East Hampton
An employee of East End Fuel on Springs-Fireplace Road reported to police on Feb. 25 that a customer had yet to pay a $1,490.90 bill for services. The customer gave a check to the company on Dec. 5, 2024, which bounced on Dec. 30 for insufficient funds, and bounced again on Jan. 7. The employee told police she’s tried contacting the customer several times but the bill has still gone unpaid.
The next day, Feb. 26, the manager of the North Main Street I.G.A. told police that a man had left the store without paying for items worth $33.97, including a deli sandwich, two hot lunches, and two sodas. The manager did not want to press charges, only to ensure that the man does not return to the store.
Gunshots were reported in the late hours of March 4, by a resident of Two Holes of Water Road who told police he’d counted six shots coming from near his backyard. Upon investigation, officers found a man on Old Two Holes of Water Road who acknowledged shooting a pellet gun in his backyard. He apologized and promised to stop.
East Hampton Village
Police responded to a report of a fire at the Bank of America on Newtown Lane Friday evening. When police arrived the small “sod fire” had been extinguished, and fire chiefs concluded that a tossed cigarette was the cause.
Montauk
Low-flying drones were reported flying over Deep Hollow Ranch on the evening of March 3. Police saw their lights blinking red and white, but no action was taken.
Sag Harbor
A James Place woman reported a smell of gas in her house on the evening of March 4, and both police and firefighters responded. They found that the oven was on but did not smell gas, and turned off the gas flowing to the oven before leaving.
An alarm went off at Harbor Market and Kitchen on the evening of March 5, but police found nothing out of the ordinary. The alarm company was contacted to tell an employee how to make the noise stop.
Springs
Flames were reported on Highwood Road Saturday might. Police found that a homeowner had been cooking over a fire pit in his backyard, and advised him to stop, due to strong winds and the danger of fire. He complied.
A Gardiner’s Lane man called police last Saturday afternoon to say he’d been harassed over the phone. After leaving a casino earlier that day, he said, he went online to “arrange a meeting with an escort,” and sent $200 to someone in the Dominican Republic to receive the services. A man then called him, he said, demanding that more money be sent and threatening him. He was advised to stop all communication with the caller and block the phone number.