Faked Beach Stickers Alleged in Two Arrests

By Taylor K. Vecsey
(07/16/2009)    Two women were arrested last week in unrelated incidents for allegedly having forged East Hampton Town beach-parking permits. In both cases town traffic control officers spotted the fraudulent 2009 stickers, police said. While the permits cost residents between $15 and $25, they cost nonresidents $325, according to the East Hampton Town clerk’s office, which issues them.

David E. Rattray Residents pay $25 for beach-parking stickers. For nonresidents, the cost is $325, apparently tempting counterfeits.

    On July 6, one traffic officer saw suspicious permits on three cars parked at Gin Beach in Montauk and called a police officer to investigate. The officer found that three cars had parking permits with the same license plate number and permit number on them. According to a report, police found that two of the cars had valid permits and canvassed the beach for the owner of the third car to no avail.

    The next day, Lynn A. Nauman, 56, of Forest Road, Montauk, was arrested on a charge of second-degree possession of a forged instrument, a felony, at the precinct in Montauk. She was arraigned later that day before Justice Catherine A. Cahill and released on $500 bail.

    On Friday, another woman was arrested on the same charge. Lisa F. Didyk, who is 52 and lives in Westbury, had allegedly photocopied her mother’s parking permit and put her Chevrolet’s plate number on it so that she could park at Ditch Plain Beach. The permit had been issued to Frances Okula’s Nissan, police said. Ms. Didyk was released on $500 bail and will be arraigned later.

    “I wouldn’t say it is a widespread problem,” Detective Sgt. Chris Anderson said Tuesday, “but our traffic control officers are certainly on the lookout for anything that would appear fraudulent.”