Bridgehampton
Sometime last week, a derelict greenhouse at the back of an Ocean Road property and a 2-foot-by-4-foot wooden plant rack inside were damaged.
East Hampton
Police were called during a dispute on Boatsteerer’s Court Friday night and arrived to find two men tugging the handle of a rusty pitchfork back and forth, yelling at each other. They dropped the pitchfork and separated after being ordered to do so. James P. Harran said James D. Gang had aggressively approached him with the pitchfork and hit his hand and shoulder during an argument about their living arrangements. Mr. Harran said he grabbed the pitchfork and hit Mr. Gang on his head with it before dialing 911. Mr. Gang claimed Mr. Harran had hit him numerous times before he was able to grab the pitchfork. Mr. Harran had minor bruises to his hand and shoulder; Mr. Gang had a cut on his hand and facial bruising. Both declined medical attention. Police said both were highly intoxicated.
East Hampton Village
On March 28, a Wainscott man threw out his Amazon boxes in a Dumpster on Gay Road belonging to the United States Postal Service. A worker asked him to stop using the Dumpster, but just two days later he was back, throwing out more boxes. An officer spoke to the man by phone and ordered him to stop. More drumming noises were heard in the vicinity of Lily Pond Lane on the afternoon of March 31. When police went to investigate, they heard nothing.
A police officer saw several adults and children playing tennis and basketball at Herrick Park on the afternoon of March 31. The officers spoke to the people about the governor’s social distancing order and they left the park.
A Conklin Terrace woman called police last Thursday morning just after 8 when she saw village workers in front of her house preparing to grind a stump. She said she did not feel this was essential work. Before police arrived, she called back and said the workers had left and she would speak directly to Village Hall.
Over on Pleasant Lane on Saturday, a resident reported that neighbors had arrived from New York City and had not quarantined, though the governor had recommended that anyone from the city quarantine for 14 days. An officer spoke to members of the family who said they had arrived three weeks ago and are healthy.
Construction was reported in the area of Toilsome and Mill Hill Lanes on Sunday morning. An officer found landscapers on Mill Hill Lane and told them that the village prohibits work on Sundays.
Montauk
On March 30 at about 9 a.m., Stephen Lynch, the East Hampton Town highway superintendent, received a call about a man chipping brush in the parking lot at beach marker 16M, town-owned land on Old Montauk Highway near Washington Drive. A section of trees and brush had recently been cut down on town-owned land elsewhere. An officer found three workers and cited them for unlawful removal of vegetation from public land, a violation of the town code.
Sag Harbor Village
A Walker Avenue resident caught a man rummaging through his 2017 Ford pickup truck that was parked, unlocked, in his driveway at 6:30 a.m. on March 30. The man ran off and left in a gold-colored vehicle. Richard Ross followed him to Bay Street, then returned to his house and called 911. Police searched the area but found no one. Also on March 30, a clerk at 7-Eleven on Long Island Avenue confiscated a patron’s identification, thinking it was fake. When police arrived they confirmed it was a valid ID.
Police on patrol found a man sleeping in his 2017 Nissan Altima on Bridge Street on March 31 at about 5:20 a.m. The man, who lives in East Hampton, told police he was feeling sick and wanted to distance himself from his wife and children. He was advised he could not sleep in his car, and he left the area.
A family of four playing tennis in Mashashimuet Park led to a police call about their lack of social distancing. Police found they were not violating any rules.
Officers fielded several complaints about construction and landscaping work in the village over the past week. Last Thursday, police checked on a construction complaint on Division Street. The workers were doing drainage system work, deemed essential under the executive order. On Friday, after receiving a complaint on Grand Street, police found only one man doing tile work at a house, also allowed under the executive order.