Police & Courts

The detective declined to say whether arson had been positively identified as the cause until town police receive a complete report from the county squad, which collected evidence in the hours after the fire.

Amagansett

A Westwood, Mass., man took a hard punch to the face from a stranger at the Stephen Talkhouse early Sunday morning, opening up a wound over his left eye. Alexander Owen told police he did not want to press charges against his assailant, who fled, but did want the incident documented. He declined the offer of an ambulance, saying he would take a taxi to Southampton Hospital if he felt he needed medical care.

A Range Rover parked at the Shore Drive West beach access in Lazy Point had a rear brake-light cover ripped off on the afternoon of June 27.

Amagansett

Richard Webb of the East Hampton Town Parks Department reported on June 3 that the urinal and sink in the men’s room and the sink in the women’s room in the comfort station at Albert’s Landing Beach had been vandalized. Repairs will cost at least $1,000.

East Hampton Town

Two Springs women, neighbors and mothers respectively of a young teenaged boy and girl, came to blows late Friday night. Called to quell the ruckus, police said Teresa Aguire of Atwell Street and Liliana Chacon of Crystal Drive had minor injuries.

According to East Hampton Town police, a Springs man, Richard M. Kostura, 65, was texting behind the wheel when he rear-ended another vehicle near midnight Saturday, leading to a three-car crash.

He arrived in Montauk two months ago, Carlos Bonet, 21, told East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky Sunday morning during his arraignment on misdemeanor charges of petty larceny, possession of stolen property, and possession of a small amount of cocaine.

Car crashes followed by charges of driving while intoxicated once again ruled local roads last week.

Amagansett

A man who parked in the Amagansett Square lot near Hampton Chutney the evening of June 9 returned to his 1998 Honda to find the cover for his spare tire, attached to the rear of the car, gone, and the B.F. Goodrich tire itself slashed. Stephen Murray estimated the loss at $250.

An Oak Lane homeowner reported on June 9 that sometime during the winter months, two sculptures had been stolen from a shed on the property.

Jaime Uzhcha, a Springs man who owns Jimmy’s Taxi Service, had his license suspended by the town’s licensing review board last week and is facing its possible revocation as well as a felony charge of possession of a forged instrument.

If the past week was any indication, drivers will need to be especially watchful on local roads this summer. The week saw 11 arraignments in East Hampton Town Justice Court involving defendants charged with driving while intoxicated.

Ronald A. King Jr. of Springs was arraigned Friday at the Cromarty Criminal Court complex in Riverside on felony drunken-driving charges, in connection with his arrest on May 28.

What's on the police logs this week:

On Amagansett Main Street at a little after midnight Friday, East Hampton Town police spotted a 1991 Dodge pickup truck with a burnt-out taillight hanging by wires, and wound up charging its driver, Zachary Persico of Springs, 27, with felony drunken driving.

East Hampton Town police charged two men with felony criminal contempt in recent days for violating orders of protection.

What's on the police logs this week:

East Hampton

A pair of Nike sneakers was reported stolen last month from outside a Boatheader’s Lane house after they had been delivered. Karla Briones said this was not the first time an item she ordered by mail had disappeared.

Montauk

Angela Lux called police at about midnight on Saturday to report that an American flag outside her South Etna Avenue house had been vandalized.

Chief Gerard Larsen of the East Hampton Village police introduced the newest member of the department to the village board on Friday.

 

Amagansett

Jonda Stillwell and Kim Webb, caretakers of a Barnes Hole Road residence, told police last Thursday that sometime after May 12 a glass sliding door had been shattered by a rock. The house did not appear to have been entered, and nothing was reported stolen.

East Hampton Village

A Lee Avenue woman whose neighbor was having a fence installed called police on May 17 to say that scrape marks on her gravel driveway indicated that the contractor had used her property to remove debris from a tree.

National E.M.S. Week, which began on Sunday and runs through Saturday, is a time to honor and say thank you to emergency medical service providers. The East Hampton Village Ambulance Association is using the occasion to put the call out for more volunteers to help it save lives and give back to the community.

 

Amagansett

Detectives are investigating the disappearance of a .22-caliber Marlin rifle from an Alexis Court house. Rebecca Rahn told police the stainless steel rifle belonged to her ex-husband.

East Hampton

A Cosdrew Lane woman reported on May 11 that someone had taken over her Gmail business account. Joan Holden said she was no longer able to log in.

Rita Zumba of the Oakview Highway trailer park told police that someone had asked her to deposit a check for $1,900 to her account, then mail another check to him.

James Barrett Lucas of Southampton, 52, has been in the county jail in Riverside since Saturday, charged with three felonies related to driving while intoxicated.

Two people with a history of drug use crossed paths last Thursday afternoon in a unit of the Oakview Highway trailer park in East Hampton, and both were sent to the county jail on Saturday, where they remained as of yesterday.

A man who skipped town after his sister put up $10,000 collateral through a bail bondsman was brought back to East Hampton in handcuffs last Thursday, the money probably gone and extended jail time likely ahead.

Police news this week

A Springs man was charged with drunken driving early Friday morning, almost two years to the day since his last arrest on the charge. Alex M. Naranjo, 29, now faces two felony counts.

A Manhattan man said that $8,400 was stolen from his backpack at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter on Friday even­ing.

A Rockland County man was arrested within hours of the discovery of a break-in at the Sag Harbor Variety Store at 114 Main Street in the village Saturday morning.

A pedestrian was flown to Stony Brook University Hospital with a head injury Saturday night after being hit by a car in Bridgehampton.

A 65-year-old man who spent 34 years without a driver’s license following his first arrest for drunken driving was charged with the same offense on Sunday, this time with an additional charge of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony.

East Hampton Village

A Dayton Lane resident was back to his old habits of calling 911 without an emergency. Police stopped at his house at about 3 a.m. on April 26, and he appeared to be intoxicated but was not a threat to himself or anyone else, police said in a report. He was advised to call 911 only in an emergency.

A man on Toilsome Lane called police on Friday at about 1:55 a.m. when he awoke from a deep sleep and thought he heard people in his driveway.

The Sag Harbor Village Police Department is without a detective after its sole detective was brought up on disciplinary charges.