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Updated: Fire at the Montauk Tower

"The shed that houses that cables for the antennas on the Tower ignited," according to Mickey Valcich, the Montauk Fire Department's first assistant chief.

Drunken-Driving Charges

A 59-year-old man who police said was driving drunk spun his car around and hit a tree on old Stone Highway in Amagansett last Thursday evening.

On the Police Logs 01.10.19

A decapitated deer was found on land off Georgica Close Road on New Year’s Eve. The property manager called police at about 10 a.m. He was told that if the deer was moved to the road, the village’s Department of Public Works would remove it.

Two Face D.W.I. Charges

Following a one-car accident in Wainscott last Thursday night, Jake A. Early, 21, of Sag Harbor was arrested on a drunken-driving charge.

Used Mop Handle; Hit Screen

Ines G. Quito-Romero, 35, was inside her East Hampton home on Oakview Highway when she reportedly hit her child’s father, with whom she had a custody dispute, in the face with a mop handle on Friday at about 3:20 p.m.

Bus Flips, No Kids Aboard

An empty school bus flipped onto its side after a car sideswiped it on Route 114 in East Hampton last week. Both drivers were hospitalized with minor injuries; both vehicles were towed.

Two Charged With D.W.I.

East Hampton Town police said two men were driving drunk early Sunday morning.

On the Police Logs 02.14.19

Police received a noise complaint on David’s Lane on Feb. 5 at about 12:15 p.m. An officer spoke to a contractor at a neighboring house who said he was breaking up concrete. The officer went back to the woman who had complained, and she said she would contact the village because she “did not approve of the changing landscape.”

Teen Hit Tree, Police Say, Then Took Off Into the Night

An 18-year-old East Hampton man fled on foot, police said, after he crashed a car while driving drunk in Amagansett on Saturday night just after midnight.

Door Knock, Then a Crash

East Hampton Town police officers were investigating a suspicious knock on a door at a house on Hawthorne Street in Springs on Jan. 20 when they heard the sounds of a car crash.

On the Police Logs 02.07.19

A woman in labor called police from a Nissan in front of 61 Hampton Street on Jan. 30 around 12:40 p.m. Police helped her into the back seat of her car until the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps arrived. About 10 minutes after the ambulance got her to the hospital, she gave birth, police said.

On the Police Logs 01.31.19

The rules sign at Indian Wells Beach was damaged by birdshot sometime on Jan. 22. Police said pellets remained in the sign. It will cost about $200 to replace.

On the Police Logs 02.28.19

Several youths lit fireworks on Brandywine Drive on Feb. 16, according to Mark Lombardo, a neighbor. Extra patrols were requested for Saturday nights.

Bad Blood at a Gas Station

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Sag Harbor on Friday afternoon after police said he violated a court order and threatened another man with a rubber mallet.

Errant Van Hits HomeGoods

A Danbury, Conn., man was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after an accident Friday night in which he hit the HomeGoods building in Wainscott, East Hampton Town police said.

On the police Logs 03.14.19

Two patrons police described as elderly at the East Hampton Senior Citizens Center on Springs-Fireplace Road got into a fight on March 1 around 11:15 a.m. One man punched another, causing an abrasion.

D.W.I. Charged After Fight

A fight that broke out inside the Point Bar and Grill in Montauk on Saturday night led to a drunken-driving arrest.

Powder, Rock, Wrong Sticker

East Hampton Town police charged a 62-year-old man with heroin possession after picking him up on arrest warrants on Feb. 25.

Seek Help in Merch Theft

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying and finding a woman who stole approximately $6,000 in merchandise from a Southampton Village grocery store last month.

Fled Floyd Street, Cops Say

A drunken driver hit a stop sign and an intersection sign for Spinner Lane and Floyd Street in East Hampton before driving onto a Floyd Street property and then fleeing the scene late last month.