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On the Police Logs 11.21.24

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 12:10

East Hampton

A Jackson Street woman reported an unknown man riding a bicycle back and forth near her house at around noon on Nov. 12. Police arrived and determined that the cyclist was a friend of a nearby tenant.

East Hampton Village

Police went to a Gingerbread Lane residence on the evening of Nov. 13 after a caller reported that a woman who’d arrived to pick up her children appeared drunk. The caller was advised to contacted the ex-husband of the apparently intoxicated woman, and he picked up the children in her stead.

Montauk

Police escorted a “highly intoxicated” woman out of Shagwong at midnight on Sunday. The woman said she didn’t have anywhere to stay and would take the Hampton Jitney back to New York City.

Officers ticketed a man for having an uncontained beach fire near the Royal Atlantic Resort on the evening of Nov. 9.

Northwest Harbor

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.

Sag Harbor

Police arrived at the Gulf station on the morning of Nov. 12 after a report of a dispute there. The caller said a man had been drinking outside the convenience store for the past hour, had come inside to buy more beer, and had then refused to leave. Police saw him out and on his way to his nearby residence.

Later that day, police were called to Geekhampton after a man with two poodles in tow began yelling at employees about a broken phone screen. He was still yelling when police arrived and advised him to leave if he didn’t like the service.

A Joel’s Lane man walked into police headquarters on Sunday morning to report his Segway Ninebot Max G30LP scooter missing. He’d last seen it on Oct. 29, he said, before he left to go to the city. When he returned, the scooter was missing. An investigation is ongoing.

Police to Offer Citizens Academy in March

The East Hampton Town Police Department announced this week that it is now accepting applications for its 2025 Citizens Academy, which is intended to give residents insight into how local police departments operate.

Jan 30, 2025

Felony Arrests in the Village and Town

Police made one felony-level arrest on a charge of aggravated drunken driving early on Monday morning, and another man was charged with violating an order of protection.

Jan 30, 2025

On the Police Logs 01.23.25

On Sunday evening, the assistant manager of Sportime told police he’d seen two drunken men harassing the snack stand attendant and asked them to leave, which they did, briefly, but then ran back in and punched him.

Jan 23, 2025

Police Say Driver Fled With Drugs in Car

Southampton Town police charged a Bay Shore woman with two felonies last Thursday, saying, first, that she’d left the scene of an accident on Sagg Main Street in Sagaponack, and second, after being located, was discovered to be in possession of “a “quantity of illegal drugs and paraphernalia.” 

Jan 23, 2025

 

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