East Hampton Village
A Heller Lane resident reported that on the afternoon of July 21, a man "wearing all black" had approached her, asking for "help finding his car." The woman assisted, but when she walked away, the man began making "untoward gestures." Police documented the incident.
A different man, also wearing all black, reportedly entered a Newtown Lane home on July 24 to inquire about the building's architectural layout, stating that he was interested in "investment properties." The resident asked him to leave the house, and police did not take further action.
Police filed a larceny report after an $800 bicycle vanished from behind Cittanuova on the afternoon of July 23. Security cameras did not get a view of the theft.
The next morning, a caller requested a well-being check on a swan near the intersection of Daniel's Hole Road and Montauk Highway, which had likely wandered from Georgica Pond nearby. Police located a "healthy swan" waddling through the grass, and left it alone.
A manager at the Montauk Highway Exxon station called last Thursday to report a man who "took merchandise without paying." This was not the first time, either, he told police.
Montauk
Early on the morning of July 18, after his card was declined at 7-Eleven, a man became combative, and a verbal altercation ensued. When asked to leave, the man "began pushing and attempting to punch" employees. Police intervened and warned him not to return.
The manager of Salivar's approached an officer on the night of July 20 to report an ongoing issue with a man who "repeatedly enters and remains" on the property. Police helped the manager fill out trespass paperwork.
The next afternoon, a female employee at The Point reported an ongoing issue with a customer who'd repeatedly called the restaurant to ask about her shifts. He'd also brought her unexpected, unwelcome flowers, she said. Police told the man to stop his unwanted advances.
A man was ticketed for urinating in public outside M&T bank at around 3 a.m. on Friday.
Last Thursday morning, police ticketed a camper that had been parked overnight on a commercial dock at Star Island, and left a second ticket for failing to register its trailer. When officers checked back, the camper was gone.
At the Surf Lodge early Saturday evening, a woman had a verbal confrontation with several bouncers. Police were called and she retreated; no further action was taken.
Another woman, seen on Sunday afternoon trying to set up a table outside the Kelly B boutique to sell merchandise, was asked to show a peddling license, which she did not have. She left quietly.
On July 18, a guest at Gurney's left her vehicle with a valet to be parked and returned to find the rear bumper with "scuffs and scrapes," she told police. Further information is redacted in the official report.
Sag Harbor
For the second week in a row, village police were called out on July 24 to conduct a swan hunt, after a woman reported an aggressive swan, which she believed to be injured, on Long Island Avenue. Officers determined that the bird was fine, and was acting like a "normal swan."
Later that day an employee at Watchcase Condominiums reported ongoing verbal disputes, which had begun weeks before, he said, after he'd told a man he could not have glassware by the pool. Police documented the report.
Springs
A man parked at Louse Point beach last week, leaving the car windows down, and went to the beach with his family for a walk and swim. They returned to find his Airpods, an iPhone 7, and a silver necklace missing from the car's center console. The thief will be charged with larceny if found.
While responding to a nearby noise complaint early Saturday morning, police found an East Hampton Golf Club flagstick leaning against a parked car on Birdie Lane. The course's supervisor asked to have it returned and the case was marked closed.
A harbormaster found a fisherman on Gerard Drive Sunday morning in possession of one porgy and two weakfish, both undersize. The porgy measured an inch too short, he reported, and both weakfish were five inches undersize. The fisherman was ticketed.
That evening another fisherman, this time at Maidstone Park, was seen shoving his catches between some bulkhead rocks as a harbormaster approached. He too was cited, for three undersize porgies "dropped between the rocks."
Wainscott
A Beach Lane resident reported his Paris Bistro tables and chairs, together valued at $1,200, missing after he used them to set up a lemonade stand for his daughter on the morning of July 14.