Police & Courts

At around 1 a.m. Saturday in Sag Harbor, James Maloney of East Hampton drew police attention while arguing with someone about who would drive his oddly parked 2020 BMW, which was impeding westbound traffic on Jermain Avenue.

Residents can cast their ballots on Tuesday in fire district elections across the region, granting five-year terms to commissioners who oversee finances and operations in local fire departments. The Springs and Bridgehampton districts have contested races this year; in Amagansett, there is a separate proposition on the ballot.

What the occupants of a Pantigo Road, East Hampton, house initially thought was the smell of leftover smoke from the fireplace just after midnight on Monday turned out to be a basement ceiling fire.

Homeowners on the Circle reported on the morning of Nov. 25 that a "bunch of kids" had stolen a $40 white pumpkin from their porch.

On Saturday evening, after David Weinzweig, 42, of East Hampton, driving a 2017 Hyundai, rear-ended Remigio Sinchi's 2019 Toyota on Main Street near Woods Lane in East Hampton Village, police charged him with driving while intoxicated, saying that he had failed roadside sobriety tests.

Break-ins, altercations, and maskless customers in the police logs this week.

With a pistol in his left hand, East Hampton Town police reported last Thursday, 20-year-old Cristian Chumbi of Kingston Avenue, East Hampton, "intentionally placed or attempted to place another person in reasonable fear" while at home around 6 p.m.

No one was injured on the roads this week, but deer were very much crossing as rutting season continues.

The East Hampton Town Board was expected to vote Thursday to accept a donation to the Police Department of approximately $53,000, which will be used to purchase a firearms training simulator.

Stephanie McNamara Bitis, the former general manager of two Sag Harbor radio stations, 92.9 and 96.9 WEHM who is currently vice president of sales at Dan's Papers, pleaded guilty in a federal court on Monday to a felony charge of fraud.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday signed legislation that will create a state task force on recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, but it came as surprising news to at least two local fire department chiefs.

At Montauk's Shagwong Tavern on Saturday night, a sweatshirt hanging in front of a sign pertaining to the alcohol beverage control law led to the arrest of Richard Cintron, the manager, for failing to place the sign in "conspicuous view."

At 2 a.m. on Nov. 10, what sounded like an attempted break-in at a house on Walker Avenue, activating the burglar alarm, turned out to be a family of possums scurrying around the screened-in porch entrance.

A Sunday evening windstorm prompted tornado warnings to interrupt television programming in the area -- and caused some damage in parts of Long Island, including Springs.

A Hillside Drive West woman, told that there had been a complaint about her laughing and shouting at 1 a.m. Saturday, said she "did not realize she was being so loud‚" and would move inside.

Late afternoon and evening continue to be dangerous times for both drivers and deer.

Southampton Town has asked the public to weigh in with its perception of the town's Police Department in a survey titled "Your Opinion Matters." Offered in English and Spanish.

A 911 call reporting an abandoned car on Wednesday night led police to discover the body of Marco Grisales, 39, whose last known address was in Sag Harbor.

Two months after he was arrested for driving without an ignition-lock device, which measures the level of alcohol in a driver's blood before the engine can start, Carlos Segovia-Chacon of 7th Street in Springs, 37, was again charged with driving while intoxicated, as he had been in July 2013.

On Monday at approximately 1 p.m., a tractor-trailer left the road in Water Mill and hit 13 vehicles in the Corrigan’s Service Station parking lot on Montauk Highway. The multi-vehicle crash did not cause any serious injuries, according to a Southampton Town Police Department release.

On Thursday morning, the assistant district attorney agreed with legal counsel for Charles Streep to dismiss the felony charges, second-degree assault and strangulation, from charges related to Mr. Streep’s alleged Aug. 24 attack on David Peralta in East Hampton Village.

Three recent accidents on local roads all underlined the dangers of distracted driving.

As part of a state-mandated review of police department practices, the East Hampton Town Board held a "listening session" last Thursday, seeking public input on ways to improve the relationship between residents and law enforcement.

Rainy conditions last Thursday morning at Montauk Airport were blamed after a small plane slid off the runway, through a chain-link fence, and across East Lake Drive, ultimately crashing into a wooden fence.

Last Thursday, Carla Chavez, the manager of the 7-Eleven, turned over 50 fake ID cards that store clerks had confiscated over the past month from under-age customers trying to buy alcohol or tobacco products.

Five volunteer fire departments responded to what was described as "a stubborn blaze" on Harbor Watch Court in Noyac Saturday afternoon.

An Oct. 18 accident at the Clam Bar on Napeague ended in charges of drunken driving for a New York City man.

Outside East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday, friends and family members of David Peralta were seen and heard shouting words of support in Spanish.

A routine patrol on Ocean Avenue last week resulted in a wrist-slap for a Brooklyn man who was seen placing advertising material into mailboxes.

A single-vehicle crash Saturday night at the southbound curve of Hampton and Division Streets in Sag Harbor sent the driver and a passenger to the hospital with injuries and left a house at the crash site with a shocked resident and damage to its second floor. The incident has also spurred neighbors to lobby for traffic safety in that area.