A decision could be announced as early as next week as to who the next chief of the Southampton Town Police Department will be.

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Andreas and Caroline Deutschman’s 1976 Mercedes-Benz pickup truck, with advertising signs for their new nail salon, Fresh Cut Nails, on its sides, was vandalized on Aug. 31 in the Indian Wells Beach parking lot. The signs were damaged to the tune of $400 in repairs.

A New York City woman sharing a room at an Eastwood Court residence with two other women she did not know, in a house with multiple guests, reported the theft of her diamond ring on Aug. 28.

At a little after midnight Saturday, East Hampton Town police received a call reporting “a body” lying on the large rock revetment that protects Montauk Point and the lighthouse.

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A Hedges Lane man told police on Sept. 21 that he had received a call from a man claiming to be with the I.R.S. Daniel Michels said he was told he would be arrested unless he turned over certain personal information, which he began to do, but became suspicious when the caller began speaking in a rude manner. Mr.