On Friday the 13th, Shamar Francis, 25, who police said is homeless, entered the Montauk 7-Eleven at 11:20 p.m. and took a 25-ounce Natty Daddy beer from the refrigerator and guzzled it. Employees told police that Mr. Francis did not have permission to drink the beer within the store, nor did he have any way to pay for it.
He was charged with misdemeanor petty larceny, held for a couple of hours, and released on an appearance ticket to await a May 25 date with East Hampton Town Justice Court.
Companies controlled by the billionaire industrialist Ira Rennert agreed last month to a $150 million settlement with 1,373 Peruvians who claim they were exposed to lead and other toxic substances as children growing up near the companies’ metal smelting and refining complex in La Oroya, Peru.
Individuals wearing camouflage in a field on Sarah’s Way in East Hampton Village alarmed a resident on Saturday afternoon. Police found a family playing on their own property with airsoft guns.
A Montauk man riding an electric bike at 3 a.m. on July 6 was injured after crashing into a parked car.
In the week’s only drug-related arrest, a Massachusetts man is facing a felony charge for possession of a hallucinogen.
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