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On the Police Logs 09.08.22

Thu, 09/08/2022 - 10:09

Amagansett

A complaint about “a structure constructed out of trash” brought police to a beach between Big Albert’s Landing and the pier at the Bell Estate on Aug. 26, where they found a small structure made from driftwood, painted in different colors. It was determined to be on private property belonging to the Broadview Property Owners Association.

There was a shoving incident outside the Stephen Talkhouse around 2 a.m. on Aug. 26, involving an Amagansett resident and a man from Brooklyn. After one of them left in an Uber, the other blamed him for starting it. No injuries were reported.

East Hampton Village

In the early morning hours of Aug. 27, three officers responded to Miller Terrace, where Brian Keith had reported four or five “subjects on bikes with flashlights on the property.” The officers reported that the group “did not actually enter his property; they were walking down the street.”

A gas-powered motorboat was heard and seen, but not found, on Georgica Pond Monday night, possibly being used in the poaching of blue-claw crabs, police noted.

A complaint about loud music at 9:30 p.m. on Friday prompted a Borden Street resident to turn down the noise. A second complaint at 10:58 p.m. was met with the sound of silence.

Police advised a 59-year-old man to wear a belt next time he strolled into town after hearing that he was exposing his “front and rear.” The man is local, well known, and not a threat, police said. “Just has pants that are too big.” 

A neighbor reported last Thursday that wasps had settled in next door. Police contacted the homeowner, who promised to call an exterminator. 

Rolfi Velasquez, a landscaper with Castillo Property Care of East Hampton, was deploying a forbidden gas-powered leaf blower on Privet Lane on the morning of Aug. 30 when a caller notified police. Mr. Velasquez, an East Hampton resident, was given a code-violation ticket. 

A dead dog was reported by the side of 240 Montauk Highway on the morning of Aug. 29. Police found and removed a dead fox.

On Aug. 29, an 80-year-old Cooper Lane woman brought in a letter from a man she’d known briefly but hadn’t heard from in 50 years. It seemed suspicious, she told police, who reported that the letter appeared to be “an attempt to reconnect nature.”

Someone stole Phyllis Crystal’s handicapped placard on Aug. 17, possibly from Capital One Bank on 40 Newtown Lane, but she wasn’t sure. She documented the theft with police in order to get a replacement.

Montauk

Bob Bowman of Duryea Avenue reported on the morning of Aug. 31 that a car had driven into and damaged his mailbox and a fence the night before. A neighbor reported hearing a loud bang around 5 a.m.

At around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 27, a man reported an altercation involving a “white male in a white T-shirt menacing someone with a handgun” in the parking lot of the Beach House Ocean Resort. However, a security guard at the Elmwood Avenue hotel said he hadn’t seen anything of the sort unfold over the previous 12 hours. Police were unable to contact the caller.

Carlos Rea, an employee at the Marram Hotel, called police on Aug. 25 to report a guest, Jennifer Glass of Roslyn, for “unruly” and “disrespectful” behavior to himself and the staff. Ms. Glass said Mr. Rea was blowing everything out of proportion as she and her guests packed their belongings and left the hotel under police supervision.   

Late into the night of Aug. 25, A caller tipped off Timothy Treadwell, a town harbormaster, that numerous people were squid-fishing off the Hangar Dock on Fort Pond Bay. Marine Patrol couldn’t do anything about it, Mr. Treadwell said, as the town has yet to install signs prohibiting fishing on the dock from dusk from dawn, per revisions to a management plan passed in June. Limousine-service vehicles and taxis were among the vehicles reported at the dock.

A street sign and pole at the intersection of Fernald and Farrington Roads was stolen on Aug. 24. Terry Nesbitt, a Highway Department foreman, indicated to police that he might know who’d taken it, but declined to name the person, with whom he’d had a previous confrontation. Mr. Nesbitt said he’d call back if it happened again, and signed a larceny complaint. A new sign will cost $50.

Abel Auguilarchaparro of Montauk was walking his Schwinn Phocus bike on Edgemere Road near the entrance to the Surf Lodge just after midnight on Aug. 14 when Vincent Campanella, a security guard from Patchogue who was driving away from the club, sideswiped the bike, causing an estimated $100 in damage. Mr. Auguilarchaparro fixed the bike and got $80 from Mr. Campenella, but told police on Aug. 24 that he still wanted the other $20.

A report of underage females drinking Sunday night brought police to Sel Rose, but they found none. William Hoff, the property manager, told the officers he’d run off a bunch of teenagers who’d tried to sneak in not long before. 

A fight broke out at the Hideaway Sunday night after a man was told the restaurant was at capacity, and was turned away. In response, he punched the bouncer in the face. Police were summoned and the man and his friends were warned not to return. The bouncer declined to press charges.

Gunshots were reported at Eddie Ecker Park on Friday night. Rob Stanick of Montauk was packing up his hunting gear when an officer arrived. Mr. Stanick had not been shooting within 1,000 feet of any structure, the officer reported.

Summer Rellet reported three pieces of clothing, together worth $750, stolen from a bench in front of Prelovedmtk back in late July. Police are checking weeks-old tapes from nearby surveillance cameras.

Sag Harbor

The trunk and rear of a car caught fire as it drove down Main Street last Thursday afternoon. The owner told police he’d just gotten the car back from an auto shop and had no idea what might have happened. Firefighters were called and made short work of the flames.

“Offensive writings and drawings” were found on the underside of the North Haven bridge last Thursday. This has happened before, especially in the summer.

A man named Christopher, who’s been asked several times to stop disturbing patrons at the Corner Bar, disregarded the warning last Thursday and the manager filed a complaint of trespass.

Someone paused at Le Bilboquet on Friday night long enough to steal a 2-by-3-foot “Pause For The Small Things” sign from the front of the restaurant.

Satori was the site of a shoplifting complaint on Saturday afternoon. A woman took two items into the dressing room and fled with them without paying.

Springs

Gail Simons’s Harrison Street mailbox was knocked off its post on the night of Aug. 30. She told police she’d reattach the mailbox, but wanted the incident documented.

Gilles Baudin of Sandra Road reported two juveniles hiding behind bushes and shooting “unknown objects in the street, possibly with a pellet gun,” just before midnight on Aug. 25. Police did not find them.

A resident of 151 Neck Path told police another man had pointed a rifle or shotgun at him Friday night following an argument and scuffle that had something to do with a previous incident at a bar. Police arrived, but no charges were pressed and both men agreed to refrain from further contact.

A Springs man fell victim to a fraudster last week. A caller posing as a government official told him to buy several gift cards from local retailers to clear a debt. He complied, and gave the caller the card numbers. After realizing on Friday that he’d been scammed, he reported the incident, telling police he’d lost $1,148.

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

 

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