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Cops Have a Busy July 4

The Suffolk County district attorney’s driving-while-intoxicated task force put a crimp in the Fourth of July festivities for six men, five of whom police said were driving drunk in the early morning hours on Wednesday. Ten officers from eight police agencies, including the East Hampton Town Police Department, made six drunken driving arrests that day, according to Chief Michael Sarlo.

Also on the Logs: 07.12.18

Pizza was the cause of an altercation in Montauk on June 30 at around 3:20 a.m.

Update: Motorcyclist Dead in Springs Crash

Christian Bermeo, 28, of East Hampton died in an accident involving two other vehicles on Springs-Fireplace Road Sunday evening.

Passengers Were Charged

After stopping a Montauk driver on suspicion of drunkenness, East Hampton Town police ended up on June 20 arresting two passengers instead.

Police Charge Homeless Men

Four homeless men living in the woods around Riverhead were charged with a slew of burglaries on the South Fork last week after one of the burglaries was reported to Sag Harbor Village.

On the Police Logs 07.19.18

While on patrol on July 7 around 3:10 a.m., police noticed two men kicking at the door to Astro’s Pizza on Main Street in Amagansett.

Three Arrested for Drunken Driving

A head-on collision last Thursday evening on Stephen Hand’s Path in East Hampton led to the arrest of one of the drivers on a drunken driving charge. Both vehicles were towed but neither man was injured.

10-Year-Old Hit at Crosswalk

A 10-year-old boy was hit by a car as he crossed Montauk Highway in Wainscott with a friend on Friday morning at about 10:18 a.m.

Update: Homeless Man Found Dead in Montauk

East Hampton Town police said Raymond Marisette, known around Montauk as Cheech, was found dead in a Gosman's parking lot there on Saturday morning.

Stash Stashed in STASH

A 31-year-old Shelter Island woman was arrested near the beach at Barcelona Neck in East Hampton last Thursday morning after police said they found pills and marijuana in her white beach bag, which was inscribed with the word “STASH.”

On the Police Logs 08.09.18

An open bag of peanut butter pretzels and two small bags of potato chips were stolen from inside a rental car parked on Jacqueline Drive on July 30.

Nascar Chairman Arrested on D.W.I. Charge in Sag Harbor

Brian Z. France faced a judge Monday morning on drunken driving and oxycodone possession charges.

Gardiner’s Island: Arrest Prompts Question

The arrest last week by East Hampton Town police of an Amagansett man on a charge of trespassing may wind up having far-reaching consequences for anyone who sets foot on Cartwright Shoal, a peninsula in Gardiner’s Bay.

Drunken Driving Charges

A Wainscott woman who East Hampton Town police alleged had been driving drunk left the scene of an accident in which her passenger was injured in East Hampton on July 19.

On the Police Logs 08.02.18

Graffiti was written on the walls of the men’s bathroom at the East Hampton Town police substation on South Embassy Street sometime on the night of July 19. Repainting will cost about $150.

Rental Law Violations Are Isssued

Southampton Town code enforcement officers targeted illegal rentals in an enforcement operation in Bridgehampton on July 20, issuing 12 notices of violation and two field appearance tickets.

Lots of Charges, No Injuries

A 27-year-old driver from Montauk was arrested in that hamlet on July 15 after police said they saw him following another car too closely. Marcos Aramis Serra-Bencosme was pulled over in a 2013 Honda Accord at about 4:20 p.m. on Flamingo Avenue.

On the Police Logs 07.26.18

A cement mixer truck accidentally poured cement onto the road at the corner of Main Street and Newtown Lane on July 18 at about 8:30 a.m.

On the Police Logs 08.16.18

East Hampton

Robert Levin called police on the morning of Aug. 6 after he discovered deep scratches in the paint on his 2017 BMW 540 sedan. He said he had not noticed any scratches the previous day. He estimated the damage would cost $1,000 to repair. 

Approximately 20 ferns planted in a flower bed on a Landfall Road house lot were taken sometime between Aug.

Her License Was Suspended Eight Times

A Sag Harbor woman was arrested Aug. 6 in East Hampton on a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, having been convicted of the crime within the last 10 years.