Police & Courts

Amagansett

A 2009 Nissan parked in the lot north of Amagansett Main Street was vandalized by someone using a sharp instrument, possibly a key, overnight on Jan. 19. Two phrases in Spanish were scratched on the vehicle, which belongs Jorge Paucarpauta. He had loaned the car to a friend for the day, he told police.

East Hampton Village

Police and the East Hampton Fire Department were called to Georgica Beach on the evening of Feb. 1, where they found and extinguished a fire. The fuel for the fire was old beach fencing.

One of three drivers charged over the weekend with drunken driving was treated at Southampton Hospital for a fractured leg following her arrest.

East Hampton

A Montauk teen left her mother’s 2010 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck parked at a friend’s house off Pantigo Road Friday night as she joined a group of youths out for the evening. In the morning, the truck would not start. It was discovered that someone had poured Cascade dishwashing detergent into the gas tank. The truck was towed to Marshall and Sons Service Station in Montauk. Repairs will cost anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000.

A 2005 Pontiac parked outside a Morris Park Lane house was badly damaged overnight on Saturday.

An East Hampton teenager spent six days in county jail last week after being arrested on a felony charge of criminal mischief.

Jordan A. Johnson, 17, a star player on East Hampton High School’s football team this past season, was charged by East Hampton Town police with the destruction of property. Under state law, if the charge is a felony, a minor’s identity is not cloaked, as it would be for a less serious offense.

Jordan, who was arrested on Jan. 26, allegedly became enraged when he could not use his mother’s car to go to school to take a test.

Thursday, the day that criminal matters are heard in East Hampton Town Justice Court, has been a busy day this past month. Last Thursday, for example, the calendar listed no fewer than 75 defendants.

Ronald A. King of East Hampton, 62, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of crack cocaine and was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. Mr. King is awaiting sentencing in another case as well, having admitted on Jan. 8 in county court to a felony charge of grand larceny, stemming from an incident that took place last February.

Amagansett

A Merrils Road woman using the online selling service Wallop.com told police she was out two Michael Kors watches, after shipping them last month to a would-be buyer. MaryAnne Janetschek valued the watches at $950 together. The person had told her that payment was on its way via MoneyGram, she told police. Ms. Janetschek shipped the watches, but never received payment, and later learned that the thief did not have a MoneyGram account.

East Hampton

An officer who was at East Hampton High School on Jan.

Vehicular accidents and high blood-alcohol readings led to several arrests on drunken-driving charges this past week.

A Montauk man spent almost six days in county jail early this month for violating an order of protection that was no longer in effect.

East Hampton

A resident of one of the eight cottages at 782 Route 114 discovered when she returned home on the evening of Dec. 21 that someone had entered her home that day and stolen a gold chain and pendant. Noelle Parker told police the missing jewelry was worth $500.

East Hampton Village

An argument erupted over a hedgerow on David’s Lane on the morning of Jan. 12.

A Springs woman who is to be sentenced next month on drunken-driving charges for the second time in nine years was arrested yet again on Friday.

An Amagansett man who told police he had been mugged ended up on Jan. 4 with a charge of falsely reporting a crime.

East Hampton Village

An out-of-towner staying at the Mill House Inn approached a patrol car parked outside the Presbyterian Church on Main Street early Friday morning, complaining that he was lost. The officer told him he was walking in the wrong direction.

There was just one alcohol-related arrest in all of East Hampton Town last week, that of Peter F. Grupe, 22, formerly of Oakdale but now of Northwest Woods.

East Hampton Town police issued an alert on their Facebook page this week following an attempt to defraud a local resident. “It’s an old scam with a new twist,” Capt. Chris Anderson said on Tuesday.

An East Hampton man charged on New Year’s Day with drunken driving — the third time in the past 10 years — is facing three felony counts.

East Hampton

Emma Cardio, a caretaker for a Skimhampton Road house, called police on Dec. 29. She said she had last checked the house on Dec. 22, finding nothing amiss. When she arrived the afternoon of the 29th, however, she found a bedroom window shattered. An officer noted that it appeared that the window had been smashed from the outside, and that there was no obvious natural cause for the damage, such as a wind-blown tree branch. Ms. Cardio said nothing appeared to be missing from inside. 

A Tub Oarsman’s Road resident arrived home from work on Dec.

An East Hampton woman, Emma J. Pittman, 30, became the first person arrested by Sag Harbor Village police in 2016.

What's on the police logs this week.

Two men spent Christmas Day in the county jail following their arrest on charges of domestic violence. One of them, Orlando J. Roberts, 34, faces a felony charge of contempt of court for violating an order of protection issued in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

 Lisada Machuca of Montauk, the holder of the protective order and the mother of his child, told East Hampton Town police she had been in contact with Mr. Roberts recently regarding their child. They agreed to meet on Dec. 23.

 Over the course of the morning, as Mr. Roberts’s arrival was delayed, Ms.

A Springs man who police said drove off in his badly damaged 2002 Nissan after colliding with a utility pole was arrested a little after midnight Saturday and charged with misdemeanor drunken driving.

Amagansett

A Hand Lane man called police on the morning of Dec. 16, saying a stranger was looking into his windows. Craig Friedman told police he did not recognize either the man or the vehicle that was parked in his driveway. The man was gone when police arrived.

The owner of Brent’s Deli, Arthur Seekamp, reported Friday morning that a Stihl backpack leaf blower had been stolen.

An East Hampton man was released Tuesday from the county jail, where he had been held since last Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated and without a license, both felonies.

With the approach of the new year, telephone scammers claiming to be agents of the Internal Revnue Service have been out in force all over the nation, and the East End has been no exception.

East Hampton Village police pulled a driver over last week for a minor traffic violation and found him to be high on prescription medication and marijuana.

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A coach allegedly went after a referee over a call during a youth basketball game being held at East Hampton High School on Dec. 5. Police were called there for a disturbance, and the referee, Alfred J. Conforti of Mastic, told them the coach had pushed him and said “I’ll see you outside,” in front of the 11 and 12-year-olds. The coach had already left the Long Lane gym when police arrived. Joseph Vasile-Cozzo, the athletic director at the high school, told police he did not want the man on school grounds anymore. Mr.

For the second time in as many months, 20-year-old Jacob Schwartz is behind bars at the Suffolk County jail.

A Southampton man already facing criminal charges across Long Island was hit with a new one early Saturday morning in Sag Harbor.

Sag Harbor Village police stopped John P. Coen’s 2013 BMW on Route 114 in North Haven after he made an illegal U-turn on Main Street in the village and swerved back and forth while crossing the bridge. Charged with drunken driving at the felony level, he refused to take either a roadside breath test or the Breathalyzer test at headquarters.

East Hampton

An Old Orchard Lane couple discovered on Thanksgiving morning that their silver flatware, which they valued at $20,000, was missing. Kara and Brent Johnston told police they had not used the set, with 16 place-settings, since Thanksgiving 2014. The silver had reportedly been stored in a small mahogany chest in the front dining room.

Commissioners in four fire districts were re-elected on Tuesday night, each to five-year terms.

Voters in Amagansett had only one candidate for commissioner, but they had a choice when it came to a proposition on the ballot. By 30 to 1, voters approved the district’s request to establish an equipment repair reserve fund to pay for the costs of acquiring, maintaining, and repairing equipment, other than trucks and ambulances.

Carl Hamilton was elected to his sixth term in the Amagansett Fire District, also by a vote of 30 to 1.

An East Hampton Village man already facing misdemeanor charges of driving while high on crack cocaine has been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of felony grand larceny for stealing $5,000 from a Bridgehampton couple.