Police & Courts

South Fork fire departments were mobilized to fight two fires on Tuesday — one in Springs that destroyed a house in the afternoon and another on Sag Harbor’s Main Street that night, where disaster was averted thanks to firefighters and a quick-thinking chef.

In a decision released on Monday, an Amagansett man, Arthur W. Bijur, was found not guilty of violating the county’s “social host” law, as well as the Town of East Hampton’s mass gathering law following a bench trial in January before East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky.

A Yaphank woman who got lost in Springs with a friend early Saturday morning has been in county jail ever since, either because she is unable to meet the $500 bail set for her in East Hampton Town Justice Court, or because of an unrelated matter in Suffolk County District Court.

At some point on the afternoon of March 25, a “do not enter” sign at the intersection of West Lake Drive and Montauk Highway was knocked down by a vehicle, which left the scene.

East Hampton Town police charged two men over the holiday weekend with drunken driving, with one charge a felony.

A Springs man who recently finished his term of parole following a stint in county jail is back behind bars after being pulled over in a traffic stop around midnight on Sunday

Jorge L. Marin, 29, of Montauk was arrested by East Hampton Town police after a traffic stop on Montauk Highway in East Hampton early Saturday morning and was charged with two felonies: possession of liquid marijuana, a controlled substance, and possession of a stolen debit card

Two women who came to Montauk for the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday had their wallets stolen while they were at the bar at the Memory Motel on Main Street. It appears from the redacted incident report that police have a suspect or two in mind, perhaps from surveillance video. Police are investigating.

According to the East Hampton fire marshal’s office, it appears the fire was ignited by embers that flew out of the chimney.

East Hampton Town police detectives are investigating the apparent theft of a Volvo sport utility vehicle from the driveway of a couple’s house on Oyster Shores Road in East Hampton.

A vacant lot on Koala Lane was targeted by an arboreal-minded thief sometime between last October and Feb. 26. Brian McGrath, the owner of the property, said that there were now 44 holes on his property where once stood white pines.

East Hampton Town police made three arrests last weekend on drunken driving charges. All three arrested were driving Ford F-150 pickups.

East Hampton Town police made two arrests over the weekend on misdemeanor drunken driving charges, the first early Saturday and the second early Sunday.

Derrick Lamont Short, 38, who had been freed on parole on Feb. 20 after serving a year and a half of a three-year prison term for attempted criminal possession of a weapon, is in county jail in Riverside after his parole board stepped in and ordered him held without bail.

Kevin Joe Simmons was arrested Tuesday by East Hampton Village police, who alleged that he had burglarized the Amaden Gay Agency’s Gay Road office while spending Monday night there.

East Hampton

A computer bag belonging to Gregory Monaco was stolen from inside a 2014 Cadillac parked outside a Middle Road residence during the overnight hours on Feb. 21. While the bag did not appear, from the incident report, to have contained a laptop, Mr.

Patrick John Dowd Jr., 32, who was arrested by East Hampton Town police on Feb. 28, was indicted by a grand jury Monday on a felony charge of drunken driving for the second time in less than five years. He is being held without bail.

Although an order of protection had been issued in early February by East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky requiring a Springs woman to avoid threatening or intimidating her daughter, police were called to the Montgomery Avenue residence they share on Feb. 21 after the younger woman reported that her mother had again flown into a rage and banged on her bedroom door while screaming and cursing.

A Springs man was picked up by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday from the Suffolk County jail in Riverside, one day after he was scheduled to be released. He had been held on a detainer request.

Valon Shoshi of Springs was convicted of two felonies at the end of a six-day jury trial in New York State Criminal Courts building in Riverside last week, aggravated criminal contempt and criminal contempt of court. He is now in the county jail in Riverside and scheduled to be sentenced on March 22.

A possibly rabid raccoon spurred a call to police from a West End Road residence on the morning of Feb. 20. The caller, apparently an employee, told police that the raccoon was on a second floor balcony.

A Springs man who had been released from jail after the district attorney’s office failed to obtain an indictment on a felony domestic violence charge is back behind bars following a three-vehicle accident on Feb. 20.

A case of shoplifting at the 7-Eleven was investigated by police Sunday evening. A witness told police that a man had left the store with a package of Dorito’s, a granola bar, and a six-pack of Montauk I.P.A. beer without paying.

A Montauk man is facing a felony charge of criminal mischief after damaging a 2016 Mercedes-Benz S.U.V. around midnight Saturday, outside Liar’s Saloon on West Lake Drive in Montauk, East Hampton Town police said.

Unlocked cars were rifled through, with money and other items reported stolen over a two-night period beginning on Feb. 11 in Amagansett and concluding the following night in Springs. According to East Hampton Town police, two vehicles parked outside Amagansett residences were entered but many more in Springs. Matias Koch reported a Microsoft Surface 3 Laptop computer stolen from an unlocked 2005 Toyota Tacoma parked outside his Waters Edge house in the Albert’s Landing neighborhood. He valued it at $500. Two cars, a 2017 Subaru and a 2017 Ford pickup, which were parked outside a Windward Road residence, were entered between 11 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 7 a.m. the following morning, William Boscarino told police. The loss, however, was only about $5 in loose change. In Springs the following night, Harrison Avenue was targeted. A 2012 Volvo owned by MaryEli Sarmiento and a 2017 Nissan belonging to Olga Cardona had been rummaged through with nothing taken. But Dakota Craine of Harrison A

Police made repeated visits to the Sloppy Tuna on South Emerson Street, starting at 4:35 a.m. last Thursday, as the establishment’s loud exterior fire alarm kept going off. Police made at least five visits to the shuttered bar over the course of more than two days.

A woman who racked up 53 parking tickets in the Village of East Hampton, mostly between May and August of 2017, totaling $9,170, had her day in court on Jan. 29.

There was only one arrest in East Hampton this past week on drunken driving charges; it came after a one-vehicle accident around midnight Monday.

Police were called to Riverhead Building Supply on Railroad Avenue Friday afternoon to check on a possible counterfeit $100 bill. It turned out to be a false alarm because the firm’s “detector pen was low on ink, making the bill appear counterfeit.”

Police visited a garage sale on Lumber Lane Saturday, after noticing a sign illegally posted at the intersection of Gingerbread and Race Lanes. The man running the sale had obtained a permit for it from the village, as required, but was unaware that signs advertising such sales cannot be posted on public property in the village.