On the Police Logs 06.01.17

Amagansett

Sometime between April 26 and May 17, someone stole the registration stickers off two boat trailers stored behind the Marine Museum on Bluff Road. In addition, Raymond Hartjen told police, the license plate on one trailer was removed.

East Hampton Village

A Manhattan man with a residence on Cross Highway called police on the afternoon of May 24, concerned about a deer on his fenced-in property. He was afraid the deer could not get out because of the fencing. Police advised him to open a section of the fence.

Police received a call from a Pondview Lane woman a little after midnight Friday, who said that “her son had put a shirt over the lampshade, and the shirt began to smoke, so he threw water on it.” The water, she said, got into an electrical outlet, causing a spark. The woman wanted to “make sure that everything is okay.” Fire chiefs arrived and told her to air out the house. There were no problems with the circuit breakers.

 A visitor to the village walked onto a Huntting Lane property on Saturday, thinking the house was abandoned, and the 83-year-old homeowner came out waving a pole at him. The Manhattan man called police, who advised him not to intrude on properties that seem to be abandoned in East Hampton. At the same time, they spoke with the resident, telling him to have his lawn mowed, “to deter people from entering his property.”

Two vehicles passing under the North Main Street railroad trestle early Saturday morning were attacked by rock-throwing vandals, with resulting damage to their windshields. One driver told police he got out of his car when it was struck and heard the sounds of people running away on the tracks. Police did not find the vandals, but did find numerous rocks from the track gravel strewn along North Main Street.

An estate on Lee Avenue once owned by Chevy Chase was the scene of a police investigation on the morning of May 22, following a fight over a portable toilet. Police said a Farmingville man who was trying to pump it out asked a contractor working on the property, also from Farmingville, to move his truck. “A verbal argument began to escalate,” police reported, and an employee of the contractor stepped in and slugged the portable toilet pumper, knocking him down. Then the contractor pointed his finger at him, making verbal threats, the man, who suffered facial bruises and minor swelling, told police. The contractor and his employees, however, claimed the pumpout man had started the whole thing. Neither side wanted to press charges, and since there were no arrests made, police redacted all their names from the report.

Montauk

A white and blue Specialized mountain bike was stolen from the grounds of an Edgemere Road residence overnight on Sunday. Michael Nordlinger told police he had left the bike, valued at $350, leaning unsecured against the garage.

Police were called to a South Elroy Drive residence to quell a combative situation early Saturday morning. Julian Hodgeman and Stephen Hodgeman of Manhattan, who are twins, were both beaten up and suffered abrasions. A suspect was taken in for questioning and read his Miranda rights, but the brothers told police they did not want to press charges, and the alleged attacker was transported back to the house.

Sag Harbor

A resident of Jesse Halsey Lane reported an intoxicated man sleeping on her lawn last week. Police arrived and found that the sleeper was intoxicated, under the influence of drugs unknown. Once awake, he began to complain of ankle pain, and was taken to Southampton Hospital, where he was found to be in possession of several drugs normally used by veterinarians. He was not charged.