Police & Courts

An East Hampton man was arrested late last month after a lengthy investigation into more than $25,000 in stolen landscaping and construction equipment.

A Montauk man wired $29,290 to a Wells Fargo account, which he was given by someone claiming to be from Apple. He filed a report on the scheme to defraud him on Oct. 23.

Three people were arrested on drunken-driving charges after accidents last week. A 17-year-old Amagansett boy hit several trees, leading to his arrest late on Saturday night, East Hampton Town police said.

A routine stop conducted by the Sag Harbor Village harbormaster led police to discover the village had been swindled out of $12,000 in boat dockage fees, Village Chief Austin J. McGuire said Monday.

A Manorville man was arrested last week after he pulled out a box cutter and threatened his wife in front of their daughter, Sag Harbor Village police said.

Pierson High School will host an educational class to combat drug overdoses in the community next Thursday night. Attendees will be taught how to administer Narcan, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and will go home with a kit with the antidote and a certificate of completion.

James S. Henry reported the yard sign in front of his Morris Cove Lane house was knocked over on consecutive days last week. He called police on Oct. 23 and then again the next day. There was no damage.

A Springs woman was charged Saturday morning with driving while intoxicated after East Hampton Town police reported finding her near her house, “passed out” behind the steering wheel of her 2014 Jeep with the car in drive and her foot on the brake.

A passer-by called police on Friday afternoon when he saw a man lying in the grass on Pantigo Road near Methodist Lane. Police spoke to the man, who said he was just resting.

An East Hampton native with a ­Fl­or­ida address was arrested Saturday evening on charges he had cocaine ready for sale.

Police responded on Saturday afternoon when two people sitting in front of the post office on Gay Road refused to leave. An officer spoke to a man and a woman, both in their 60s, and they eventually moved along.

East Hampton Village police arrested Deborah Jean Lyons of Brooklyn, 57, Saturday morning on a felony charge of driving under the influence of drugs following an accident. It was her second road-related arrest in two years.

A man stole a Speedo bikini bottom from Plaza Sports back in July, according to a report released this week. The manager, Jill Fuchs, called police on July 17. Officers were not able to find the man.

A woman called police when she found what she thought was a human bone on the beach on the evening of Sept. 26. It turned out to be a whale vertebra, and police disposed of it.

East Hampton firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at a house under renovation on Hedges Banks Drive, in the Landfall section of Northwest Woods, Thursday morning.

Sag Harbor Village police arrested three people for alleged drunken driving over the weekend.

Sag Harbor Village police assisted the State Department of Transportation in conducting safety checks on 22 commercial vehicles last Thursday.

Chief Michael Tracey of the East Hampton Village police introduced Christian E. Denton, the newest full-time officer in his department, to the village board on Friday.

Amagansett

Henry Kessler said he mailed two checks to Compton Air Conditioning, both in the amount of $1,500, for work on a building in the Bronx on Sept. 8.  They had cleared by Sept. 13, but the owner of the company said he had not received them. Mr. Kessler contacted his bank.

East Hampton 

Squatters apparently have been living in a house on Three Mile Harbor Road that had been foreclosed and abandoned for several months. Sometime between Aug. 1 and Sept. 13, it appeared that people entered the house, spray-painted the walls, and made some holes in them.

East Hampton Town police arrested three women on drunken-driving charges in the last week.

The Amagansett Fire Department dedicated its new state-of-the-art ambulance, which was purchased with a $250,000 state grant, at a ceremony at the firehouse on Sept. 12.

Rian J. O’Dwyer, 22, of East Hampton was behind the wheel of a 2013 Toyota Tundra traveling on Route 114 near Whooping Hollow Road on Sept. 9 at about 3:40 a.m. when East Hampton Town police said they noticed the left taillight was out. Police said the driver was speeding, had an obstructed view, and that he failed to signal a right turn.

When Josip Kostovic of Seaford came off the beach on Saturday morning, he found potato chips strewn all over his vehicle, which was parked near the Sloppy Tuna on South Emerson Avenue. He had last seen his 2000 GMC the day before at 2:20 p.m., and, he said, there had been no potato chips on it.

An East Hampton man was arrested last week about a month after police said he tackled and choked a former girlfriend on the sidewalk in Montauk.

Someone swiped two shirts from a sidewalk clothing rack in front of Flying Point Surf Boutique on Saturday afternoon. Two hours later, the person returned to pay for the shirts, worth $60 each. No charges were filed.

Monica M. Miller of Sag Harbor, 50, was arrested Saturday night on a felony charge of drunken driving following an accident in that village.

On patrol in Sag Harbor Saturday at about midnight, Officer Janelle Spero saw a 2002 Honda Civic make an improper U-turn on Main Street, and pulled the car over. Eric Gonzalez, 21, of Calverton was behind the wheel, and the officer reported a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car.

A dispute between neighbors last Thursday led to fisticuffs, in which one neighbor bit, choked, and punched the other, East Hampton Town Police Detective Sgt. Dan Toia said yesterday.

A Montauk man parked his 1994 BMW in the long-term lot on Lumber Lane before going to work and took a taxi home at the end of his shift Friday morning. When he returned later that afternoon, he told police, he could not find the car. Police found it in the Reutershan lot.

Workers at the East Hampton I.G.A. called police to report an intoxicated man attempting to steal a six-pack of Budweiser beer. The manager advised the man he could not steal from the store and placed the beer back on the shelf.