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On the Police Logs

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 18:18

East Hampton

The owner of a vacant wooded property on Atwell Street called police Sunday morning to complain about illegal dumping there. Officers reported that debris and landscaping brush had been discarded on the property, which the owner is trying to sell. There are no suspects or witnesses. According to the real estate website Zillow.com, the lot is about three-quarters of an acre and is on the market for $550,000.

 

East Hampton Village

In the late afternoon of Oct. 26, after a neighbor called police to complain, a landscaper working at 58 Lily Pond Lane was cited for draining pool water into the street, which is a violation of village code. The landscaper stopped what he was doing when told to.

 

Montauk

Police shut down a party at the Shagwong Tavern on Friday night, reporting that "numerous people" were seen dancing and not wearing masks, in violation of state public health rules during the Covid-19 pandemic. Police were dispatched to the tavern three minutes before midnight, and referred the incident to the State Liquor Authority.

A New York City resident staying at a house in Montauk called police on Oct. 26 to report hearing gunshots on Navy Beach shortly before 4 p.m. Officers found someone skeet-shooting over the water, which is legal.

 

Sag Harbor

David Brogna, who owns the In Home shop on Main Street, reported the theft of more than $1,100 in merchandise from his store around 3 p.m. on Saturday. The incident, considered grand larceny, is still under investigation.

Wesley Kennedy called police on Saturday morning after seeing an uninvited guest aboard his sailboat, the Night Gallery, docked at the Sag Harbor Yacht Yard on Bay Street. Police found that an employee of the yacht yard was preparing the boat for the onset of winter. Mr. Kennedy said he had not authorized anyone to work on his boat.

Illegal dirt-bike riders have plagued several village neighborhoods in recent years, and another such sighting was reported on Saturday, shortly after 3 p.m. Henry Keogh spotted a group of kids riding dirt bikes in an off-limits wooded area near Otter Pond, he told police, but they were gone by the time an officer arrived.

Last Thursday, Carla Chavez, the manager of the 7-Eleven, turned over 50 fake ID cards that store clerks had confiscated over the past month from under-age customers trying to buy alcohol or tobacco products. Police said the fake cards would be destroyed.

It Was S.U.V. on S.U.V.

On June 23, a Subaru S.U.V. rear-ended a Toyota S.U.V. at Carl Fisher Plaza in Montauk. That evening, two other S.U.V.s collided in Wainscott and had to be towed away. And more news of the roads.

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Failed to yield, failed to signal, failed to stay in lane, a failed taillight, a failed roadside sobriety test.

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Bridge Strike Impacts Trains

A Penske rental truck collided with the Long Island Rail Road overpass on Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton Village shortly before 4 p.m. on June 26, resulting in train service delays between the Southampton and Montauk stations.

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Driver Leaves Path of Destruction at Montauk Art Show

Early Sunday morning, it looked as if a small tornado had torn through the Montauk Green and the Montauk Artists Association Art Show. Instead, East Hampton Town police say the destruction — which wiped out the inventory of some participating artists — was caused by a drunken driver.

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