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On the Police Logs 09.26.24

Thu, 09/26/2024 - 13:23

Amagansett

A woman who had parked at Amber Waves Farm reported a stolen car last Thursday morning. On the scene, police noticed a car matching the description about 200 feet away. The woman confirmed that it was hers.

East Hampton

A Southampton man reported a fraud on the night of Sept. 20 when he received a “threatening” call demanding rent money for a house on Accabonac Road. Police filed a report and suggested the man block the phone number.

East Hampton Village

Police responded to a noise complaint at Riverhead Building Supply on the night of Sept. 16. The company had large trucks that were creating a loud banging noise, an employee told police, but the trucks were done for the night at that point.

About an hour later, police investigated another noise complaint, this time of “explosion” noises near Conklin Terrace. At the scene, police, too, could hear the noises but could not locate the source, they informed the caller.

A dog owner on Pantigo Road reported on Sept. 21 that her friend had refused to return her dog after offering to care for it while the owner recovered from a broken leg. Once healed, the woman asked for her dog back, but her friend refused. Police documented the incident.

Montauk

On Freemont Road, a woman called police about a FedEx driver she said was speeding and honking on her street around noon on Sept. 17. The driver told police that the company has a policy that instructs drivers to honk when going around a blind curve. A UPS driver on the scene confirmed that his company has a similar policy.

After finding a Facebook Marketplace listing for a rental on Tuthill Road, a man signed a contract and sent an initial $2,470, followed by another $1,107, he told police. Since then, he has been unable to reach the man he had been in communication with, and on the evening of Sept. 14, he reported the apparent scam. Police filed a larceny report.

Sag Harbor

Police received a call about a man walking around a Hampton Street house that was supposed to be unoccupied on the morning of Sept. 18. The man said he had permission to be in the house to collect some belongings after it had recently been sold.

That afternoon, a woman on Main Street reported an “unusual” voice mail: “You are going to die. Don’t worry, everyone does.” Police documented the incident.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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