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.
A trailer reported missing in Southampton in July popped up in East Hampton on Aug. 31, resulting in the arrest of the man towing it.
Near midnight Sunday, a driver on Three Mile Harbor Road near Karlsruhe Cross Highway in Springs hit a pothole and lost control of his S.U.V.
A man accused of living in his vehicle at Ditch Plain in Montauk told police he leaves every night and does not sleep there. When they asked him about reports that he had been talking to women and calling them pretty, he said he is “just friendly when he is surfing.”
A man police said was waxing poetic about his rescue dog during a traffic stop is facing a felony drug charge and charges of resisting arrest after they reportedly found cocaine in his car on Friday night.
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