Amagansett
A New York City man called police from Stuart’s Seafood Market on Sunday afternoon after finding his car gone, seeing one much like it in the parking lot, and realizing there’d likely been a switch. Police found the other driver, who was already on his way back to Stuart’s, and all ended well.
Police saw a man “stumbling around and leaning on random vehicles,” clearly drunk, in a Montauk Highway parking lot last week, and escorted him back to his Abraham’s Path residence without incident.
East Hampton
An Oakview Highway man awoke on May 20 to find that someone, late the night before, had bought five $200 gift cards using his debit card. Two of the five were sent in his name to an unknown address. His bank advised him to report the incident, and he told police he had no idea how his debit card information was obtained.
A gas leaf blower was bothering residents of Gunpowder Lane on Friday morning, but when police arrived its operator had departed.
East Hampton Village
On May 21, a Gingerbread Lane woman reported that a check was stolen last month from her FedEx box in Huntington. The check was supposed to be delivered to her office, and she believes that the thief used it to open a bank account under her name. Police advised her to contact her credit bureau.
A woman who reported property damage on James Lane Saturday evening told police she’d found bird droppings and tree debris on her car. Asked whether she usually parks under a tree, she responded, “Sometimes, but I think people might be putting these things on my car.”
Montauk
A manager at Navy Beach called police Monday evening after two diners left without paying their bill. They’d returned by the time police arrived, though, telling the manager that they are frequent patrons and like to walk down the beach after dinner before coming back to pay.
After a Bronx woman locked her keys inside her car at the Aqualina Inn last week, the hotel staff offered to help. They used a “Big Easy” unlocking tool, she said, which damaged the driver’s-side door. She asked that the incident be documented for reimbursement and/or insurance purposes.
The smell of gas was reported at the Royal Atlantic Beach resort on Friday morning. Police and firefighters observed smoke coming out of a building and cleared the area. A puffback from a machine in the maintenance room was found to be the cause.
Later that day, a fire was reported on South Endicott Place, and firefighters found the electric meter and meter pane ablaze. PSEG was called to kill power to the property, and the fire was extinguished.
Ruschmeyer’s was ticketed Saturday night following a noise complaint. A noise meter, used to take a reading on the volume, found that it was way too loud.
A highly intoxicated man was found unconscious on the shoulder of South Edison Street early Sunday morning. Police called around, and a friend of his responded and took him home.
Sag Harbor
Village police spotted a car stopped on the shoulder of West Water Street early on May 19 and pulled over to check. Two men were on the grass, they reported, one of them lying face-down, having just thrown up. His friends said they’d stopped to let him vomit, and would now drop him off at the Sag Harbor Inn. Police offered to call E.M.S., but he declined.
A worker whom he’d fired was on his property, a Hamilton Street man, sounding concerned, told police on May 21. Officers arrived and found the man, who claimed he didn’t know he’d been fired and said he’d gone inside to check on a defective toilet. He left without incident and returned his key to the house.
A traffic control officer called police to Long Wharf on Sunday when tensions arose between rival protesters. After police separated the two groups, one man said that another had shoved him during a disagreement over the Middle East. The alleged shover denied getting physical but agreed that there had been an argument. No charges were filed.
Wainscott
On May 21, after a caller reported a trailer parked for a long time near Wainscott Stone Road, police found a note on it from a Glen Head man, saying that “a village officer” had told him he could park there. Police called the man, who said he was working in East Hampton Village and staying in the parked trailer. He was told the trailer couldn’t be parked there, and left in it without incident.
