Amagansett
Two women were kayaking in Napeague Bay in the early evening of July 12 and somehow ended up in the water. A nearby boat plucked them out and retrieved their kayaks. The women declined medical attention.
East Hampton
A resident of Springs-Fireplace Road called police on July 11 to say that his parents had used “a bleach alternative” to clean the house’s basement and had created “a toxic plume” in the house in the process. He called back the next day to say the plume was gone, but police advised him to let the place air out some more before returning.
East Hampton Village
A tenant at 211 Cove Hollow Road suspected fraud when a man arrived on July 13 to collect what he claimed was an unpaid gas bill. The tenant called the homeowner, who denied the outstanding balance. Police, acting on the tenant’s description of the man’s car, pulled it over. The driver, however, proved to their satisfaction that he was indeed a collection agent, and not long after, the homeowner made police aware that he did in fact owe money on his gas bill.
An annoyed resident of East Hollow Road called on the morning of July 11, complaining that a neighbor’s landscaper was using a gas-powered leaf blower, in defiance of village code. Police determined that while the blower may have been loud, it was a permitted electric model.
Another noise complaint was received later that day from a homeowner on Sarah’s Way. Officers reported that they could neither hear nor find the source of the alleged loud music.
A woman reported multiple dead seagulls on Two Mile Hollow Road on July 11 at around 6 p.m. Officers found two dead birds, but nothing suspicious about the circumstances.
Montauk
A bartender at the Point Bar and Grill saw a man breaking the sink and vanity off a wall in the men’s bathroom on Sunday afternoon. The Point’s owner, Marc Remmes, said he would not press charges but wanted the man to pay for the damage. An observant bouncer at the sports bar gave police the man’s New Jersey license plate.
A photographer told police Saturday afternoon that he was being harassed by someone who also worked as a paparazzo. He felt “threatened and scared,” he said, claiming that the man was following his car to events to take his own photos. The accused man told police he was just another paparazzo doing his job. Police advised the two to avoid each other if they found themselves at the same event.
A couple from Kings Park, staying at the Surf Club Friday, went shopping that morning and returned to discover, they told police, that $2,700 was missing from a handbag, and that a gold watch had also gone missing. Police interviewed other guests at the hotel but had no suspects.
Montauk was a drinking town with a phishing problem last Thursday. A Duryea Avenue woman showed up at noon to report an online fraud in her email. Police told her to not reply to the come-on, which said she had to pay $533.99 via PayPal to confirm an order she’d never placed.
A Montauk man was feeling dizzy and lightheaded at Gosman’s Dock and Restaurant on the afternoon of July 13. A responding ambulance crew encouraged him to go to the hospital, but he declined.
Two teenage swimmers at Ditch Plain Beach were pulled out to sea by rip currents about 50 yards from shore late on the afternoon of July 11. A surfer helped one of them get back on the beach; the other swam ashore unassisted. They were reunited with their parents, unharmed but a little rattled.
A resident called police on July 11 around noon to report that large construction vehicles, parked near Fir Lane, were creating a road hazard. One vehicle was ticketed for a parking violation; the construction crew moved the others.
Edward Yablans of Los Angeles told police that he believed someone had intentionally broken the rear window of his 2021 Infiniti rental on July 10, while the car was parked on Flamingo Road near South Edgemere Street. Mr. Yablans wanted documentation for the rental company.
Sag Harbor
Terri Shay called on the afternoon of July 13 to report that a small dog was locked in a white Tesla with its windows up at the corner of Bay and Burke Streets. Police located the owner and determined that the dog was not in danger from overheating. The owner was on a boat, and remotely lowered the Tesla’s temperature from 70 to 65 degrees.
Early on the afternoon of July 12, a harbormaster, Robert Bori, observed an ISLE Pioneer paddleboard at the Bay Street rack without a village permit, and impounded it.
Mark Christensen called police on the morning of July 11 to report that an elderly woman, a resident of Forrest Street, may have died overnight. Police confirmed it. Foul play is not suspected.
Melissa Jamal was backing out of a Nassau Street parking lot on July 11 when, she told police, an irate woman approached and hurled an iced coffee at her car. Ms. Jamal allowed that she’d nearly backed into her, but wanted the incident on record.
A concerned citizen called one night last week to report a woman “slumped over the steering wheel” in front of Sag Pizza. When police arrived, the woman told them she was “dealing with a personal issue” and had leaned over the wheel while sending a text. She then went into the pizzeria.
