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Car Theft Links East Hampton to Big Gang Bust

A set of gang-related indictments last week was notable for zigzagging across Long Island, from a murder at a Farmingville nightclub to a shooting outside Lee Zeldin’s Shirley house, to an armed carjacking in Wantagh, to East Hampton. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced on Dec. 12 that the gang, called No Fake Love, or NFL, has been broken up.

Dec 22, 2022
D.W.I. Charged in East Hampton

East Hampton Town police reported a single alcohol-related arrest last week.

Dec 22, 2022
On the Police Logs 12.22.22

Residents of 10 Amy’s Lane told police Sunday that someone may be stealing their mail, after a book that was to have been delivered on Nov. 30 never arrived. They’d gone out to check the mail Saturday, they said, but found the mailbox door open and mail scattered all over the street. They alerted the mail carrier and the postmaster, and requested additional patrols in the area.

Dec 22, 2022
Bridgehampton Family Left Homeless After Fire

A house at 668 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike was already engulfed in flames by the time firefighters reached the scene on Saturday night.

Dec 19, 2022
Slept Outside, Put on a Bus

On the night of Dec. 5, a homeless 67-year-old man in a wheelchair donned a Santa hat and tried to get into the Point Bar and Grill in Montauk. According to East Hampton Town police, he was refused service after he “created a disturbance” and was “very intoxicated.”

Dec 15, 2022
On the Police Logs 12.15.22

A 20-year-old man who has reportedly been sleeping in the vestibule at 105 Newtown Lane, a commercial-residential building, was threatened with arrest for trespassing on Dec. 8 if he continued to sleep there. Police told him to leave, and he gathered his possessions and went out into a bitter winter evening.

Dec 15, 2022
Take Your Ticket and . . .

Sag Harbor police clocked a New York City man doing 41 miles an hour in a 20 m.p.h. zone on Dec. 7, and presented him with a speeding ticket. He then jumped out of the car, police said, refused to get back in it, and deposited the ticket on the police car before driving away.

Dec 15, 2022
Lawyers Debate Sag Harbor Goop Fire

Whatever happened to that late-June incident at the Goop shop in Sag Harbor, where two waiters were badly burned after a store employee toasted marshmallows for an event, using isopropyl alcohol?

Dec 15, 2022
Driver Passed Out in the Car

After being awakened, the driver performed poorly on field sobriety tests, police reported, and was charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated.

Dec 15, 2022
Incumbent Wins Close Race for Commissioner in Montauk

A rare contested fire district election in Montauk saw record voter turnout on Tuesday. An incumbent commissioner was re-elected for a second five-year term by a margin of 25 votes.

Dec 15, 2022
Montauk Fire Commissioner Race Heats Up

The race for a seat on Montauk Fire District's board of commissioners is contested this year, with two experienced first responders facing off for a five-year term. Voting is Tuesday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Fire Department headquarters on Flamingo Avenue. All registered voters in Montauk are eligible to cast ballots; the commissioner's election is not limited to fire department members.

Dec 12, 2022
Driver Allegedly Fled Crash

After crashing a Mini Cooper into a Kia minivan, the driver of the Mini Cooper ran away, according to East Hampton Town police.

Dec 7, 2022