On the Police Logs 11.13.14

Amagansett

Police were called to Old Stone Market on the morning of Nov. 3 because a man who had previously paid for items with a check that bounced returned and tried to buy cigarettes. He was told he was no longer welcome at the market. The man became irate, frightening Bienvenida Pujols, who works there and had been issued a court order of protection against the man several years ago, which has since expired. She told police she would not press charges as long as the man stayed away from the store.

A Devon Road woman called police on Saturday to report that an antique gold bracelet with diamonds on it was stolen from her bureau sometime in August. Sheila Brog told police that she had purchased the bracelet from Kentshire Antiques in the Bergdorf Goodman department store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. She valued it at $16,000.

East Hampton

Three signs advertising businesses on Pantigo Road west of Brent’s General Store were vandalized over the weekend of Sept. 27. A sign for Fleetwood and McMullan architects was pushed over, which snapped the two poles that held it upright. Police found two other signs in the area similarly damaged.

East Hampton Village

Long Island Rail Road workers were making repairs to the trestle over North Main Street on the morning of Nov. 5, with one of them diverting traffic from parking in front of Hampton Bagels. The store’s manager complained to police that his customers were unable to reach the store. An officer spoke with the L.I.R.R. worker, who said that they had finished working on the trestle.

Police confiscated a blue Penny skateboard Friday afternoon from an Amagansett youth. They said they had warned him that skateboarding was not allowed on village sidewalks and that the 15-year-old ignored the warning. The boy’s parents were notified that they could pick up the skateboard at police headquarters.

Police continued their recent efforts to enforce the village code regarding signs posted on public property. Frequently these are real estate signs. A representative of Brown Harris Stevens was issued a warning late Saturday morning for signs advertising an open house on Apaquogue Road. She agreed to take down the signs right away.

Montauk

A Giant brand men’s mountain bicycle was stolen from the side yard of a Mulford Avenue house during the last week of October. Sandra Funk described the missing bike as blue with black trim and said that the seat was badly torn. She valued it at $200.

Sag Harbor

A man in a blue Porsche yelled at John McMahon, claiming that he was parked illegally at Havens Beach on Saturday around 12:40 p.m. The man then took a picture of his license plate before driving away. Mr. McMahon called police to get the incident on record. He also said he had been parked legally.

Illegal dumping was a cause for concern at the former Bulova watchcase factory, where condominiums are being built. Adesh Heeralal called police on Sunday morning around 10:50 when he noticed a Dumpster filled with construction debris from elsewhere. He sifted through the garbage, found a Cilantro’s sign, and went to the market on Division Street to have a talk with workers. They agreed to remove the debris.

Springs

A 2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter work van that was parked outside a Woodcock Lane house Saturday night turned up early Sunday morning parked on 12th Street with its headlights on. Jason Libath told police that he last saw the vehicle outside his residence about 10 p.m. Saturday. Several 12th Street residents noticed the van, headlights on, beginning around 1:30 a.m. the next day. When the van was still there later that day, a resident called the phone number on its side. Detectives came and dusted the van for fingerprints. Mr. Libath said nothing appeared to have been taken from inside it but wanted to press charges for unauthorized use of a vehicle if the detectives’ investigation produces a suspect.

A window of a Hartley Boulevard house was vandalized early Saturday morning. Luis Sylvester Martinez gave police the name of the person he believes smashed the window but declined to press charges.