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Former Anchor Is Charged

Felicia R. Taylor, a former CNN anchorwoman, was arrested after an accident in Sag Harbor Village on Sept. 4.

Sep 17, 2015
Gay Lane Bike-Car Crash

A bicyclist was struck by a car that was trying to make a left into the parking lot near CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village on Sunday afternoon.

Sep 17, 2015
On the Police Logs 09.17.15

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Sep 17, 2015
Parade Road Closures

Drivers should be aware that there will be some road closures to accommodate the Springs Fire Department’s 50th anniversary parade on Saturday.

Sep 17, 2015
Busy Holiday Weekend

For local police, the Labor Day weekend climaxed a hectic summer on and off the roads, with 14 people arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court on charges of driving while intoxicated.

Sep 10, 2015
Injured In Pool Dive

A visitor to Amagansett was said to have suffered a spinal injury when he dived into a pool at the start of Labor Day weekend.

Sep 10, 2015
New Sag Harbor Sergeant

The Sag Harbor Village Police Department, once again, has two sergeants in the ranks. Robert F. Drake, a full-time village police officer for 14 years, was newly minted at a village board meeting on Tuesday evening.

Sep 10, 2015
On the Police Logs 09.10.15

Amagansett

Andy Sabin told police last week that two yard signs reading “Hillary for Prison” were yanked up on Aug. 25 from in front of his Bluff Road house.

East Hampton Village

Police were called to Winston’s Restaurant on Aug. 31 on a report of a knife fight. Two men were arguing, a witness told police, then exchanged blows. One of them was overheard saying he was going to get a knife from his car. Police tried to calm that man down, but ended up handcuffing him.

Sep 10, 2015
Also on the Logs 09.03.15

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Sep 3, 2015
Caught in Triangle Pose

The East Hampton Town Ordinance Enforcement Department served the Surf Lodge in Montauk with citations on Aug. 25 for an illegal change of use and a site plan violation, both stemming from the use of the outdoor deck, which has never received site plan approval, as a pop-up yoga studio, according to Betsy Bambrick, the town’s director of code enforcement.

Sep 3, 2015
Crimes in the Workplace

Three local men charged in separate incidents with workplace-related crimes were arraigned recently in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

Sep 3, 2015
Day Care Providers Arrested

Two women who were supposed to be taking care of infants while their parents worked instead were force-feeding, pushing, and slamming the children down onto the floor, according to Southampton Town police.

Sep 3, 2015
Driver Charged in Fatal Crash

Sean P. Ludwick, a former partner in BlackHouse Development, a New York City real estate firm, was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning.

Aug 30, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.27.15

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Aug 27, 2015
Summer Is Ending, but Arrests Continue

Jose M. Chuchuca-Loja, 37, an East Hampton Village resident, was driving a 1995 Toyota Celica, police said, when he struck another car at the intersection of Newtown Lane and Main Street and drove away. A Carlos Taxi driver, who saw what happened, called police and then followed the Toyota to the 23-hour parking lot near Lumber Lane.

East Hampton Village police said the car was not hard to find because it had front-end damage, a broken axle, and smoke coming from the engine. Police said they found Mr. Chuchuca-Loja running away from the car.

Aug 27, 2015
Those Were Not Your Houses

At about 4:30 Friday morning, a man who was renting a house for the weekend forced his way into a house elsewhere in Montauk.

Aug 27, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.20.15

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Aug 20, 2015
Seen on Surveillance Video

A sharp-eyed officer recognized the teenager as the man who was seen four nights before, in a surveillance video outside Plaza Sports on Montauk Main Street, stealing a Nickel skateboard.

Aug 20, 2015
Struck While in Crosswalk

A Montauk woman was critically injured Friday morning after being hit by an S.U.V. The victim, Mariana Guanga-Baculima, 32, was flown by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was listed in critical but stable condition.

The accident occurred near the west entrance to the hamlet, about a half-hour after sunrise. According to police, Robert Budesa, 64, also of Montauk, was driving a 2005 GMC Yukon east at a fairly low rate of speed.

Aug 20, 2015
Sweep Nets Drivers From All Walks of Life

Police from across the county were on the lookout for drunken drivers over the weekend, and made five arrests in East Hampton Town.

Aug 20, 2015
D.W.I. Justice: ‘You Are Asking to Go to Jail’

Thomas R. Piacentine of East Hampton had his second encounter with police in eight days on Friday morning and this time wound up in jail.

Aug 13, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.13.15

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Aug 13, 2015
'Really? You Want a Free Attorney?’

A tennis player on a scholarship at Auburn University in Alabama is facing a felony charge of criminal mischief after being arrested in Amagansett early Sunday morning.

Aug 6, 2015
24 Share House Charges

Anthony Pisciotto Jr., who has been accused of running an illegal share house at 37 Kettle Hole Road in Montauk, will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court Monday on 24 charges.

Aug 6, 2015
A ‘Swamp-Like Area’ Near Big Reed Pond

Two motorists who told police they had been drinking at the Gig Shack in Montauk were arrested in separate incidents on East Lake Drive, Montauk, early Sunday morning

Aug 6, 2015
Dogged Patrol of Beaches

Friday, Aug. 28, promises to be a busy day in East Hampton Town Justice court, as East Hampton Village police continued their dogged patrol of village beaches this week.

Aug 6, 2015
On the Police Logs 08.06.15

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Aug 6, 2015
Teenager Airlifted to Stony Brook; Two Accidents Involving Taxicabs in Montauk Last Week

A 17-year-old who was seriously injured early Sunday morning when his car turned over on North Haven faces misdemeanor charges of driving recklessly and without a license.

Aug 6, 2015
On the Police Logs 07.30.15

Amagansett

A Springs man, Brian Pardini, told police Sunday that someone had untied the line to his boat, moored at the Lazy Point launching ramp. It is the third time it has happened this week, he said. No other mooring line was disturbed.

East Hampton

A thief rifled through two unlocked cars shortly before midnight on July 21. Sharon Wolter of Todd Drive told police she noticed the interior light on in her husband’s 2015 Jeep, and saw a man rummaging around.

Jul 30, 2015
Held on $15,000 Bail

Two unrelated incidents early on Tuesday involving cars that slammed into utility poles sent the drivers first to the hospital and then to East Hampton Town Justice Court, where they were arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated.

Jul 23, 2015