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Lifeguard Honored for Rescue



Katie Osiecki of Amagansett received a proclamation from the New York State Assembly during an East Hampton Town Board meeting last Thursday, honoring her for saving a woman who was drowning in Napeague Bay last year.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele decided to seek what he called the assembly’s “highest honor” for Ms.

Two More Felony Charges



East Hampton Town police made two felony arrests last week in addition to those reported on the front page of this issue.

Edwin Robles-Bravo, a marble worker headed west in a company pickup truck on Further Lane in Amagansett Saturday afternoon, lost control of the vehicle just past the Skimhampton Road intersection, police said.

Suspect in Custody After Townwide Manhunt

Update: East Hampton Town police identified Valon Shoshi, a 28-year-old living in Springs, as the armed man they took into custody earlier on Friday after a three-hour search.

On the Police Logs 10.02.14



Amagansett

Graffiti was discovered at the back of the restrooms in the parking lot at Atlantic Avenue Beach on Aug. 20.

Domestic Violence Arrests



Two East Hampton men were arraigned in East Hampton Justice Court recently after alleged acts of domestic violence, despite orders of protection against them.

Jaime O. Uzhca, 28, was arrested at about 11 p.m. on Sept.

Break-Ins at Two Firehouses



Police are investigating whether break-ins at two firehouses last week were related.

Sag Harbor Fire Department Chief James Frazier reported a burglary at the headquarters on Brick Kiln Road in Sag Harbor Village on the afternoon of Sept. 23.

Tasered After Chase, Fight



A Sag Harbor man made a bad situation worse early Sunday morning, according to Southampton Town police. Kenneth Araya, 27, was driving on Noyac Road “at a high rate of speed,” police said, when an officer activated his emergency lights.

Road Arrest



East Hampton Village police stopped a Greenport woman who was driving without headlights Sunday evening and wound up charging her with felony possession of cocaine.

Woods Lane was the scene of the traffic stop.

Tapped for Attorney General



Loretta E. Lynch, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which covers all of Long Island, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next attorney general of the United States. The President introduced Ms. Lynch as his nominee in a press conference at the White House on Saturday.

Last year Ms.

On the Police Logs 11.06.14



Amagansett

An employee of D’Canela, a restaurant on Main Street, was punched in the face several times during a dispute with a patron early Sunday morning. The patron, a male, had allegedly entered the women’s bathroom and pushed a female out of it. That prompted the employee to step in, and punches followed.

Needles, Spoon, Heroin in the Sunglasses Case



East Hampton Village police charged a Bohemia man early Friday morning with possession of heroin and two other misdemeanors.

An officer stopped David J. Birgeles’s 2013 Nissan on Montauk Highway for speeding, according to the report, and while talking to him felt he was “extremely nervous” and “making furtive movements.” Mr.

As the Sun Went Down



There were no arrests made by either the East Hampton Town or Village Police Departments on drunken-driving charges this past week.

On the Police Logs 10.30.14



Amagansett

An exterior wall of the Ganeaux clothing store on Main Street was vandalized with spray paint on the evening of Oct. 19. A witness followed the vandal, who crossed the street a couple of times before disappearing into the municipal parking lot.

Irish Press Follow Lee Case



A trial date for Jason Lee, a former Goldman-Sachs managing director accused of raping an Irish woman in East Hampton during the summer of 2013, has not been scheduled, but Irish eyes are watching.

Reporters for three Irish news organizations have been turning up at Mr. Lee’s court appearances in Riverside. Mr.

Leandra’s Law Arrest



A New York State trooper arrested an East Hampton man on Saturday night on a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child in the car, a felony.

State police said Flavio E. Pena-Vallejo, 42, was drunk when he was pulled over for a traffic violation on Montauk Highway near Ocean Road in Bridgehampton a little before midnight.

High School Youths Charged



Three seniors at Southampton High School were caught in the act of burglarizing a Springs residence on Friday afternoon, according to the East Hampton Town Police Department.

Incompetent to Stand Trial



A man who walked the grounds of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on Oct. 8 carrying a spring-loaded baton, classified by East Hampton Village police as a weapon, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, it was announced last Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

High-Speed Chase Nabs Ex-Bonac Star



A former star of East Hampton High School’s football team was arrested early last Thursday morning on a number of criminal charges, including two felony drug counts.

Joseph Dowling of Sag Harbor, 22, driving a 2014 Mazda, had led East Hampton Town police on a chase along Route 114, driving “in excess of 100 miles per hour,” according to the report.

The pursuit beg

On the Police Logs 10.23.14



East Hampton

A Bull Path Close woman reported having a $20,000 gold ring with a “blue-white stone diamond” stolen from her nightstand on Aug. 30. Mary Winston told police the ring had belonged to her mother, and she had had it fitted for her pinkie.

Police Brutality Claim Dismissed by Jury



A Springs man’s claim of police brutality during an arrest in January was rejected by a jury last Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

Five women and one man found William Cuthbert, 56, guilty of two of three charges against him after a three-day trial.