Amagansett
The gates at the train station got stuck on “down” twice last week, first on the evening of March 18, when an M.T.A. utility worker told police it has been “an intermittent issue.” Officers left after watching the gates rise and fall twice without a problem. It happened again, however, last Thursday evening, when the gates stayed down after a train passed. That time, police directed traffic to allow waiting cars to turn around. An M.T.A. technician was able eventually to fix the gates.
A man caught urinating in public view Friday afternoon, next to a car on Montauk Highway, was issued a citation for violating town code.
A fight broke out at the end of a soccer match on the Abraham’s Path town sports fields on Saturday night and police were called. According to the on-site manager, a man who’d tried to break up the fight took an elbow to the face for his pains, and punched the person who’d elbowed him, hard. That man was assessed by an Amagansett Fire Department paramedic and driven to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. No charges were pressed.
On Jan. 13, a Lazy Point woman reported her Social Security number stolen and used to obtain a job at an auto contractor in Texas. The woman, a resident of Shore Road West, told police, who tried without success to contact the Texas employer, that she’d filed a complaint with the F.B.I.
East Hampton
A caller complained that a gas-powered leaf blower was being used on Church Lane on the evening of March 19, but police found no leaf blower in use.
An Oakview Highway man reported on Feb. 10 that he’d received a call from Goodyear Tire to confirm a purchase of six tires and “an upcoming car appointment” in Miramar, Fla. The local man denied buying any tires in Florida, and was informed that someone had used his full name, date of birth, and Social Security number to make the purchase. Goodyear’s fraud department advised him to make the police report.
East Hampton Village
Police and firefighters responded to Apaquogue Road following a call of a gas leak on the morning of March 18. They arrived to find a landscaper who told them he’d struck a gas line in the road while digging a hole. National Grid was called in to resolve the issue.
Montauk
An officer spotted a truck on Nick’s Beach Sunday evening going around 25 miles an hour and “leaving a rooster tail of sand in its wake.” He was able to stop the truck by using the emergency lights and siren in front of the Royal Atlantic, and asked the driver if he was rushing toward an accident or some other crisis. After being told no, he issued tickets for speeding and lacking proper permits.
At the beginning of February, an Elihu Place woman was surprised to find a For Sale sign on her property, listing a real estate agency and the name of a broker. She called police, who were able to contact the broker, who not only claimed that the homeowner had hired her to sell the house but also provided an ID she said she’d been sent. That identification proved to be fake, and the listing was taken down.
Sag Harbor
An employee of Long Wharf Wine & Spirits told police on March 19 that a man had made three purchases, totaling $1,606.82, a few weeks before, reading the credit card numbers — which have since proved to be fake — off his cellphone. The employee recalled only that he’d left the store in a gray S.U.V.
Police were told on Sunday afternoon that “someone with a gun” was at 103 Main Street, the building housing both Sag Pizza and the former Sylvester & Co. Officers found nothing out of the ordinary, and believe this to have been a swatting attempt.
Springs
One of her tenants was drunk and yelling belligerently, a Harbor View Avenue landlady told police on Sunday evening. The man had left by the time police arrived, but he returned later that night, and she called again. Upon being questioned, he told officers he was having issues with other tenants, and agreed to move out. He was picked up by a friend, and left.
In mid-February, a Washington Avenue businessman reported four checks, totaling over $2,000, missing and deposited. The checks had been issued and cashed between Feb. 3 and Feb. 18, he said, and he noticed the activity on the morning of the 19th. As advised by his bank, he contacted police, who documented the report.