A Sag Harbor woman, Maureen O’Leary Cussen, was arrested earlier this month on a felony charge of grand larceny.
Southampton Town police said that Ms. O’Leary Cussen, 55, formerly the treasurer of the Southampton Intermediate School’s parent-teacher association, stole over $15,000 worth of PTA money between February 2018 and October 2020.
She was arraigned in Southampton Town Justice Court on Feb. 2 and released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court on March 29.
Companies controlled by the billionaire industrialist Ira Rennert agreed last month to a $150 million settlement with 1,373 Peruvians who claim they were exposed to lead and other toxic substances as children growing up near the companies’ metal smelting and refining complex in La Oroya, Peru.
Individuals wearing camouflage in a field on Sarah’s Way in East Hampton Village alarmed a resident on Saturday afternoon. Police found a family playing on their own property with airsoft guns.
A Montauk man riding an electric bike at 3 a.m. on July 6 was injured after crashing into a parked car.
In the week’s only drug-related arrest, a Massachusetts man is facing a felony charge for possession of a hallucinogen.
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