Police & Courts

After more than 38 years of service, Manny Vilar of Springs retired on Sunday from the New York State Park police, and with mixed emotions.

Police intercepted a 58-year-old New York City woman who was on her way to the library Friday morning after a 71-year-old man called to say she had been walking across his property. After the woman explained that she was new in town, officers gave her directions to the library, but did not throw the book at her for trespassing.

East Hampton Village is seeking to formalize its relationship with the East Hampton Ambulance Association with code changes that could be implemented by January. It's unclear whether that would alter operation of the associaton, which has been run by its own bylaws for decades.

A 63-year-old Southampton woman and a 27-year-old Hampton Bays man were charged with driving while intoxicated by town and village police recently.

Marine units and other law enforcement personnel from around the East End were still searching this week for a 31-year-old Queens man, Dario Cholula, who went missing on the evening of Oct. 19 while fishing off North Haven in a small kayak.

East Hampton Town police on Wednesday arrested a 13-year-old Springs School student who allegedly doctored a photo of another student, turned it into a threat of violence, and posted it on social media. Officers were able to "swiftly" deem it noncredible, according to a press release.

Appearing before Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Richard Ambro in Riverside Tuesday morning, Daniel Campbell, the driver in a 2021 hit-and-run in Amagansett, accepted the judge's latest sentencing recommendation: 90 days in jail, 90 days of community service, and five years' probation.

A Springs School student is facing disciplinary consequences after firing a BB gun on an East Hampton Middle School bus returning from a football game at East Moriches on Thursday.

A Friday night motorcycle crash on Bluff Road in Amagansett sent one person to the hospital and another to court.

Marine units and other law enforcement assets from around the region were on scene Thursday afternoon searching for a 31-year-old Queens man, Dario Cholula, who went missing last night while reportedly fishing the waters off North Haven.

On Sunday morning, officers punched a new hole in the belt of a man whose pants had fallen down on Newtown Lane. The man, 56, is well known in the village. The last hole in his belt was buckled, police said, but was not keeping his pants up. “Negative intent of exposure,” they concluded.

East Hampton Town police reported two traffic accidents involving injuries last week, both in Springs.