Skip to main content

On the Police Logs 08.18.22

Wed, 08/17/2022 - 18:05

Amagansett

The bathroom at Fresh Pond Beach was vandalized on Friday, its sink dislodged from the wall and broken into pieces. Steven Verdugo, a parks department employee, reported the damage.

East Hampton

After receiving a congratulatory call on the afternoon of July 27, an East Hampton woman thought she had won $25 million in a Publisher’s Clearing House giveaway. All she had to do to collect, said the caller, was to wire $850 to an undisclosed Chase Bank branch. She contacted police last Thursday after realizing she’d been scammed.

Patricia Hollmann, manager of Amagansett’s Devon Yacht Club, called police on Aug. 10 after an employee at Main Beach told her he’d seen a parking permit that said “Devon Yacht Club Lifeguard.” That was a fraudulent pass, she told police. Officers tracked the vehicle to its registered owner’s address in East Hampton Village, but did not find the car, nor did anyone answer the door.

Someone jumped over the front gate at 105 Buell Lane on the afternoon of Aug. 7 and began taking pictures of an ongoing construction job there. A site manager reported the incident and requested extra patrols on the street.

Montauk

Loraine DeRose, proprietor of the Snug Harbor Motel on Star Island Road, reported the theft of the motel’s reservation log on the afternoon of Aug. 7, a Sunday. The log contained guests’ personal information, including credit card numbers.

Matthew Yudelson, property manager of the residential clubhouse at 100 DeForest Road, told police that on Aug. 6 between 8 and 10 p.m. someone tried and failed to break into the club, causing $2,500 in damage to a sliding door and a door seal. The vandal will be charged with criminal mischief if found.

The restroom at Gin Beach was vandalized on July 23. Steven Verdugo, the same parks department employee who found Friday’s damage at Fresh Pond in Amagansett, reported this as well: A soap dispenser in the men’s room was ripped off the wall and a lightbulb was smashed. Repairs will cost about $300.     

Sag Harbor

Two people called police Saturday afternoon to report a disruptive customer at Chase Bank on Main Street. The woman wanted to take money out of her account, but did not have the proper photo identification, her driver’s license having been suspended and then confiscated by Sag Harbor police. The issue was resolved, police said, when the license was returned to her.

On Aug. 10 around noon a large sign, reading “Let’s Go Brandon,” was noticed on the northbound shoulder of Hampton Street, near Jermain Avenue. The sign was removed, but was too large to fit into a police cruiser and was left by the side of the road for a town highway crew to deal with.

Springs

Anthony Waltz, a director of the Clearwater Beach Association, reported two recent incidents of graffiti at the beach club. On July 20 the word “Cannibal” was found spray-painted on a beach association sign, and on the night of July 22, “Crusty” was found on another club sign.

 

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

Your support for The East Hampton Star helps us deliver the news, arts, and community information you need. Whether you are an online subscriber, get the paper in the mail, delivered to your door in Manhattan, or are just passing through, every reader counts. We value you for being part of The Star family.

Your subscription to The Star does more than get you great arts, news, sports, and outdoors stories. It makes everything we do possible.