Police & Courts

The East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Amagansett Fire Departments responded Tuesday night to a structure fire at 171 Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton Village.

Update, July 3, 6 p.m.: East Hampton Town police said late Sunday afternoon that a 70-year-old bicyclist from Amagansett had died in an accident that closed Montauk Highway on the Napeague stretch earlier that day. 

Southampton Town police on Thursday afternoon received a call about a man who was seen slumped over the steering wheel of a white van in the parking lot of the Bridgehampton Commons shopping center.

A South Burlington, Vt., man was arrested on Montauk Highway near Pantigo Place in East Hampton early on the morning of June 20 and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and no fewer than 16 traffic infractions.

An anonymous caller reported last Thursday night that a man was chugging vodka from a “champagne-colored” GMC on Division Street in Sag Harbor. Officers found the vehicle and the man, who didn’t want to give them any personal information, but showed them the jug from which he’d been drinking water.

A Calverton man was charged with disorderly conduct and intoxication in Sag Harbor Sunday night after police were called to check on a fight at the Corner Bar.

A Montauk property owner accused by East Hampton Town of renting his house more than 50 times over nine months could be facing over $200,000 in fines after being issued dozens of appearance tickets for alleged violations of the town's rental registry law. His attorney says "there are lots of reasons why the town's case is not going to be acceptable to an East Hampton Town jury."

Three recent traffic accidents on local roads resulted in injuries.

Local and county law enforcement agencies have put out a call to the public for help identifying a man they say assaulted a person in East Hampton on June 18.

Five accidents were recorded on local roads in recent weeks, one of which, on June 13, was witnessed by East Hampton Town Superintendent of Highways Stephen Lynch.

An East Hampton man with three prior driving-while-intoxicated convictions within the past 15 years was charged with felony D.W.I. on the afternoon of June 10.

A “Let’s Go Brandon” yard sign was stolen from a Deep Woods Lane, Amagansett, property on Saturday night. The homeowner told police he’d had the sign on his lawn for six months.