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Springs Man Charged in Connection With Teen Overdose

East Hampton Town police made an arrest Thursday in connection with a teen's overdose during a house party in Springs in late January that outraged the community.

Drinks and Curves Equals Trouble

Patrick James McMahon of South­ampton, 25, was using his cellphone Sunday night when his 2000 Ford Mustang hit a sharp curve where Gingerbread Lane becomes Toilsome Lane and left the road, according to an East Hampton Village officer who was at the tricky intersection. Mr.

Patricide Case

A former resident of the Georgica Association in Wainscott who is awaiting trial on charges of murdering his father in Manhattan was given a stern warning Monday by the judge presiding over his case.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Melissa C. Jackson warned Thomas Gilbert Jr.

On the Police Logs 03.02.17

East Hampton Village

Police were summoned to Village Hall on Feb. 21, where two Labrador retrievers, one black, one brown, were running around outside. Officers were able to capture the black dog, which was collarless, but the brown one disappeared. The black Lab was turned over to an animal control officer.

Three Weeks Off Probation

“Nice to see you again, Mr. McCarron,” East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana said when Michael Luke McCarron was brought before her for arraignment Monday morning. “You just got off probation, what, three weeks ago?”

On the Police Logs 03.09.17

Amagansett

A neighbor noticed a door ajar at an apparently unoccupied Town Lane residence on Saturday and called police. It appeared that the door had been forced open, with a lower panel damaged as well as the jamb and knob, though nothing inside was disturbed.

Caught on the Road – Again

A Springs man with a long history of unlicensed driving is again facing the charge, this time as a felony.

On the Police Logs 03.23.17

East Hampton Village

An Amagansett resident told police the afternoon of March 13 that he had left his Apple iPhone6 on the counter at Starbuck’s earlier that day. When he returned, the phone was gone. The manager told him Starbuck’s has a surveillance system, but it could not be immediately accessed.

Hurry Up and Wait, Chief

The Southampton Town Police Department will have to wait another month before its new police chief officially takes office.

On the Police Logs 03.30.17

Police visited a garage sale on Buckskill Road Saturday morning, telling the woman running it that there had been a complaint. The woman said she had not known that a permit from Village Hall was needed.

Say She Stole Motel Blanket

A woman has been accused of stealing a blanket from the Sail Inn in Montauk was charged with two misdemeanors.

On the Police Logs 04.06.17

A swan went for a walk on Main Street Friday afternoon. An officer, who escorted it back to Town Pond, noted that “it did not appear to be injured.”

At First He Said He Swerved to Avoid a Pedestrian, but . . .

An East Hampton driver faces D.W.I. charges after crashing into a tree off Middle Highway, a few blocks from his residence, last Thursday evening. A neighbor phoned police after the crash, and an officer found Mario D. Cucunuba standing outside his 2007 Ford pickup truck.

Mr.

Felony Drunken Driving for Sag Harbor Woman

East Hampton Town police charged a Sag Harbor woman with felony drunken driving Sunday night after finding her 2014 Ford on the shoulder of Montauk Highway in Amagansett, engine running.

One Last Chance for Plea

Thomas Gilbert Jr., who has refused to cooperate with doctors seeking to determine his mental stability ever since he was charged in January 2015 with murdering his father in his parents’ Beekman Place, Manhattan, apartment, was given one last chance to do so on Tuesday.

On the Police Logs 04.20.17

A Holbrook man was issued a summons for littering on April 10, near the train station on Railroad Avenue. Police said John Zatorski threw a lit cigarette to the ground, stepped on it, and walked away.

New Charge Against Eames

Jefferson Davis Eames, a Springs man who has been arrested here six times in the last six months on various misdemeanor charges, was arraigned April 5 in the Riverhead courtroom of State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho on a felony charge of grand larceny.

On the Police Logs 04.13.17

Someone let out the air from all four tires of a 2004 Ford van parked in the Oakview Highway trailer park by removing inner pins in the valve stems. Eduardo Peralta discovered the vandalism on the morning of April 3.

Two Speedy Indictments

Two men charged with felonies in recent days have been indicted by grand juries.