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On the Police Logs 05.15.14



Amagansett

A car parked in front of an Ocean Lane house had its rear left tire slashed last Thursday afternoon. Christoph Jorg told police it will cost about $150 to replace.

East Hampton Village

“Three subjects walking in her yard” brought police to a residence on The Circle early Sunday morning.

Couple Returns to Court



A 36-year-old man who was charged in Montauk a few weeks ago with striking and choking his girlfriend until she passed out was back in custody last week, this time charged with felony burglary after reportedly breaking into her house and again knocking her unconscious.

On the night before David M.

Thieves Hit Wildlife Center



A break-in at the Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays last week has cost the organization thousands of dollars in donations and hundreds of hours of volunteers’ time, according to Ginnie Frati, its executive director.

The break-in occurred after the center closed for the day on May 6; it was discovered the next morning.

Woman Injured in Attack



A Springs man with a long criminal history is back in jail, facing multiple felony charges, after a daytime burglary in which he allegedly attacked a 21-year-old woman in Southampton Village Friday morning.

Emergency Open House Sunday



A quick course that could help save a life will be given Sunday by members of the Bridgehampton Fire Department Ambulance Company during an open house at the firehouse on School Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On the Police Logs 05.08.14



East Hampton Village

A call to police reporting an injured seal on Main Beach brought an officer to the scene early in the evening of April 28. “When approached, the seal ran back into the water.

Actor Is Caught in the Act



An actor with a small role in a movie being filmed in Montauk has spent the last five days behind bars, first in an East Hampton Town police holding cell, then in the Suffolk County jail in Riverside. The man, Gabriele A.

Charged in Midnight Stop



A Springs man is facing multiple felony counts after East Hampton Town police arrested him Sunday at about midnight on charges of driving while intoxicated.

Officers said they stopped Luis G. Vizhany-Cardenas, 41, on North Main Street, East Hampton, for swerving repeatedly into the oncoming lane.

A Very Narrow Escape



A pothole on Napeague came close last week to killing a motorcyclist, whose bike, after striking it, went down and skidded for about 100 yards, the length of a football field, across Montauk Highway.

East Hampton Town police said Carlos A. Buitrago of Springs, 27, was about a mile west of Napeague Meadow Road, headed west, when it happened, at about 10:40 a.m. on April 29.

Attempted Abduction



East Hampton Town police have asked for the public’s help in tracking down a man suspected in a possible abduction attempt of a local boy.

A 13-year-old Springs School student walking home last Thursday at about 3:30 p.m.

Police Issue Abduction Attempt Warning

A 13-year-old youth was approached by a man driving a white sedan at about 3:30 on Thursday afternoon. Police have asked that anyone with information phone them at 631-537-7575.

On the Police Logs 05.01.14



East Hampton Village

A call from the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center on Gingerbead Lane reported “a white male subject with a bicycle, in the bushes near the building, urinating.” Police questioned the man, who said “he was walking across the property but did not urinate.” Police warned him that he was trespassing and he bicycled away.

A dead swan was foun

Off to Jail With Some Luck on His Side



A local man went to East Hampton Justice Court last Thursday knowing that when he left the building he would be in handcuffs, headed for the county jail in Riverside to serve a six-month jail sentence.

Raymond A.

Also on the Logs 05.22.14

Amagansett

    The lug nuts on a rear wheel of a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer were loosened to the point where the tire almost fell off on Atlantic Avenue on May 11. The driver, Jeremy Burton of Bluff Road, told police that another motorist managed to wave him down to tell him about the tire.

Fire Reported at Art Dealer's Amagansett House

Amagansett firefighters are working to contain a fire in a guest house on the art dealer Larry Gagosian's Further Lane property, which was the scene of a fire back in 2011, as well.

Two D.W.I. Arrests, Kids In Vehicles

    Police made two arrests in recent days of people they say were driving drunk with children as passengers, and in both cases there could be multiple felony charges.



    A Scarsdale, N.Y., man was charged with three felony counts of aggravated drunken driving after being arrested last Thursday afternoon by East Hampton Town police.



    Philip Porpora,

Plea in Panoramic Ponzi Scheme



Adam J. Manson, one of two men accused of running a $118 million Ponzi scheme in connection with a failing investment in the Panoramic View Resort in Montauk, pleaded guilty in United States District Court on Monday to conspiring to commit securities fraud, a felony.

On the Police Logs 06.05.14



Amagansett

A locksmith making a house call apparently visited the wrong house last month. Thomas MacNiven told police that sometime between May 1 and May 9, “the backdoor knob and lock were drilled out, and were replaced” on an Amagansett house with a Montauk Highway address. Nothing was removed from the house, and the old lock and knob were found just inside.

The Calm After the Storm



Relative calm returned to local roads after a Memorial Day week that saw 15 arrests on charges of drunken or drugged driving.

Punched With His Bare Fists



A Springs man who was standing in the middle of the Main Street-Jermain Avenue intersection in Sag Harbor Monday night, punching the hoods of cars stopped at the traffic light there with his bare fists, faces two felony charges of criminal mischief.

Sag Harbor Village police said Adam P.