On the Police Logs 03.31.16

Amagansett

The exterior of a house on Hampton Lane in Beach Hampton was vandalized last Thursday night. Steve Singer told police that two eggs had been thrown at the house, striking the front door and an outside wall.

East Hampton Village

Workers installing an irrigation system on a Georgica Road property struck a gas line on March 22. Police were able to shut the line down before firefighters arrived.

Northwest Woods

A Hands Creek Road woman went to police headquarters in Wainscott on March 22 carrying ashes from burned letters and magazines. Gloria Callender told police the postal items in her mailbox had been set afire by persons unknown.

Sag Harbor

Barry Browning of the Sag Harbor Veterinary Clinic on Bridge Street called police Monday. Dr. Browning reported that over the weekend, youths had waxed the bluestone retaining walls outside his practice, using the walls for skateboard launching points and damaging them.

Doug Cunningham reported last Thursday that his dog had been bitten the evening before by a female pit bull, kept on a Lighthouse Lane property. Police interviewed the dog’s owner, who was not identified. The owner, who provided licensing and vaccination papers, was warned to keep his dog on his property or risk having it impounded.

A Horizon Drive woman received several voicemail messages from a caller claiming to work for the Internal Revenue Service. Recognizing the calls as a scam, Laura Pintauro contacted police.

A Harrison Street man called police on Saturday to report a burglary. Arnold Finkelstein said he had been away since Feb. 21, and had returned that morning to find items valued at over $4,000, mostly electronic recording and playback equipment, gone. Also missing was an antique lamp and a box of old vinyl records. Police found no sign of forced entry, but did find a basement door unlocked. Mr. Finkelstein told police that an air-conditioning repairman who came to the house in late February had been given a key to enter. Police interviewed the man, who told them he had noticed the unlocked basement door but had not locked it, thinking the owner wanted it left as it was. Detectives are investigating.

Springs

A registration plate on a trailer parked on Three Mile Harbor Road was reported stolen Saturday. Loretta Sears said the theft occurred last fall, and she was reporting it now so it could be documented, allowing her to get a replacement from the Department of Motor Vehicles.