East Hampton Village
A woman called police on March 7 after leaving True Value Hardware and finding damage to the back of her car. Officers checked the surveillance camera in the parking lot, but the footage showed no accident happening while she was in the store. She was advised to check surveillance at the last place she’d parked, to see if the damage had happened there.
Montauk
A local woman told police last week that she’d found a grenade near the water by Shagwong Point, and had left a big stick at the spot so police could find it more easily — as indeed they did. A plastic toy grenade.
Sag Harbor
East Hampton Village police contacted Sag Harbor police last week to help them find a young man who was employed at the Corner Bar but had not shown up for his last couple of shifts. It turned out that he wasn’t coming to work because he was in jail.
Three people called police recently from near the Gulf Station on Hampton Road to report a dog running around loose. Emery Hillery called about a brown dog on March 7, Melissa Germano called on Friday, and Michael Raleigh called on Sunday.
Other things that have ended up on local roads: On March 7, passing motorists pushed a disabled vehicle from Brick Kiln Road. On Sunday, an anonymous caller let police know that a port-a-potty had fallen over and was blocking the road; police were able to get it upright and push it back to the curb. They notified Norsic. Also, on March 8, a large rock, perhaps part of the road construction happening in the village, got in the way of Pedro Gomez as he was driving north on Main Street. He swerved to avoid an oncoming car and ran it over. The highway department was able to push it back in place.
At 1 a.m. on Saturday, Wala Canario told a female patron it was time to leave Page Restaurant. When she wouldn’t leave, Ms. Canario called police, who let the woman know that a business has a right to refuse service to anyone inside its premises. She left without incident.
Linda Shapiro called police at midday Sunday to say that someone had left an envelope containing dog poop on the front porch of her Jefferson Street house. Police examined the contents of the envelope and concluded that it contained only crushed rocks. Ms. Shapiro said she didn’t know where it had come from, but told police that she would handle it.
Finally, at 10 p.m. on Sunday, Cleon Clarke reported that a piece of cardboard was burning in the alleyway between the Old Jail Museum and Page. He had extinguished the fire by the time an officer arrived; a brief investigation pointed to a burning cigarette as culpable.
Springs
Judith Bistrian called police from Accabonac Road on March 8 after someone drove by and threw a bunch of trash out of their car and onto her driveway. She couldn’t make out the license plate or see who was in the vehicle, but police were able to identify it and leave a message for the driver.
Litter was also a problem for Christina Palokangas of Harbor Boulevard. Her 13-year-old Yorkie, named JJ, had been sick recently because he’d been eating from trash that had ended up along her fence line. With the evidence eaten, there wasn’t much for the police to do but document the complaint.
Someone called Deborah O’Shea of Copeces Lane on Saturday regarding a wire transfer. She was suspicious and asked to speak with the caller’s supervisor. She was transferred to a manager of the fraud department who sent her a text message with a one-time security code. She received the text, and, now believing she was speaking with Chase Bank, provided them with her financial information. At that point, a wire transfer went through, transferring her money to a Wells Fargo account in Texas. Police told Ms. O’Shea to flag any other of her accounts to prevent further losses.