Amagansett
Police responded to a report of a man lying in the grass near the Mobil station early on Sunday morning and found him to be “highly intoxicated.” He refused medical attention, however, and then said that a nearby house belonged to him. His mother confirmed it at the door, and officers assisted the man inside.
East Hampton Village
A truck was seen parked in the closed-off piping plover nesting area near Georgica Beach on the evening of Aug. 14. Police advised the driver of local regulations regarding the birds and let him off with a warning.
Montauk
At Culloden Shores on the evening of Aug. 13, the driver of a pickup truck became “very rude” when he was denied entry to the private section of the beach since he could not provide proof of residence. The remainder of the official report was redacted.
A Dewey Place resident called about a peddler selling Eco Shield pesticides on the afternoon of Aug. 15. Police located a man wearing an Eco Shield T-shirt and ticketed him for unlicensed peddling.
On the morning of Aug. 10, a Farraday Street woman reported an incident of grand larceny after noticing that two checks, totaling $8,955, had been cashed from her account, which she had not authorized. She contacted her bank to place a hold on the account, and police documented the theft.
At around noon that same day, an employee at Kelly B called to say a woman had just taken two necklaces, valued between $20 and $40, and left without paying. Police conducted an “extensive” search of the area but did not find the thief.
A few hours later, an officer on patrol saw a man dive off a pier at Eddie Ecker Park and reported it to a harbormaster, who, noting a nearby “no diving” sign, ticketed the man for failing to comply with posted regulations.
Napeague
Police asked two men fishing at Lazy Point on Sunday to show them their catch. Eight fish measured under the legal minimum of 9.5 inches, and both men were cited for holding undersize fish.
Sag Harbor
Police on patrol went to the aid of a man struggling in an overturned kayak beneath the North Haven bridge on Sunday afternoon. The kayak was tethered to the bridge, but had overturned next to a piling. Police assisted the man, who did not require medical attention, out of the water.
That night, a Rysam Street woman reported “a large amount of water” outside her house. Police at first observed nothing unusual, but then noticed that water was “in fact coming from the gutter.” The officer reported that the gutter was “performing its job properly” and did not appear “outside the normal range of wetness.”
Springs
On Saturday night, a Bryant Street man reported a stranger in his downstairs tenant’s apartment, without the tenant’s permission. The man told police he was waiting for his friend to get off work.
According to a report released this week regarding a disturbance on Bayview Avenue early on the morning of May 5, three strangers in a white van, holding “unknown objects,” had approached someone who later called police. Officers found the van parked at a house on Bayview and warned the group to stay away from the caller.
Wainscott
Six youths, reported on Aug. 4 to be using a broken window to enter an abandoned building at a recreational area off Stephen Hand’s Path, fled “in a black sedan” before police arrived.
A woman was out to dinner with friends at the Clubhouse on the night of Aug. 14 when, she told police, a man introduced himself to the group and they engaged in “casual conversation.” At the end of the night, she said, he asked if she wanted to hear a joke and slapped her in the face. He will be charged with harassment if found.
