On the Police Logs 08.18.16

 

Amagansett

A silver and black Apple iPhone was stolen from a patron at the Stephen Talkhouse on Aug. 10. The next morning Joseph Rose told police he’d located the phone through his Find My Phone app, in a house on Norfolk Street in Springs. The phone then went dead, he said.

East Hampton

John Whitney’s kayak was stolen sometime between Aug. 8 and last Thursday, the second time in the last few weeks. The Oakview Highway resident valued the yellow-and-white 12-foot Solstice kayak at $900.

East Hampton Village

Several Lily Pond Lane residents complained last Thursday of noise coming from a house owned by Jonathan Sandelman, who told police “he was having a backyard party, and would turn down the music.” No further action was taken.

Outside Starbucks last Thursday, a Manhattan woman took off her $4,000 engagement ring so that she could apply sunscreen to her hands; then walked off, leaving the ring, which she described as “one of a kind,” behind. It was gone when she returned.

Police were called to the Blue Parrot the evening of Aug. 10, along with the East Hampton Fire Department, to investigate a possible gas leak. Police confirmed there was gas in the air. It was coming from a cesspool, because of the heavy rain that day.

An East Hampton 16-year-old whose backpack disappeared Aug. 8 at Main Beach pointed out the thief, also 16, to police. Confronted, the suspect confessed. The victim told police he would not press charges if the bag and the missing items, including several pieces of electronics, were returned. The suspect led police to a residence on the Circle and turned over the bag. All items were accounted for.

Montauk

A Massapequa man who left his 2016 BMW overnight at the Blue Motel on Aug. 5 found its sunroof shattered by a beer bottle the next morning. Louis Faiella estimated repairs at $3,000.

Firewood has been disappearing from a Soundview Drive property this summer. Una McHugh told police on Aug. 4 that the thefts began on Memorial Day. She wanted the situation documented.

Police were called to South Emerson Avenue near the Royal Atlantic in the early hours of Aug. 5 to quell a fight. When officers arrived, the fight was over, but they did find a 16-year-old from Oyster Bay with a bloody mouth. The teen said he had standing near Sloppy Tuna with a male friend and two young women he did not know when he was assaulted by an unknown man. Police checked the area, but could not find the assailant. The youth’s father picked up his son.

Napeague

A Brooklyn man and a Manhattanite found themselves stranded on the beach at the end of Napeague Harbor Lane on the afternoon of Aug. 8, after kayaking from a sailboat anchored off Lazy Point. Jacob Sandmann and Mangus Westergreen beached the kayak and went for a walk along the beach, they told police. When they returned, the lime-green-and-blue L.L. Bean Cascadia kayak was gone and their belongings were strewn on the sand. Police interviewed several people on the beach, but have not recovered the missing craft. The two men were given a ride back to Lazy Point.

Springs

A Gardiner Avenue man who listed his lawn mower on Craigslist was targeted by a scammer who sent him a fraudulent cashier’s check. Kurt Chapman told police he had listed the mower at $1,200, but that the check was for $2,700. The sender then asked him to return the difference. A call to the issuing bank, however, revealed that the check was forged.

A Sandra Road woman boxed up $450 worth of Eddie Bauer clothing for return, and left the box on her front porch overnight. Patricia Feiwel told police on Aug. 4 that the gate was latched, and she heard no one enter during the night, but the box was gone in the morning.

Wainscott

A D.J. threatened to choke a guest at a Broadwood Court party on the afternoon of Aug. 6, according to police. Pirooz Sarshar, who is renting the house, was not there at the time, but he told police when they called him that he wanted the D.J. to leave the property. She did.