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On the Police Logs 03.24.22

Thu, 03/24/2022 - 10:09

Amagansett

Lewis Saul called police on St. Patrick’s Night to report a disturbance at the Main Street Tavern, “a man in a red coat throwing items in front of the tavern and yelling.” The man was gone when officers arrived.

 

East Hampton

A Blue Jay Way resident, Mark Gettes, told police on March 15 that there might be “criminal mischief” happening at his neighbor’s house. Officers found a black Jeep with three flat tires and broken windows parked in the driveway; both the Jeep and the house itself appeared to be abandoned. Another neighbor, Ester Soto, told them the car and the house had been in that condition for over a month, which Mr. Gettes confirmed. The Jeep’s owner, Edward Dalessandro, has not yet responded to phone calls, police said.

 

East Hampton Village

Police flagged down an Environmental Services Inc. truck that was actively dumping “unknown fluids” into a storm drain on Main Street on the morning of Mar. 14. The 29-year-old driver said he’d been ordered to bring water from storm drains near Egypt Close to the Main Street drain, but could not show police any written confirmation. He was issued a summons for discharge prohibitions and is due in Town Justice Court on April 4.

Teenagers were caught aggressively driving the free-ride vehicles on Lumber Lane on the afternoon of March 14, and then walking away from the vehicles, one of which may have crashed into another. Police found no damage to the vehicles, but warned the youths to stay away from them.

On Saturday, teenagers prompted another call to police. Two were seen shooting at a sign on Main Beach, using an “airsoft gun.” The sign was undamaged, police reported, and the teens were gone when they arrived.

 

Montauk

On March 16, the Montauk harbormaster, Jason Charron, confiscated two small boats that had been left on the beach at South Lake Drive, and took them to the impound yard at town police headquarters in Wainscott. One, a 14-foot sailboat, has the name “Hammer Head” painted on the transom.

Richard Leahy reported a man lying on the ground in front of Goldberg’s Saturday night. The man told police he was “just taking a break” while walking from the docks to the train station. Police gave him a lift.

 

Sag Harbor

An employee of the UPS Store, Kimberly DeJesus, left her notary stamp on the front desk on March 11 during a busy time. When she came back to work three days later, she noticed that the stamp was gone and searched all over the store, but could not locate it. None of her co-workers had seen it. In fact, another UPS employee couldn’t find his, either. The cameras in the store are unconnected, and there were no witnesses to the theft. The employees were advised to contact the New York State Notary Association.

Anita Lagrassa was driving down Bay Street on the Ides of March when she sensed she was being followed, and pulled over. A woman in a white SUV pulled alongside and asked her if she was “high, because she was driving all over the road.” Ms. Lagrassa told the woman she was calling the police, and the woman drove away.

A security camera tipped off a Morris Cove Lane resident, Diane Plummer, that a man was on her property on March 16, near her front and rear doors. Police found no one, but spoke with her neighbor, who admitted being on Ms. Plummer’s property, but only in order to take a photo of his own house. He told police he’d call Ms. Plummer and clear it up.

Last Thursday night, someone threw red paint at a Main Street residence. Mitch Winston told police there has been an ongoing dispute with a neighbor about construction going on at his house, and that this was the third incident involving paint — and eggs — and he wanted documentation.

The St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Murf’s Tavern was a bit too much for Levine Laboud, who called police at 10:30 p.m. to complain about the noise volume. The bouncer let officers know he’d have the music turned down.

 

Springs

Just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, back-to-back calls complaining of loud music and yelling sent police to Klever Lopez’s Fort Pond Boulevard house. Mr. Lopez said he would lower the music and ask his guests to remain indoors, but apparently he did not, because an hour later a third person called to complain. Police returned to the house, spoke more sharply, and were again promised that the music would be lowered.

East Hampton Ambulance Department Gets County Nod

The Suffolk County Regional Emergency Services Council voted on March 12 to expand the operating territory of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Department to include the Northwest Fire Protection District and the East Hampton Water Supply Area. This came after a contentious public hearing at LTV Studios on Feb. 16.

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A 37-year-old Montauk man attempted to make a fire in a barrel at the Montauk Skate Park to "grill some burgers while he and friends skated" on the afternoon of March 13. Someone called the police, who told the man it was against the rules. He apologized and put the fire out.

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Policing East Hampton in 2023: A Look at the Statistics

In 2023, for 911 calls classified as "highest priority," the East Hampton Town Police Department's average response time was 5 minutes, 38 seconds. Officers made 163 drunken-driving arrests, assisted on 2,530 medical calls and nearly 1,800 fire-related emergencies, and logged 12 "use of force" incidents over the 12-month period. Those were just a few of the statistics presented by Chief Michael Sarlo to the East Hampton Town Board last week, capping off a year of protecting 70 square miles from Wainscott to Montauk.

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Sexual Assault Investigation

A 29-year-old East Hampton woman went to police headquarters on March 4 to report being the victim of sexual assault, stemming from an incident on Feb. 23 at a house in town.

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