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Three Charges for East Hampton Masseur

Thu, 07/23/2020 - 06:43

East Hampton Village police arrested an East Hampton masseur on Sunday, charging him with two misdemeanor counts of "forcible touching" and one of "unauthorized practice of profession," a felony. 

Albin Polkowski, 55, was held for a Tuesday morning arraignment before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana, who set bail of $5,000. Mr. Polkowski, who was working at Spa27 at the time, was released after meeting bail, with instructions to appear in court at a future date. According to police, two individuals had made complaints about him. 

Marlon Rodriguez-Camacho, 27, of Queens Lane, East Hampton, was charged on July 11 with felony criminal contempt for violating an order of protection. According to village police, he went to a house on Sherrill Road on July 3 and threatened and "made physical contact with" an unidentified victim, who gave police a sworn statement that night. Justice Rana set bail of $500 when he appeared before her, and he was eventually released to await a court date.

Sag Harbor Village police had a busy weekend. On Saturday night, what began when Kyle Sweatt of Mastic Beach ran a stop sign at the Eastville Avenue-Hempstead Street intersection got more complicated when police discovered that his license had been suspended 20 times, mainly for ignoring court dates. The 22-year-old, who was in his red 2008 Mercury Mountaineer when he was arrested outside 119 Bay Street, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation. He is to appear in Sag Harbor court tomorrow, Justice Rana presiding. 

Also on Saturday night in Sag Harbor, village police said Forrest Peralta, 29, of West Weehawken, N.J., grabbed a cellphone belonging to Guiyang Xiong, with whom he had a previous relationship, and stepped on it, cracking the screen, threw it into nearby shrubbery, and then threw Mr. Xiong to the ground, "hitting him with a closed fist," according to the report. 

Sag Harbor Village E.M.T.s examined bruises on Mr. Xiong’s face, arms, and legs before taking him by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where he signed a criminal complaint. Mr. Peralta spent the rest of the night in jail and appeared before Justice Rana Sunday morning on charges of criminal mischief, assault, and harassment.

John Tracy of East Hampton was cited on Sunday evening with littering in public, but it involved more than candy wrappers. A man whom police did not identify told them that Mr. Tracy, with a woman, had walked up to him and his friends and shouted at them before throwing a glass bottle onto the sidewalk, where it broke. He also reportedly tossed a cellphone charger at the front window of Long Wharf Wines & Spirits; it hit the window but did not break it. Someone inside the store made the call to police, saying she was scared and did not know what was happening. Mr. Tracy left the scene, but police caught up with him heading toward Main Street. He was given a summons for violating village code.

On the night of July 13, East Hampton Town police booked Adriel Santiago for aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and having a suspended registration, after stopping his 2010 BMW on Montauk Highway near Poxabogue Pond Lane in Wainscott. He was released in the field and was to be arraigned on Wednesday.

 

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