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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.

Emergency Dispatch Cost Analysis Debated

With two months to go until the East Hampton Town Police Department takes over the lion’s share of emergency dispatching responsibilities from East Hampton Village, questions linger about the cost of the transition and how the town department will handle the new workload. 

Oct 30, 2025

East Hampton Had Role in High-Stakes Poker Scandal

Rigged, illegal, and high-stakes poker games have been held in recent years in various locales, including East Hampton, according to a federal indictment filed on Oct. 9. 

Oct 30, 2025

On the Police Logs 10.30.25

The shaving cream vandal struck again over the weekend, this time spraying the stuff around the interior and exterior of the men’s restroom in the Reutershan parking lot downtown Saturday night.

Oct 30, 2025

On the Police Logs 10.23.25

A dog had been barking on and off in a fenced-in backyard for four days, a Springs-Fireplace Road neighbor reported on the night of Oct.15, adding that the house appeared to be empty and abandoned. Police went to the property and found a large black-and-white husky, “whimpering and shivering.”

Oct 23, 2025

 

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