Amagansett
Russell Bennett reported someone selling items out of a large U-Haul truck at an empty lot on Neck Path on the afternoon of March 13. Police were unable to find a vehicle matching the description.
East Hampton
Last Thursday evening, a "highly intoxicated" man, said to be suffering from high blood pressure, was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital from a house on Boatsteerers Court.
Gladys Munoz Bunay was reunited with her wallet, containing more than $400 in cash along with ID cards and debit and gift cards, on Monday afternoon, after a North Sea man found it on Accabonac Road that morning and turned it in at town police headquarters.
East Hampton Village
On March 8, a Dix Hills man traveling east on Montauk Highway through the village struck a pothole, blowing out two tires on his 2023 Mercedes. He asked police to document the incident for insurance purposes.
Numerous tools, including shovels, rakes, gas cans, nail guns, drills, and pieces of scaffolding, have gone missing from a construction site on Lockwood Lane over the last six months. The items, the foreman told police on March 11, with a combined value of at least $4,820, had been kept either inside the building or in a secure container on the property. An investigation, classified as grand larceny, is ongoing.
Montauk
The caretaker of a house on Old Montauk Highway reported March 11 that someone had cut the tops off of seven tall arborvitae trees on the property sometime between Feb. 25 and March 7. A police inquiry led to the conclusion that it was likely the outcome of a pruning request from a neighbor, whose water views were obstructed by the trees.
A 37-year-old Montauk man attempted to make a fire in a barrel at the Montauk Skate Park to "grill some burgers while he and friends skated" on the afternoon of March 13. Someone called the police, who told the man it was against the rules. He apologized and put the fire out.
On Saturday, a passer-by reported smoke coming from a Tesla being charged in a town-owned parking lot on South Euclid Avenue. An officer arrived within five minutes but couldn't find any cars matching the description.
Northwest Harbor
Fishing equipment left in the vicinity of a mooring spot on Hand's Creek was identified as belonging to Greg Verity, formerly a town resident. Police were able to contact him on March 4 to request he remove it, which Mr. Verity did the next day.
Sag Harbor
Worried for the safety of pedestrians, Maritza Pokart called the police on March 11 after seeing pieces of siding falling off the building at 20 Main Street that is home to the laundromat and White's Apothecary. An officer arrived, and he too observed siding falling off the building and landing on the sidewalk. He contacted the landlord, who had already scheduled repairs.
Linnette Roe, who works at the Sag Harbor Garden Center on Spring Street, reported an incident of petty larceny on Saturday afternoon, involving a woman who put $30 worth of plants into her blue Tesla and left without paying for them. As of Monday afternoon, officers were checking security camera footage from nearby sources.
After she used the Chase Bank A.T.M. on Main Street, Lisa Gallo encountered a "strange" woman who accused her of putting coins into the machine and began video recording her by cellphone. Ms. Gallo called the police, describing the woman as "in her late 50s with Botox treatments to her face" and wearing multicolored flannel clothing. Police canvassed the area but couldn't find her.
Springs
Marine Patrol officers ticketed two people at Gerard Drive recently for driving their trucks onto the beach without a valid permit, one on Friday night and the other on Sunday afternoon.
An officer used bolt cutters to remove a black Palisades Trail mountain bike that had been left chained to a tree for about a month in front of Richard Kostura's house on Harbor View Drive. Police have the bike for safekeeping, should its owner return for it.
Wainscott
The manager of the Sherwin-Williams store on Montauk Highway reported a man had tried to use a fraudulent vendor account to purchase an $8,000 paint sprayer and $1,800 worth of paint on March 12. The man became agitated when he was asked to show identification, and left in a rented Home Depot Sprinter van a few minutes before police arrived.
