On the Police Logs 04.09.15

Amagansett

Daniel Gaunt of Coram parked his Ford van outside Luz’s Deli on the morning of March 30. He returned to the van to find that several items had been stolen from the middle console.

East Hampton Village

Three young skateboarders, ages 12 and 13, tried to go home with more than their boards on the evening of March 30. Police say that when they stopped the three on Accabonac Road, one was carrying a sign banning skateboarding in the village. The sign had been posted near the fork-in-the-road intersection of North Main Street and Pantigo Road. The three were taken to police headquarters, where their parents picked them up, after juvenile offender reports were filled out.

Police were called to the East Hampton Library at closing time last Thursday by a West Peabody, Mass., man, who said his car was at a friend’s house and he did not know where the friend lived. He also said he had lost a blue and white bag. The bag was found farther east on Main Street, and the friend’s address turned out to be in Sag Harbor. Man, car, and bag were eventually reunited.

Whenever the residents of 20 Mill Hill Lane return home, they will find a citation accusing them of draining swimming pool water into a public road. Police said they found a white hose coming from their pool, with a pump attached, and water running from the hose down the hill that gives the lane its name, spilling out onto Main Street. Employees of the Village Department of Public Works “turned off the pump, and removed the hose from the roadway.” Before they left, police placed the ticket for violating village code on the front door.

Two men who have been sleeping in the post office lobby were warned by police on April 1 to find another place to slumber, or they would be arrested for trespassing.

Employees of both Rosehip Real Estate and Sotheby’s were issued tickets Saturday, charging them with placing open-house signs on public property.

Montauk

A three-foot-wide piece of tempered glass that was part of the fence around the swimming pool at Solé East was smashed sometime on the night of March 27. David Ceva told police the panel would cost about $500 to replace. The damage appeared to have been done from the inside, as debris was scattered onto the lawn. No rocks or similar objects were found, and police concluded the damage might have been caused by an animal.

Vandals painted the words “Go away” on the side of Plaza Sports on Main Street over the holiday weekend.

Sag Harbor

A Hamilton Street woman complained on April 1 that her landlord was spying on her via surveillance cameras, which he had had installed around the house. The landlord told police he had no remote access to the cameras. An investigation is continuing.

Pieces of Styrofoam were raining down onto Division Street from the roof of the Watchcase Condominiums early Friday morning. Officers collected the debris. The report did not say who was responsible or whether a summons was issued.

Mayor Brian Gilbride summoned police to the Municipal Building Monday afternoon. Two youths, off from school on Easter break, were skateboarding, using the ramp to the building. It has been an ongoing problem. Police confiscated a skateboard.

Springs

He was from the F.B.I., a caller told a Dorset Road man on March 31. If Luis G. Vizhnay-Cardenas would send $350 via Western Union to a location in Bogota, Colombia, he was told, he would receive a Bank of America check for $3,250, also from Bogota. The caller said they should continue the conversation via Facebook Messenger, which Mr. Vizhnay-Cardenas did, though he was suspicious. He eventually called police, telling them that he had family in Colombia and was used to sending them money via Western Union, but believed this caller to be a grifter. Using Mr. Vizhnay-Cardenas’ phone, an officer called the number back, and reported that he “spoke with a male with a Hispanic accent,” who again claimed to be from the F.B.I. When the officer identified himself, the man “started speaking Spanish, then hung up the phone.”