East Hampton
A Stihl leaf blower was stolen from a property on Springwood Way, Northwest, on Nov. 8 or 9. Maureen Hannibal and Holden Agar said the two-year-old leaf blower, purchased for $600, was taken from the side of the house. They valued it at about $300, saying it was in good working condition.
East Hampton Village
A 69-year-old homeless man called police on Nov. 12 to make a complaint about the local postal service. The officer who responded to Railroad Avenue advised him not to dial 911 again unless he had a medical emergency or to report a criminal matter.
The manager of Riverhead Building Supply on Railroad Avenue reported the theft of a vacuum hose nozzle, worth $19.99, last Thursday morning, saying it had happened two days earlier. A man opened the vacuum-nozzle package and took one of three nozzles in the pack, then put the package back on the shelf. The manager did not want to pursue charges, but asked police to contact the suspect, whom he apparently recognized, and tell him he is no longer allowed in the store.
An officer on patrol on McGuirk Street Friday saw a man offering to sell cold-weather clothing, such as gloves and hats, to workers at a construction site there. The officer advised the 57-year-old Montauk resident that peddling was prohibited in the village and issued him a warning. He left the area without further incident.
Montauk
Without permission, someone from a neighboring construction site used a Lull, an off-road forklift with an extending boom for lifting personnel or equipment, sometime over the weekend. Thomas Michael Cuff of Manorville showed police tire tracks that came very close to an unsupported concrete retaining wall at his Grant Drive construction site and then led to the neighboring site, on Arthur Road. Police reported that the tracks ended at “an optimal point to lift personnel/material to the second floor or roof.” They also noted a second set of tracks leading to the back of the Arthur Road site, where Mr. Cuff found the forklift on Monday morning.
Sag Harbor Village
Several residents of Fordham Road and one on Meredith Avenue discovered last Thursday that their cars had been rummaged through. Mark C. McMahon said his Milwaukee drill set, worth $400, several sets of vehicle and client keys, worth about $100, and a cellphone charger were taken. One man reported a roll of quarters gone, though a small camera was left behind. All the vehicles had been left unlocked on the night of Nov. 13.
A bus driver made a disagreeable find on Friday morning: feces inside a school bus. The bus had been left overnight, unlocked, at Pierson Middle-High School.
Police cited a 54-year-old village resident after a large smoky fire was reported in the area of Glover Street Saturday afternoon. Stephen C. Grant had been burning beanbag chairs and other refuse on his front lawn, and was unable to put out the flames; Sag Harbor firefighters were called in to extinguish it. Mr. Grant was ticketed for creating a public disturbance.
