East Hampton
Omar Irizarry-Velez parked his 2014 Ford in front of the mailboxes at the Whalebone apartments on Boatheader’s Lane last Thursday and returned on Friday to find a long, deep scratch along the passenger side. It started at the headlight and ran all the way to the rear wheel well.
On Jan. 7, Lori Ann MacGarva received a text message from an unknown source, telling her there was a “network issue” with her phone and she should contact the number provided. She ignored the message, but later found that she could not make a call with the phone. She then received another text, saying that her service had been transferred to a company called Lecia Mobile, and to contact the number for further assistance. She called her company, Verizon, instead, and was told that her phone had been hacked and its number stolen, possibly unable to be recovered. She was advised to contact her bank and change all her passwords.
East Hampton Village
A 64-year-old man told police he was getting out of the ocean near the first jetty on Georgia Beach at about 4:45 p.m. on Jan. 8, when a medium-size black-and-white dog aggressively chased him. He ran back into the water, he said, and the dog eventually ran off toward the second jetty, where its owner was waiting. The man wanted the incident on record.
Last Thursday just after 4 p.m., a caller reported two men urinating inside the train station. Police responded but did not find anyone behaving inappropriately.
A woman whose car was parked on Newtown Lane found a note addressed to her under the windshield wiper, on Friday morning just before 11. She also found something written in chalk on the pavement next to the vehicle, though police did not release what it said. She wanted the strange incidents on record.
A Hampton Bays man called police to the train station on Saturday around 3:10 p.m., saying that a woman had yelled and cursed at him for no apparent reason. An officer spoke to the woman, who said she did not want the man sitting in the station. The officer told the pair to stay away from each other while waiting for the train to arrive.
Sag Harbor
Elaine Durfee went to police on Jan. 7, a day after an unknown caller informed her that her grandson was in jail and needed $950 in bail money to free him. She sent the money through Western Union, including a transfer fee that made the amount $1,039. Western Union contacted her about the transaction soon after, and it was canceled.
On Friday morning at around 7:30, Brittany Carriero, the Pierson Middle School principal, reported an intoxicated person walking in the roadway on Division Street in front of the school. Police did not find anyone matching the description in the vicinity.
Two people knocked loudly on a neighbor’s door on Saturday around 10:20 p.m., then ran around to the back of the Jermain Avenue house, prompting Nora Sheehan to call police. Officers spoke to a neighbor, who said his son did hear knocking, but no one was found on the property and all appeared normal in the neighborhood.
Springs
A wooden bench at Maidstone Park Beach was removed from the ground, dragged approximately 20 feet, and the top part torn apart. After it was discovered on Jan. 3, the East Hampton Town Parks Department was notified that the bench needed to be replaced.
