Amagansett
Near Lazy Point on Friday evening, Marine Patrol police noticed a “vessel . . . struggling to get to the boat ramp,” and helped the men on board do so. On the boat, however, police counted 27 porgies, seven of which were undersize. The men could not produce the required permits, and police issued two citations.
A report of a distressed swimmer near the Maidstone Drive beach access brought lifeguards racing into the ocean aboard a Jet Ski on Sunday. A kiteboarder out in the surf proved not to be in distress, though — just waiting for a gust of wind.
East Hampton
After delivering a package to a home on Cooper Lane on Friday, the delivery driver waited outside the house in a white box truck for about 30 minutes. The homeowner, concerned, called police to report that the truck hadn’t moved, but by the time they arrived it was gone.
East Hampton Village
A stranded woman waited for a train at 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 23. After a night at Common Ground on Three Mile Harbor Road, she went to the train station to catch the next westbound line back to Mattituck, only to find that the tracks would be empty for the rest of the night. Police told her to take an Uber or wait for the next one.
Montauk
Fireworks were heard booming off Ditch Plains Road on June 17, and someone called 911. Police could not find the source of the noise but provided the caller with the police non-emergency number.
A dolphin, apparently dead, was seen on Sunday morning floating upside down near Ditch Plain Beach about 50 yards from shore. The tide eventually washed it out to sea.
That same morning, two men were seen camping near Fort Pond. Officers found the pair in a “small covered shelter” at about 9 a.m. Police had told them the night before that they could fish there, but not sleep there. They were ticketed for overnight camping.
Napeague
Prior to paying a $112 tab, a woman at the Lobster Roll asked for directions to the restroom. The restroom was assuredly not in her gray Kia sedan, which she was seen in moments later. Officers searched for the car but were unable to locate it.
Sag Harbor
A Division Street resident woke up on June 9 to find the rear driver’s-side window of his car, parked in his driveway, smashed. Police canvassed the neighboring houses for surveillance cameras but found none.
A woman staying at Baron’s Cove Inn reported a stolen black bag on the morning of June 17. It turned out that the staff had accidentally mixed it with another guest’s luggage.
Springs
The owner of a Jeep Cherokee found a stranger asleep in his Jeep late on the night of June 13, and called police. The car had been left unlocked with the windows rolled down, he said. Nothing was missing from it, and he declined to press charges.
The top of a truck struck utility wires on Barnes Hole Road on June 15. Police responded that afternoon, after a call from a woman in the neighborhood. The driver of the truck told them that the wires were hanging too low as he passed through, and the officers concurred.
A concerned woman, who told police she was a grandmother, called on the afternoon of June 17 to say that three teenagers were stranded out on the water while paddleboarding in Gardiner’s Bay. Officers determined that the teenagers were “in two feet of water.”
Also on the water, officers spotted three men in a small rowboat Saturday night, near Gerard Drive and Louse Point. According to their report, the youngest, seated in the middle, had a life jacket. Neither of the others had proper safety equipment, and one of them was ticketed for the violation.
The following morning, police off Breeze Hill Road watched an “11-foot gray dinghy” speed through Three Mile Harbor on its way to the dock. Neither of its two passengers was wearing safety equipment. The harbormaster greeted them at dockside and issued citations.
A red Jeep was seen driving on Maidstone Park Beach last weekend without a proper permit. The driver showed police an expired permit but was ticketed anyway.
