Police & Courts

Ines G. Quito-Romero, 35, was inside her East Hampton home on Oakview Highway when she reportedly hit her child’s father, with whom she had a custody dispute, in the face with a mop handle on Friday at about 3:20 p.m.

An empty school bus flipped onto its side after a car sideswiped it on Route 114 in East Hampton last week. Both drivers were hospitalized with minor injuries; both vehicles were towed.

A 72-year-old man was arrested Saturday in his neighbor’s house on a criminal trespassing charge. 

The homeowner, whom police did not name, arrived at her Richardson Avenue house in Springs last Thursday afternoon to find Peter E. Rellstab, who lives a few doors down, coming up from the basement. He was charged with second-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance following arraignment on Sunday.

A male suspect swiped two 12-ounce bottles of Corona Light from Brent’s General Store on Montauk Highway on Sunday evening.

A fire at the seven-story Tower, a residential building in the heart of Montauk’s downtown, on Thursday night caused little damage. The Montauk Fire Department was called following a report of smoke in the basement of the building.

A 60-year-old Sag Harbor man was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after backing a Jeep onto a Main Street sidewalk in that village in front of a police officer.

A rented U-Haul truck was not returned to Consumer Tires on Railroad Avenue. Police issued a “be-on-the-lookout” alert to local law enforcement. Detectives are investigating.

A 59-year-old man who police said was driving drunk spun his car around and hit a tree on old Stone Highway in Amagansett last Thursday evening.

A decapitated deer was found on land off Georgica Close Road on New Year’s Eve. The property manager called police at about 10 a.m. He was told that if the deer was moved to the road, the village’s Department of Public Works would remove it.

"The shed that houses that cables for the antennas on the Tower ignited," according to Mickey Valcich, the Montauk Fire Department's first assistant chief.

A Springs man was arrested on a drunken-driving charge on Dec. 22 at about 9:15 p.m.

Deep tire tracks were found on the baseball field at Maidstone Park on Saturday. It appeared someone had driven around the field in a circle.

Five days after a dirt bike accident left his passenger injured, a 17-year-old who had been driving on a town road without a license was arrested on two misdemeanors, including leaving the scene of the Dec. 13 accident.

Local Police News

Sag Harbor Village police charged a man they said left the scene of an accident with drunken driving last Thursday.

Brendan Wirth, a part-time officer with the East Hampton Village Police Department, was designated a full-time officer on Friday. At its final meeting of the year, the village board and Chief Michael Tracey held a brief ceremony to welcome Officer Wirth to full-time status.

Detectives are investigating a fire that broke out in the office building at East Hampton Indoor Tennis in Wainscott on Saturday morning — the second fire at the complex this year.

An East Hampton woman reported a suspicious person in the vicinity of Spaeth Lane on Dec. 11 at about 12:50 p.m. Police found a man doing landscaping work.

A 66-year-old man was arrested after East Hampton Town police said he discharged a 12-gauge shotgun inside his house following a domestic dispute last Thursday afternoon.

What started out as a routine winter victim-in-distress Jet Ski training session in Block Island Sound for East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue on Sunday morning ended as an actual rescue.

A young man walking on McGuirk Street and Newtown Lane raised suspicion last Thursday just after 2 p.m. He told police who questioned him that he was waiting for a friend to get out of school.

A 55-year-old intoxicated woman was found drinking a bottle of sake on the front lawn of the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society on Main Street on Saturday at 1 p.m. Police escorted her home and turned her over to the care of her brother.

A 33-year-old East Hampton woman driving without a license was arrested on a drunken-driving charge at 3:21 a.m. on Sunday, her third felony arrest in five years, East Hampton Town police said.

A renter found a handgun while walking on the beach directly behind the house he was renting on Redwood Road last Thursday afternoon. An officer took the gun, a Colt .380-caliber with a magazine and holster attached, into evidence. The gun appeared to have been in the water for some time, according to Chief Austin J. McGuire.

The East End D.W.I. Task Force was on patrol Friday night, the day after Thanksgiving, yielding one arrest.

The fire, which originated in the basement, burned a hole in the first floor of the house at 21 Old Stone Highway in Springs.

The East Hampton Library turned a slew of items like calculators, keys, watches, and bracelets, which had been in its lost-and-found area for more than a year, to police, who are keeping it locked up.

A 25-year-old man was arrested after police saw him in a car with a woman who had an order of protection against him. 

East Hampton Town police said Cristian A. Vasquez Rios of Springs was in the passenger seat of a 2013 Nissan in Maidstone Park around 11:15 p.m. on Nov. 11. Leydy Parrado was behind the wheel, police said. 

Mr. Rios was charged with misdemeanor criminal contempt and held for arraignment in the morning. Town Justice Steven Tekulsky released him on his own recognizance. 

A Sag Harbor woman and her passenger were arrested Sunday after she was stopped for alleged drunken driving, Sag Harbor Village police said.

An Amagansett man was charged with menacing with a shotgun following an argument on Saturday evening.