Police & Courts

Amagansett

Marvin Noel Yanes left a gold Samsung 7S cellphone on one of the counters at Brent’s General Store on Saturday at about 7:30 p.m. while shopping. He told police he forgot to pick it up when he left the store and that it was gone when he returned some 20 minutes later. The phone was valued at $840.

East Hampton

A 17-year-old East Hampton High School student called police from his nearby residence on the evening of Nov. 21, reporting that the screen on his Apple iPhone 6S Plus had been smashed, apparently by a fellow student that afternoon.

East Hampton Town police had a quiet Thanksgiving weekend on the roads, making three arrests from Nov. 23 until Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated.

The case of Jefferson Davis Eames versus the East Hampton Town Police Department took another turn on Nov. 15, when the Springs man, who is suing the department for violating his civil rights, was arrested on a charge of driving while high on drugs.

A driver who was talking on his cellphone Saturday night and wound up on the sidewalk on Newtown Lane has been charged with felony driving while intoxicated.

A Montauk man needed 10 stitches to close a wound on his forehead after a man from Kingston, N.Y., alledgedly hit him with a beer bottle on Nov. 15 during a midnight altercation at Liar’s Saloon in Montauk.

East Hampton Village

A homeless man called police to Starbucks on Friday evening. He told officers his girlfriend had vanished after leaving the store. While police were talking with the man, the woman reappeared. She told police she was fine, and had just been resting on a bench. The investigation was closed.

The night before, police found the same couple sleeping in the post office lobby on Gay Street. They agreed to find another place to sleep.

A dispute at the East Hampton Gym on Fithian Lane caught the attention of police on Nov. 16, around noon.

PSEG-LI, the utility company, has issued an alert to customers regarding a recent rash of phone scams.

Among motorists charged with driving while intoxicated last week, the highest blood-alcohol level reported by East Hampton Town police was that of Jill P. Klein, 52, of Bayside, Queens.

Two East Hampton High School students were arrested last Thursday on felony charges involving the theft of dirt bikes. For one of them, it was the second such arrest in the span of a single week.

The family of an East Hampton man who was badly hurt Sunday morning in a car accident on Route 114 has asked for help from the community to meet his hospital bills, which are expected to be substantial.

A man walking on the shoulder in front of Cafe Max, on Montauk Highway west of East Hampton, was killed on Nov. 9 after being struck by a Jeep.

Two men arrested recently by East Hampton Town police on felony charges have been indicted by grand juries, and could face significant jail time if convicted.

Amagansett

A woman looking out the window of her place of business at 542 Montauk Highway on Election Day told police she saw a white late-model Toyota pull up, and a man get out and yank the building’s two-foot-square address sign out of the ground. Johanna Cardona said she ran outside and began screaming at the man, who got into the car and sped off. Police are investigating.

East Hampton

An Oakview Highway trailer park resident reported on Nov.

A woman accused of driving under the influence of oxycodone when she hit an East Hampton couple standing on the side of Sunrise Highway in August was arraigned Monday on elevated charges of vehicular assault. 

Ulyana Yaremko, 20, of Hampton Bays pleaded not guilty to the eight-count indictment before Justice Fernando Camacho in Suffolk County Criminal Court. 

State police said Ms.

A motorcycle fire in Montauk Monday afternoon destroyed not only the bike, but also the storage unit it was in.

East Hampton

A Springs man told police on Halloween that at some point over the preceding two days, his handicapped parking placard had been stolen from his 1988 Ford Ranger. John Conner said he had been running errands, and was uncertain about where the car was when the card was stolen. 

East Hampton Village

The owner of Consumer Tires on Railroad Avenue called police to the store on Saturday morning. A man had brought in his 2011 Ford pickup truck two days before to have its rear brakes changed.

Domestic disputes — between a mother and son, the parents of a child, and an estranged couple — were at the fore of East Hampton Town police investigations last week.

A 19-year-old who fled a crash near Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk and stumbled in the dark for over three miles before police caught up with him was arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday on multiple charges.

Most of the companies accused of noise or curfew violations at East Hampton Town Airport during the summer have agreed to pay $500 fines in a plea-bargaining arrangement adjudicated by Justice Steven Tekulsky in Justice Court on Monday.

East Hampton

Antonios Foskolos of Hedges Avenue was contacted on Oct. 24 by a Chase Bank officer, who wanted to know whether a card about to be opened in his name was legitimate. Mr. Foskolos told the bank it was not. A scammer apparently tried to use Mr. Foskolos’s name and address on an application, but made a mistake with other information. There was also an attempt to open a new account at Amazon.com. No money was stolen.

Earlier this month, the Chase account of an East Hampton woman, Sheryl Gold, was breached by someone who changed the email address on her account.

What's on the police logs

Sag Harbor police received a call Friday night reporting a white utility van with ladders on its roof driving erratically on Main Street

What's on the police logs.

A 1997 Chevrolet Suburban headed toward Two Mile Hollow Beach Friday afternoon crashed into a parked 2014 Chevrolet pickup truck with enough force to propel it three spaces over.

Local Police Notes

Motor vehicle accidents led to four driving while intoxicated arrests by local police last week, while a county campaign against drunken driving netted two arrests overnight Saturday. All but one of those arrested were charged with misdemeanors.

To mark National Fire Prevention Week, the Bridgehampton Fire Department will host an open house on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to educate residents on the basics of fire safety.

A Montauk man arrested Sept. 30 after a routine traffic stop on the hamlet’s Main Street was indicted by a grand jury on drug trafficking charges last Thursday.

The Bridgehampton Fire District will not have to raise taxes in 2017 because its board of fire commissioners has agreed to tap into a reserve fund and shift some expenses around.

Amagansett

Peter Israel, who rented his house over the summer, told police that a woman he had hired to clean between rentals had been stealing various linens from the house. He did not want to press charges, but did want the situation documented.

East Hampton

A vandal armed with a BB gun damaged two storm windows on an Austin Road house sometime between Sept. 19 and Sept. 26. Alex Arango estimated the cost of replacement at $250.

An Oakview Highway trailer park resident told police Sept.