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Trouble at Headquarters

Thu, 06/30/2022 - 10:24

A Calverton man was charged with disorderly conduct and intoxication in Sag Harbor Sunday night after police were called to check on a fight at the Corner Bar. They found James Romanello, 26, stumbling down Main Street, reportedly after an altercation with an elderly friend. Police said he was unable to stand without assistance, and attempted to pull away from the officers.

After Mr. Romanello was processed at Sag police headquarters, a family member came to pick him up. Police said, however, that he then became “belligerent” and “incoherent,” and was approaching officers and others “with balled fists.” When they tried to contain him, they said, he became violent, and it took three officers to subdue him. He was then charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and with a second disorderly conduct violation.

Instead of being released to his relative, he was held overnight. He is due back in Sag Harbor Village Court on Friday, July 8.

On the Police Logs 07.17.25

A man “with white hair and a blue jacket” took another patron’s phone during a movie at the Regal Cinema and said he would not return it. He later told police he’d taken the phone to “make a stand” because the owner was talking loudly on it during the movie.

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Found With Coke in Cars

Two drivers were charged last week in unrelated cases with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after East Hampton Town police found bags containing a “white rock-like substance” in their vehicles.

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Overturned by the Overlook

A Brooklyn man was arraigned recently on multiple misdemeanor charges related to a May 25 accident that injured four passengers in his Mercedes S.U.V., according to police.

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Combs Verdict on Trafficking Is Examined

To Cate Carbonaro, executive director of the East Hampton advocacy organization the Retreat, who has worked extensively with victims of sex and labor trafficking as a public defender, the split verdict in the federal criminal trial of Sean (Diddy) Combs presents a “stark reminder of how far we still have to go” to educate both the courts and the public about what the “often misunderstood” charge of sex trafficking really means.

Jul 10, 2025

 

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