A 29-year-old East Hampton woman went to police headquarters on March 4 to report being the victim of sexual assault, stemming from an incident on Feb. 23 at a house in town.
A heavily redacted police report indicated a female friend was a possible witness to the crime, which is being investigated by detectives as a case of a first-degree criminal sex act under a provision indicating the victim was “incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless.”
Companies controlled by the billionaire industrialist Ira Rennert agreed last month to a $150 million settlement with 1,373 Peruvians who claim they were exposed to lead and other toxic substances as children growing up near the companies’ metal smelting and refining complex in La Oroya, Peru.
Individuals wearing camouflage in a field on Sarah’s Way in East Hampton Village alarmed a resident on Saturday afternoon. Police found a family playing on their own property with airsoft guns.
A Montauk man riding an electric bike at 3 a.m. on July 6 was injured after crashing into a parked car.
In the week’s only drug-related arrest, a Massachusetts man is facing a felony charge for possession of a hallucinogen.
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