the friend he was staying with.
A Pheasant Woods Lane resident, not a fan of the bright floodlights installed on his shared driveway, called police around midnight Sunday to say he could not see to get into his own driveway. Police contacted the neighbors, who shut off the lights.
East Hampton Village
A Jones Road homeowner blamed a landscaper on June 29 for damaging her steel driveway edging. The worker denied it, but the woman called police to complain. She left before an officer arrived, telling the worker, to "get off the property." The officer reported advising the man to call her and ask "if she wanted him to leave for the day or continue with the outside landscaping."
Later that afternoon, a passer-by on Newtown Lane spotted a dog in a car panting for water and trying to escape. He tried for 20 minutes to get the dog out, and was finally able to stick his hand in the window and unlock the door. Police found the owner in a nearby restaurant, very grateful to the good Samaritan because "he thought the A.C. was on in the car."
Another man, perhaps less discerning, reported two dogs in a car parked on Highway Behind the Pond last Thursday morning. "Both dogs did not display any signs of distress and there was plenty of ventilation through the open side windows," police reported.
Montauk
After leaving his Fuji XE2 fixed-lens camera unattended on a picnic table out back of the Boneyard coffee shop on East Lake Drive, a Montauk resident reported the $1,200 camera stolen. The redacted report was filed at 6 p.m. on June 26.
A man who told police he was staying on his commercial fishing boat was warned not to return to the Gig Shack on the night of June 25. Police said he was highly intoxicated when he entered the bar, and did not order anything, but instead approached families in the dining area, "attempting to speak with any children." Guests felt uncomfortable and reported the behavior. The restaurant manager had the man wait for police on a bench outside after he "bothered a table of attractive women," made lewd comments to a waitress, yelled obscenities at diners, and threatened to fight the manager.
Graffiti artists were active on Old West Lake Drive on the afternoon of June 25. Police found white spray paint across the double yellow lines, saying "stop," "5 babies," and "swan x-ing."
The owner of a Jeep Wrangler was about to gas up at the Marshall & Sons station on June 24 when, he told police, he discovered that "Cheese puffs or some sort of food" had been stuffed in the neck of the tank.
Sag Harbor
A tenant was unimpressed by the Porta-Potties dropped in front of his Suffolk Street residence, "blocking his view," he told police on June 28. His landlord, who shares the driveway and has a history of problems with the renter, said he needed them for a party next week.
On June 28, upon arriving at the marina on Redwood Road, some boaters announced that a fuel leak had accidentally pumped 10 gallons of diesel overboard.
Medical personnel have been kept busy over the past two weeks. On Bay Street on June 28, a man working on a boat engine was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after causing a laceration to his hand. Last Thursday afternoon a man cutting grass on Main Street put his hand under the mower to remove debris while the blade was still running and removed a section of his left thumb. He too wound up at the hospital. On July 2, for the second time in a week, a woman got her hand stuck under the seat of her car, "between the tracks of the seat and the console." E.M.T.s and Fire Department heavy rescue freed her hand, but the incident caused quite the traffic jam on Main Street.
After turning back two steaks on the evening of June 29, a diner at the American Hotel ordered lamb chops instead, ate half, and then sent them back to the kitchen as well. Billed $189.01 for the lamb chops alone, he said he would not pay and left.
A caller reported a group of bicyclists blocking the entrance to the Wharf Street roundabout on June 30 at 1:45 p.m. An officer asked them to move, and they did.
Police responded last Thursday to a report of a burglary on Bay Street, involving the loss of $28,770 in five handbags. The owner told police the handbags had been stored in a black garbage bag in her closet. Police are looking into the possibility of an insurance scam.
An officer managed to retrieve an A.T.M. card last Thursday night from a machine at Peoples United Bank, where it had gotten stuck.
Neighbors called police last Thursday night about fireworks coming from a backyard at the intersection of Main Street and Brick Kiln Road. Police found no fireworks, but did report heavy rain and thunder in the area.
A Cilli Avenue resident reported his Jet Ski stolen on Friday at 3 p.m. Police reminded him of high tides during storms in the low-lying area, and an officer found the missing ski in the water along Redwood Road.
Back again on Suffolk Street Friday, and mistrustful of his landlord after the Porta-Potty incident, the tenant told police he believed the landlord had taken his FedEx package that day. An officer found it at a neighbor's house.
After nearly running over a man's leg at midnight Saturday, a woman reported him lying in the road on Burke Street behind a parked car. He told police he was okay and had just left a bar. Police drove him to his parents' house.
A Madison Street man reported his mailbox missing on Monday at noon.
A young girl reported to her aunt on Monday at 7 p.m. that an employee of the Gulf station had called out to her, "Hey, sexy." Confronted by police, he denied it.
Wainscott
Low-flying planes were reported near the airport on Sunday around 12:30 p.m., but police told a caller it was normal landing procedure.
