On the Police Logs 04.11.19

Amagansett

Daniel C. Lester’s commercial mooring line was taken from the Lazy Point boat ramp area at the end of Shore Road sometime between March 20 and March 25. The line alone was worth $100, and the other items — a metal pulley, the two metal clips, and a metal swivel — were worth $150.

Tools worth nearly $1,700 were stolen from a van parked on the westbound shoulder of Montauk Highway near Dune Lane on March 30 and March 31. Sebastian Ramirez-Moreno of Montauk said a Dewalt table saw, Hitachi and Festool skill saws, a Hitachi shop saw, and a Makita routing tool had been taken, even though the van was locked. He said no one else had a key. 

East Hampton 

Kathleen Rood, of the town’s Human Resources Department, received fraudulent emails from someone who wanted to change the banking information on a town employee’s direct deposit slip on April 1. Due to a similar incident on March 21, Ms. Rood notified Michael Sendlenski, the town attorney, and called police. No money was lost in the fraud attempt. 

 

East Hampton Village

The owner of Hampton Bagels on North Main Street phoned police on April 1 at about 8:15 a.m. because traffic cones were blocking parking spaces in front of the store, and he wanted to know who put them there. Police explained that the parking spots are on public property and a PSEG-Long Island contractor was doing utility upgrades in the area. An officer said he should follow up with PSEG if there were any further complaints. 

A 70-year-old East Hampton man blew his car horn at the driver of a black truck who was stopped at a green light at the intersection of Woods Lane and Main Street on April 1 at about 4:20 p.m. The driver gave him the finger and then followed him, giving him the middle finger again at the traffic light on North Main and Cedar Streets. He wanted the incident recorded. 

Police were called to Newtown Lane on April 2 at around 3 p.m. Officers found six or seven people peacefully carrying “on strike” signs. They dispersed within a few minutes. 

A resident called police on April 2 at about 6:50 p.m. because a food delivery truck parked on Pantigo Road had supposedly been running for nearly two hours. All was quiet when police arrived. The officer spoke to the truck driver who said the refrigeration automatically starts when the temperature rises in order to keep the food cold. The driver said he would be gone by 7:30 p.m.

While on patrol Friday afternoon, an officer saw an Organic Tick and Mosquito Control sign posted on the corner of Pantigo Road and Methodist Lane, in violation of the village code. The officer confiscated the sign and contacted the owner, who said he would advise his crews not to post in the village.

A woman who lives on Apaquogue Road found a hunting arrow and turned it over to police on Friday afternoon, saying she was concerned. The arrow was tagged, and police said they would speak to local hunters about being more careful. 

A $100 bill was found under a clipboard in the lobby of the East Hampton Village Emergency Services Building on Friday evening. It was not clear who left it there or why. The cash was placed in a locker temporarily. 

A dead seal was found on Georgica Beach on Saturday morning. The East Hampton Village Highway Department removed it. 

Sag Harbor Village

A deer was found stuck in a fence on Madison Street on Friday morning. Police were able to free it, and it ran off. 

Sgt. Kenneth Marangio received an email Monday at around 5:30 p.m. from someone unknown, who claimed two bottles of liquid explosives were left at the American Hotel on Main Street. The email read, “Trump should step back. If not the whole environment is destroyed, as well as pulverized.” With the help of a K-9, police checked the hotel and found nothing. The case was turned over to the state police’s computer crimes division. 

An assault that reportedly occurred at the Main Street restaurant Page on Friday just after midnight was reported to village police. The victim, a woman from Patchogue, suffered a broken nose at the hand of a man she knows. An investigation revealed the assault did not happen in the village, but after the pair left Page and were headed west. The case was turned over to Southampton Town police. 

Wainscott

A 21-year-old resident at Phoenix House, an inpatient residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation center on Industrial Road, which serves men 18 to 30 years old, walked into police headquarters on March 31 to report another resident had been harassing him for a month. The assailant allegedly poked him multiple times, despite being asked to stop, and also called him a derogatory word in Spanish. The accused man claimed “the poking and annoying” had been mutual, and he was not aware of any problems. Police spoke to administrators at Phoenix House, who said they would handle the situation and that the parties would be separated.