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Services for Kent Feuerring, Pilot Killed in East Hampton Crash

A funeral for Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack, a pilot who died when his small plane crashed at the edge of Three Mile Harbor last Thursday, will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor. Visiting hours will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.

Oct 10, 2022
Montauk Bust Nets ‘Enough Fentanyl to Kill 1,000’

Four people were arrested in Montauk on Oct. 5 following an early morning raid in which a multi-agency team of investigators found $35,000 in cash, “drug distribution paraphernalia,” a 9-millimeter handgun, cocaine, and enough fentanyl to “kill over 1,000 people,” Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney’s office announced last week. 

Oct 7, 2022
Homeowner Cited After Mattress Fire

A Sept. 19 mattress fire at a house on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village has led to two court summonses for its Florida homeowner, who is charged with failing to maintain proper fire-safety equipment.

Oct 6, 2022
Bicyclist Treated at Hospital

A youth riding a bicycle on Division Street in Sag Harbor was struck by a car last Thursday afternoon and fell off the bike. Police found him lying on the ground at the intersection of Union Street and called his mother, who brought him to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to be treated for bruises on his back.

Oct 6, 2022
On the Police Logs 10.06.22

A neighbor called police just after midnight Sunday to complain about loud music coming from a house on Jones Road. Someone inside said they didn’t realize that music playing inside the house was also blasting from the outdoor speakers, and turned them off.

Oct 6, 2022
Stabbing a Locked Door

After allegedly “stabbing a locked bedroom door with a large kitchen knife trying to make entry,” an East Hampton man was charged with criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use.

Oct 6, 2022
Plane Crashes in Three Mile Harbor

A small plane crashed on the edge of Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton on Thursday at about 12:30 p.m., killing the pilot, Kent I. Feuerring of Sagaponack.

Oct 6, 2022
Some Documents to Be Sealed in Noyac Fire Case

Weighed down by discovery documents turned over to him by a Southampton assistant town attorney, the defense lawyer Edward Burke told The Star on Friday that his clients, Pamela and Peter Miller, are "beyond traumatized" following an Aug. 3 fire at their Spring Lane house in Noyac that left two sisters dead.

Oct 3, 2022
Charges Handed Down

In arrests this week, one person was accused of stealing from the Inter Deli in East Hampton, another of criminal possession of fentanyl and driving while intoxicated, and third of sexual abuse.

Sep 29, 2022
On the Police Logs 09.29.22

A dog left alone in a Porsche prompted a wellness check on Sept. 20 after its owner went into John Papas Cafe to pick up a food order. Someone called police, who arrived and said the dog was fine.

Sep 29, 2022
Dispatchers Are the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Public Safety’

People see firefighters in their trucks, police officers writing tickets, and ambulances streaking by, but they don’t see the public safety dispatchers, who coordinate any emergency response in East Hampton Town and are also specially trained to give guidance over the phone on everything from CPR to childbirth to electrocution and even getting a car out of submerged water.

Sep 29, 2022
Car Smelled Like Marijuana

Police said they’d clocked a man driving 80 miles an hour in a 55-m.p.h. zone, and that he’d crossed the double yellow line “to pass numerous vehicles in an unsafe manner.” The car smelled like marijuana, they added, and the driver exhibited signs of “cannabis intoxication.”

Sep 29, 2022