Amagansett
A Beach Avenue woman told police on Saturday night that her email was hacked by someone demanding $400 to get her account back. The hacker had made the demand using her own email address, she said, asking that the incident be documented. Police advised her to contact someone to assist her in resetting her password.
East Hampton Village
As Luis Menjivar was draining the pool at 28 Cooper Lane last Thursday, water was flooding onto the Conklin Terrace-Newtown Lane intersection, bringing police to investigate. Mr. Menjivar claimed he’d been instructed to “drain the pool onto the street,” which is a violation of village code. He is to appear in Town Justice Court on Jan. 9.
A woman who gave police her address as Brooklyn reported that thieves had stolen items from a Middle Lane mailbox four times between Nov. 2 and Dec. 17. The missing parcels, she said, include a Christmas ornament, artwork, a Luna brand blanket, and clothing. The thief will be charged with larceny if found; the matter was referred to the detective squad.
A 20-year-old man who was found inside the post office at around 10 p.m. on Dec. 21 told police, who were responding to a report of a suspicious person, that he was there to charge his cellphone. He had no identification but gave police his name and date of birth. The latter, police said, conflicted with previous information he’d provided to them. The next part of the report, which might have explained the discrepancy, was redacted. He eventually told police he was waiting for a train and agreed to leave the building.
Montauk
Someone parked in Michael Brydson’s designated spot for Room 7 at the residences at 411 West Lake Drive on Dec. 20, and when Mr. Brydson confronted the man, according to a police report, he became “extremely upset and began yelling at Brydson.” When police arrived, both parties claimed they were being harassed, but pledged to avoid further contact. No charges were filed.
On Dec. 19, serious beach erosion between South Emery Street and South Edgemere Street prompted the Parks Department to close beach access points that were “compromised.” Marine Patrol barricaded the entrance at South Edison Street as well.
Miograg Certic of Cranberry Road reported a fraud on one of his credit cards on Dec. 16 after noting a $1,629.36 charge to the Meta computer company. The company provided him with the purchase information, which indicated a computer had been shipped to Port Jefferson Station and which Mr. Certic did not order. The fraudster will face a charge of grand larceny if found.
Springs
Someone called a 6th Street woman on Christmas afternoon and said, “Amy, it’s me, Max. I’m your biggest fan.” She hung up quickly, she told police, not knowing who that was. She was advised to block the number, which police could not identify, noting “negative results for the phone number upon in-house records search.”
A Copeces Lane resident spotted a man “in a gray hoodie” walking around construction vans parked by her backyard Saturday night, and told police he might have concealed himself in a shed before disappearing. She said she did not recognize him, and wanted the incident on record. Police canvassed the area but he was not found.
Edward Vasquez of Neck Path went to police headquarters on the afternoon of Dec. 20 to report that he’d lost his phone the night before, just as police were meeting with William Schultz, who’d brought in a phone he’d found on Grant Avenue while walking his dog. It was Mr. Vasquez’s.