Amagansett
Patricia Garvey of Cranberry Lane filed a credit card fraud report on Dec. 23 after receiving a package at the post office from a company called MeUndies, which specializes in custom-printed underwear. The trouble was that neither she nor her husband had ordered anything from that company, nor had they ordered anything from Omaha Steaks, which also showed up as a substantial charge on her credit card. She canceled the card, and her bank said it would reimburse the charges. There was a physical address on Atlantic Avenue associated with the MeUndies package, but no one was home when police knocked on the door there.
East Hampton
Lincoln Pilcher, an owner of Moby’s on Pantigo Road, was driving by the restaurant on the afternoon of Dec. 26 when he noticed a broken window. Taking a closer look at the building, he discovered two more windows that “appeared to be tampered with,” according to a police report. Detectives continue to investigate.
For the second week in a row, police received multiple noise complaints coming from mobile home units on Oakview Highway. Two of the calls — one on Saturday at about 6 p.m. and another shortly after 3 p.m. the next day — were called in by the same person; police deemed both of them unfounded.
East Hampton Village
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons received an anonymous bomb threat via email on Dec. 24 stating that a group called “Funning” had placed explosives inside the synagogue and also inside every synagogue in New York State. The threat was reported to police two days later. It was ultimately deemed non-credible, but police remained on site for some time that day.
An East Hampton man called police at around 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 when, at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, he found a lock that was not his own on the locker where he’d stowed his jacket. An officer was “able to open said locker without incident.”
An 81-year-old Sagaponack resident left his debit card in the ATM of the Chase Bank branch late Saturday afternoon. An East Hampton woman happened to find it, and turned it in to police for safekeeping. Its owner retrieved it the next day.
Montauk
Four mailboxes on Glenmore Avenue were knocked down by a car sometime between Dec. 20 and Dec. 21, scattering mail across the road and lawns. Police discovered tire tracks and car parts thought to belong to a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The damage was eventually connected to an earlier crash in which the driver of such a vehicle was ticketed for leaving the scene.
Brian Edwards of Flanders Road called police last Thursday afternoon about an unfamiliar black Dodge Ram parked for a while in his driveway. The pickup truck owner told officers he’d been walking in the woods with his kids on property he thought he had permission to be on. It turned out that a prior homeowner had given the okay in the past; police told the man not to return.
A State Parks Department employee reported hearing loud banging and “what sounded like power tools” near the Camp Hero radar tower on Monday at about 11:30 p.m. Shortly after 2 a.m., police spotted flashlights in the woods. Five men from out of town were questioned. No one was arrested or ticketed, but state police now have their names and addresses.
Northwest
While picking up litter along Bull Path on Dec. 27, David Bennett discovered a black trash bag with a strange heft to it, and “became concerned the contents could be human remains,” according to a police report. An officer opened the bag, which contained “rubbish mixed with discarded deer entrails.” Highway department employees hauled it away.
During several walks last week along Pheasant Woods Lane, a 62-year-old woman and her 29-year-old son noticed a gray Acura sport-utility vehicle equipped with a camera. They told police the car was “driving up and down the road multiple times in a manner in which they felt was suspicious, as the vehicle would pass them slowly, turn around, and pass by again.” The driver and a passenger were uncooperative when contacted by police, telling an officer that they “like to drive around their neighborhood often to check on the well-being of their neighbors.”
Springs
Mike Martensen reported Saturday that his mailbox and a utility pole on Chapel Lane had been damaged the night before. Police arrived to find a pole that was “cracked in half despite still being upright,” but found no signs of vehicle damage nearby. PSEG, the electric utility company, was notified.