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Punched Out Portside Window

Thu, 09/08/2022 - 10:16

Jonathon Phillip Keyser of Cocoa, Fla., was charged on the evening of Aug. 28 with third-degree criminal mischief after he allegedly punched out a port-side window of a boat at the Viking Fleet dock on West Lake Drive in Montauk. Mr. Keyser, 38, caused about $1,000 in damage, police said.

Rodrigo Xottocay of East Hampton, 35, was charged with a felony after violating an order of protection on Friday night, in a domestic incident on Oakview Highway in East Hampton. Police alleged that he had grabbed a woman by the hair and kicked her in the back. He reportedly prevented the woman from contacting police, and was charged with an additional misdemeanor for that.

Neilson McKenzie of Montauk, 44, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor, following an Aug. 30 incident at Gurney’s Inn Resort in Montauk. Police said he grabbed Camille Murphy’s neck that evening and applied pressure to it to impede her breathing. He was also charged with harassment. Meanwhile, Ms. Murphy, 32, was charged with a felony; police said she’d used her cellphone to smash Mr. McKenzie’s Vizio TV, causing $350 in damage.

Both Patrick Ficorilli, 26, and Erik Thompson, 39, residents of Sag Harbor, stand charged with grand larceny in connection with an Aug. 26 theft of a Velowave bike, valued at $1,599, from the sidewalk in front of 34 Henry Street, Sag Harbor. The pair are to appear in Sag Village Justice Court on Friday, Sept. 16, to answer for the felony charges.

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.

Jul 17, 2025

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.

Jul 17, 2025

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.

Jul 17, 2025

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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