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On the Police Logs 03.23.23

Thu, 03/23/2023 - 11:01

Amagansett

Wayne Gauger of Oak Lane went to police headquarters on Friday to report a trespasser whom he has seen twice on his property. Mr. Gauger has now filed a criminal affidavit, meaning that if the unidentified man is caught returning, he will be arrested.

East Hampton

Johnny Sanchez thought it was a police car pulling him over on March 9 as he swerved onto the right shoulder to pass a delivery truck parked in the middle of Pantigo Road near Town Justice Court. The blue-and-red flashing lights in his rearview mirror were coming from a black Chevrolet S.U.V., but its driver wasn’t a police officer. The two men argued, and Mr. Sanchez called police at around noon to report the incident.

East Hampton Village

Twice on the afternoon of March 14, a burglar alarm went off at 61 Further Lane. Both instances turned out to be false alarms.

Montauk

Dolores Rigano of North Farragut Road reported on March 10 that the security warning sign on her property had been stolen.

Carter Black of Montauk blamed his dog for the head-on car accident he was involved in last Thursday at about 4:30 p.m. on West Lake Drive near South Fairview Avenue. Mr. Black, driving a Ford S.U.V., told police the dog had jumped onto his lap, causing him to swerve into the oncoming lane. No injuries were reported.

Sag Harbor

A call at around 10 on Saturday night about a possible intruder at Genevieve Roeloffs’s Madison Street house turned up not a human trespasser, but rather a bird that appeared to have been attacked by a cat.

It took four parking tickets and a week of close monitoring by traffic control officers, but a car with Tennessee license plates, which had been left on Main Street between 4 and 6 a.m. for several days in violation of the village code, was moved over the weekend after police finally made contact with its owner.

Laura Greenwald of Main Street reported a possible real estate scam on March 14 after receiving a call from her alarm company that someone pretending to be the new homeowner there had requested access to the property. The caller turned out to be a 67-year-old woman who is known to police as a repeat troublemaker. Ms. Greenwald is not pressing charges.

Officers responded last week to two reports of loud parties, one at a Main Street residence on March 14 at about 2 a.m. and another at a house on Walker Avenue on Friday, which was St. Patrick’s Day, at about 11 p.m. In both instances, music could be heard from the street. Both party hosts turned off the music at the officers’ requests.

Springs

After returning from an afternoon trip to the grocery store on March 13, Marilyn Palmer of Isle of Wight Road noticed antique jewelry and old family photos missing from her bedroom and contacted the police. An officer interviewed three people in connection with the report, but no arrests have been made.

Wainscott

A former employee of the Speedway gas station, who had stopped showing up for his shifts after less than two months on the job, has been accused of stealing $445 in merchandise. His name was withheld from a heavily redacted police report, which was dated Feb. 23 but just released this week.

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No crime was committed on Aug. 12 on Front Street in Springs, where police responded to a report that a man was holding a shotgun. Police said it was in fact a BB gun, which the man told them he uses to scare off squirrels and other small animals.

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Montauk Art Show Targeted by Thieves

Just weeks after the sentencing of the woman who drunkenly drove through the Montauk Art Show last year, destroying many paintings, photographs, and handmade crafts, the event was targeted again, this time falling victim to thieves and vandals.

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July Train Robber Brandished a Knife

Metropolitan Transportation Authority detectives have charged a Bronx man with robbery, saying that in East Hampton last month, he stole money from another train rider and then brandished a knife in his face.

Aug 20, 2026

Multiple Pileups as Labor Day Draws Near

East Hampton Town police reported multiple accidents last week as local roads fill up for the final weeks of summer.

Aug 20, 2026

 

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