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On the Police Logs 12.28.23

Thu, 12/28/2023 - 11:29

Amagansett

Two people with flashlights were seen peering into the windows of a parked Land Rover on the Peterson Physical Therapy property on Dec. 19 at around 10 p.m., catching the attention of a passer-by, who called police. The responding officers were told that one of the men owned the car, and the two were about to jump-start it.

Amagansett firefighters put out a vehicle fire in a 2014 Dodge pickup truck on the afternoon of Dec. 20. They reported the cause: A piece of cardboard that had gotten wedged in the undercarriage.

Last Thursday afternoon, a gray 2008 Honda CRV went missing from the parking lot at Brent’s General Store. Call logs show that police tracked it until nearly 5 a.m. Friday, but it was unclear whether the vehicle was recovered or if an arrest was made.

East Hampton Village

A 33-year-old woman struck a pothole and blew a tire in the Reutershan Parking Lot on Dec. 18 at around 2 p.m. She called AAA for help with the tire, and called police to tell them about the pothole.

The next day, at about 6:30 p.m., officers were called to check on the well-being of a youth running barefoot through the parking lot. Police couldn’t find anyone matching that description.

Montauk

Someone turned in a set of four keys, including a Toyota vehicle fob, at the South Embassy Street precinct on the morning of Dec. 20. The keys were found near the Chamber of Commerce office. Police have them for safekeeping.

Springs

A blue fanny pack with more than $9,000 in cash, two blank checks, a credit card, a Social Security card, and other personal papers was found on Grant Avenue and turned in to police as dusk was falling on Dec. 19. Police were able to reach the owner, an 82-year-old East Hampton resident, and reunite the grateful woman with her lost property.

Wainscott

Someone reported hearing gunshots coming from “the power lines behind the Maidstone Gun Club” on Friday shortly before 1 p.m. Records show an officer responded about 90 minutes later to canvass the area but found nothing to document. The next morning another call came in about gunshots, this time in the vicinity of the East Hampton Airport, which is just down the road from the gun club. Again, nothing was found.

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