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On the Police Logs 12.31.20

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 09:32

East Hampton 

A red Specialized Fuse bicycle was last seen on Nov. 28 leaning against a fuel pump at the town marina on Three Mile Harbor. Brett Nicholson said he had special-ordered it from Khanh Sports for $2,700.

East Hampton Village

A man was reportedly seen taking pictures with a "telescopic lens" on the afternoon of Dec. 22, out back of a West End Road property.

Later that day, a woman driving down Newtown Lane claimed she was being tailgated by another car and narrowly avoided a collision. The driver of the car in back told a responding officer he'd pulled over to check "if everything was okay," to which the woman said, "I'm on the phone with the police, you dimwit."

Police received a call on Sunday afternoon about an American flag in the roadway on Woods Lane, but found nothing.

 

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