A Death at Sagaponack Beach

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:33

Durell Godfrey

By Jack Motz

October 15, 2024

A Swiss man was pronounced dead at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after going missing in the water near Gibson Lane Beach in Sagaponack on Oct. 4 around 3:30 p.m., Southampton Town police reported on Tuesday.

After a dropped call, dispatchers were able to regain contact with a male caller, who reported the missing swimmer near Gibson Lane.

Southampton Town Police and the Bridgehampton Fire Department and emergency medical service responded to the beach, where they found Robert De Vos Burchart, 73, unconscious. On scene, emergency personnel performed CPR. Bridgehampton E.M.S. transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Bostwick’s Burglar Charged and Sentenced

An East Quogue man police say broke into Bostwick’s on Pantigo Road last May was charged with third-degree burglary early Friday morning, and sentenced later that day to four years’ probation for a string of other burglaries from Southampton to East Hampton.

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On the Logs 02.12.26

An appliance repair man from Mastic Beach told police on Feb. 3 that he’d been harassed over the phone by a Montauk homeowner’s son after he ran late to repair a washing machine.

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Charged in May Burglary at Bostwick’s

A man police allege broke into Bostwick’s Chowder House on Pantigo Road in May was charged with burglary in the third degree early on Friday.

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Eye a Public Safety Center in Montauk

East Hampton Town will acquire a parcel in Montauk’s downtown on which a multi-department public safety center housing the town’s police, Marine Patrol, Code Enforcement, and East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue operations is planned, it was announced this week.

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