Amagansett
Marie Zazzi of Handy Lane called the police on the afternoon of Oct. 18 to report that a concrete “monument” in front of her house had been knocked out of place, possibly by workers next door. An officer told her to ask the contractor to have it put back where it belongs, and suggested filing a civil complaint if that didn’t happen.
Chuck Morici, passing through Amagansett near Brent’s General Store on Friday morning, reported seeing numerous screws spilled across the road. Police arrived, and an officer directed traffic while a lieutenant borrowed a broom and dustpan from the nearby gas station and swept up the screws.
Later that day, a driver with Quackenbush Cesspools told police the truck’s “back latch” had sprung open when he crossed the railroad tracks on Abraham’s Path, spilling “debris” all over the road. Quackenbush workers cleared the road of what was dubbed a “dry spill,” and the driver was ticketed for having an unsecured load.
East Hampton
When a passer-by saw water “pouring out of the ground” at a house on Two Holes of Water Road shortly before noon on Oct. 17, she called the police. Officers checked the outside of the house, which seemed to be fine; no water was coming in. They blamed it on sprinklers and notified the homeowner.
Rob Grau of Springs-Fireplace Road reported last Thursday afternoon that his mailbox had been damaged by a vehicle, describing deep tire tracks nearby. Across the street, Mr. Grau and a police officer observed dump trucks with the name “Montecalvo Paving.” The drivers all denied responsibility, but the paving company’s owner, John Montecalvo, pledged to fix the mailbox, along with any damage to a nearby utility pole.
At around 3 a.m. on Sunday, someone on Sherrill Road reported a “white male in a tuxedo” who was “walking in the area for approximately an hour and a half” and who “appeared to be annoyed/angry.” Officers canvassed the area but couldn’t find anyone matching that description.
East Hampton Village
A resident of East Hollow Road was ticketed for draining his pool into the street, which is against village code, on the morning of Oct. 17.
Montauk
A red Smart Car “close to the edge of a small pond” off Old West Lake Drive was reported as a suspicious vehicle at about 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 18. Police were able to contact its owner, Gabrielle DeRosa of Montauk, who said the battery had died and that she would call a tow truck.
Twice on Saturday night, police received anonymous calls complaining about loud music coming from the Solé East resort. Both times, an officer took a decibel reading, finding that the restaurant hadn’t violated the noise ordinance.
On Sunday evening police were called to investigate a diesel fuel spill at the dock near the Snug Harbor Motel. The spill was estimated at less than a gallon “and could not be contained,” according to the report.
Sag Harbor
On Oct. 16 at Havens Beach, the harbormaster impounded three kayaks and a stand-up paddleboard that lacked storage permits.
Police got a call on the morning of Oct. 18 requesting a welfare check on a dog seen inside a black Mercedes parked on Rose Street. An officer determined that the dog was not in distress — the car windows were cracked and its owner was nearby.
Shortly before 11 that night, “a large brown bag containing an assortment of women’s clothes” was brought to police headquarters for safekeeping after being found in front of the Dragon Hemp Apothecary on Main Street.
Bob Scally forgot where he’d parked his Honda Friday morning, and an officer helped him look and stayed with him until it was located.
Springs
Tammy Gallo was away from her Richardson Avenue house when a neighbor called to tell her there was a group of people who “appeared to not belong there” having a party in her backyard. She relayed the news to police at around 3 a.m. on Friday, and the responding officers found a smoldering fire in the fire pit and multiple beer cans on the picnic table. Inside the house, the living room TV was on and two people were sleeping on a couch. They explained they thought they had permission to be there, as the homeowner had given them permission in the past, but Ms. Gallo, when reached by phone, told police they were no longer allowed on the property. She declined to press charges, asking that the unwanted guests be told to clean up and leave.
The public restrooms at Maidstone Park Beach had already been boarded up with plywood for the season, but on the afternoon of Oct. 18, a parks department employee noticed that the plywood had been ripped off the men’s restroom window, a stall door had been kicked off its hinges, and the window screen and a nearby picnic table were damaged as well.
Wainscott
A 28-year-old Springs man and his 23-year-old friend from East Hampton were ticketed on Friday evening for displaying open alcoholic beverages — bottles of beer — in public, at the Speedway gas station on Montauk Highway.