On the Police Logs 10.08.15

East Hampton

Vandals damaged the vinyl siding on a Three Mile Harbor Road house in the early morning of Sept. 25. Robert Turner told police the damage would cost him about $150 to $200 to repair. He said he had heard a loud bang at about 3 a.m. Police found three rocks on the ground.

 

East Hampton Village

Four women, all described by the manager of Scoop Beach on Newtown Lane as in their late 20s, entered the store early Friday afternoon and began looking at merchandise and asking questions of the staff. They left together all at once, and the staff then discovered a green Philip Lim handbag, which retails for $1,395, missing. Police searched the area for the four but could not find them.

An East Hampton woman flagged down a patrol car on Newtown Lane near the middle school Saturday morning. She told police she had just hit a sinkhole, apparently caused by Friday’s deluge, in front of the school, flattening two tires. Police cordoned off the area and contacted the Department of Public Works.

The drivers of a 2004 Ford and a 2010 Jeep Wrangler received summonses on the morning of Sept. 28 for driving on Georgica Beach during prohibited daytime hours.

Police were called after a Stratton Square man began yelling at an employee of the repair shop at the Montauk Highway Exxon station, after the employee refused to release a vehicle because it did not belong to the man. The vehicle is a taxi belonging to Taxi One. The same Stratton Square man had to be escorted from East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday by courthouse guards after he became unruly and began yelling in the hallway.

A man parked in the lot behind Citarella returned to his 1994 Pontiac last Thursday morning to find a 20-year-old Montauk man looking through it. Police were called and questioned the 20-year-old, who told police he thought the car was for sale. The owner said nothing had been taken from the car, and no charges were pressed.

 

Montauk

On Sept. 22, George Miller of Montauk reported the theft of a green and black “nylon top rope float line that contains a small black float every fathom.” He had left it attached to a net at the Star Island pumpout dock the week before.

A thief entered an unlocked 2013 Toyota, parked in the Montauk Manor’s main lot, on the night of Sept. 20 and stole $200 in cash from a wallet, as well as an eight-gigabyte memory disk. Michael Taveras reported the theft. The condominium management provided police with a video that showed the thief in action, and requested police increase patrols in the area.

 

Sag Harbor

The passenger side mirror of a Ford Edge parked in the Washington Street lot on the afternoon of Sept. 29 was expertly removed, according to police, who said there was no other damage to the car. Mary Fulcher told police she thought it would cost about $75 to replace.

John Chang of Sing City, a Chinese restaurant on West Water Street, told police that for the past month he has been getting prank calls from a youth who orders large amounts of food to go and makes odd requests.

A male pedestrian and a female driver got into a bit of a fracas Saturday at the Main Street-Long Island Avenue intersection. The woman had called police because the man was banging on her car window. Police interviewed both parties. The man said the woman had failed to yield to him while he was in the crosswalk. There were no charges.

Yixian Wang of the Happy Feet salon on Bay Street called police Sunday, saying that the owner of a neighboring business, Bagel Buoy, was yelling at him and cursing. According to the report, Mr. Wang had told the man, identified only as Sheldon, that he would be working on his air-conditioning unit on the roof. Apparently Sheldon became enraged when he found Mr. Wang standing on his walk-in box. Cooler heads prevailed and no charges were pressed.

 

Wainscott

The Liftmaster lock on the west gate to the East Hampton Airport was disassembled on the night of Sept. 24. The airport manager, Jemille Charlton, told police there has been an ongoing issue with the gate being forced open over the past year. A repairman was able to put the lock back together the next day.