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Another Truck Hits Trestle

The driver of a 2010 Isuzu delivery truck ignored a clearance sign at the train trestle on Accabonac Road, near Hook Mill Lane in East Hampton, and hit it on Aug. 30 at about 1:20 p.m.

On the Police Logs 09.14.17

A paddleboarder landed on Gardiner’s Island on Aug. 26 and walked around taking pictures, one of which was posted on Instagram. The owner of the island, Robert Goelet, “wants the subject advised not to return to island, and the picture removed from Instagram to prevent others from entering island,” police reported, but “does not wish to pursue criminal charges.”

On The Police Logs 09.21.17

A report of a horse running wild brought police to Accabonac Road, near the train trestle, on the afternoon of Sept. 13.

Rear-Enders at Intersections

There was a three-vehicle accident on Sept. 13, at the Montauk Highway-Spring Close Highway intersection in East Hampton. At around 9 a.m., East Hampton Town police said, Kevin P. Kelly of Hauppauge, 55, was eastbound in a 2006 Mack utility truck when he was briefly distracted and ran into a trailer attached to a stopped 2001 Dodge pickup truck.

The truck driver, George E.

‘I Hit That Car That Came Out of Nowhere’

“I was lost, so I was looking at my phone, and I hit that car that came out of nowhere,” Maryann Z. Hommel of Long Beach, 31, told East Hampton Town police after rear-ending a 2007 Mercedes-Benz on Montauk Main Street early on the morning of Sept. 13.

Kitchen Worker Is Charged for Cocaine

Over the last two summers there have been a number of cocaine-related felony arrests of Montauk restaurant employees, and there was yet another last weekend.

Trustee Attacked, Police Say

In a telephone interview this week, Martin Drew disagreed with Jim Grimes’s version of the events that led to his arrest.

Pickup Truck Flips Over

A 2010 Toyota hit a train trestle last week, but unlike the familiar trestle collisions in East Hampton Village, the height of the vehicle was not the cause.

On the Police Logs 09.28.17

A 69-year-old Main Street resident called police on Sept. 18 after she received a letter from a man in Toronto saying someone at her address was the next of kin for a dormant bank account worth $7.4 million. She said no one by that name had ever resided at her house.

Back in Court Again

A Noyac man convicted a little over a year ago on a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge will be back before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana today on the same charge, this time classified as a felony.

Cocaine Arrest Among Arraignments

A Bridgehampton attorney was charged with driving while high on cocaine early on Columbus Day morning.

On the Police Logs 10.12.17

Five lounge chairs belonging to the Ocean Dunes Apartments, which were padlocked and left on the beach last Thursday night, were stolen.

Wedding Party Ends in Court

A 28-year-old from Nashville, with a history of drunken driving in Tennessee, was only in town over the weekend to attend a wedding with his parents and girlfriend, but now has to return to East Hampton Justice Court to answer felony drunken-driving charges.

Back in Court

A Springs man was back in East Hampton Town Justice Court last week, this time charged with violating an order of protection issued earlier this year following an alleged sexual assault.

On the Police Logs 10.05.17

A motorcycle was found abandoned in the ocean surf just east of the East Hampton-Southampton town line on Sept. 25 at about 8 a.m. A passer-by pulled the 2013 Yamaha out of the water, but police said it was totaled by seawater damage. An officer was unable to contact the owner, who lives on Town Line Road, to ascertain whether the motorcycle had been stolen.

Cops: Hit-and-Run Leaves 82-Year-Old Seriously Hurt on East Hampton Road

An elderly man was found with what police are calling serious physical injuries on an East Hampton road Sunday afternoon.

Fate Makes One a Felony

A Brooklyn woman who lost control of the 2016 Mercedes-Benz S.U.V. she was driving southbound on Stephen Hand’s Path near Bull Path — crashing into a tree, then careening, car spinning, into some bushes — was charged with drunken driving on Sunday, a little after noon.

Police Say Security Guard Damaged Cruiser’s Antenna

A man who said he was a licensed, armed security guard scheduled to fly to Puerto Rico in the relief effort after Hurricane Maria was arrested on Oct. 6 in Southampton after a warrant was issued by East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana.

Held After Lewdness Charge

A Springs man is being held in county jail after being arrested on a charge of exposing himself in the Stop and Shop supermarket in East Hampton Village on Monday evening.

On the Police Logs 10.19.17

A “suspicious package” was reported to be in some woods near the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center on Gingerbread Lane on Oct. 10. It turned out to be a homeless man, asleep under a tarp. Police told him he had to move off, and he did.