Amagansett
A man claiming to have left a jacket containing $7,000 in cash and a Mexican passport at a salon on Montauk Highway a month ago told police on Monday that it was gone when he returned. Officers spoke with the salon’s owner, who did not remember the incident, and the report did not say why the man waited so long to report it. Police provided the man with the necessary documentation to replace the passport.
After a burglar alarm went off Friday morning at the I.G.A., police spoke with the loading dock manager, who told them a vendor had showed up earlier than expected and tried to open the loading dock door, accidentally triggering the alarm.
Late Friday night, police responded to the Stephen Talkhouse after an intoxicated man was reported to be causing a disturbance outside. His friends called an Uber to take him home, and police advised him to stay there.
A resident of La Foret Lane reported Saturday afternoon that a stranger was hunting turkey in the woods near his house. Turkey-hunting is legal on Long Island from May 1 to May 31, police told him, and he said he’d call the State Department of Environmental Conservation for confirmation.
East Hampton
Early Friday morning, on Pantigo Road near East Hampton Urgent Care, police found a man asleep in his car and woke him up, telling him he could not sleep there. He replied that he’d dropped his girlfriend off nearby and was waiting for her to come back. He “became upset” while being questioned, according to the report, and refused to provide further information, but he did move the car away.
A “very drunk” man was found lying on the grass at the intersection of Three Mile Harbor and Indian Hill Roads early Saturday morning. After police awakened him, he proceeded to urinate on the grass. Police took him home in a patrol car, though not before ticketing him for the town code violation.
Sag Harbor
A driver smashed into a telephone pole on Jermain Avenue by Palmer Terrace on the morning of April 28, splitting it in half near the base. The driver was not hurt, but the car and pole sustained heavy damage. PSEG was called in for repairs.
A traffic light at the intersection of Main Street and Brick Kiln Road malfunctioned on the morning of April 29, cycling too quickly, according to drivers. Police notified the Highway Department, and were told that the light had been set to cycle faster because of roadwork in the area.
On April 29, a Meredith Avenue woman reported seven broken windows at her house. She told police the windows were fine last July, when she’d last been in town, but that a caretaker had since reported finding four teenagers in the house, and kicked them out. Police photographed the damage and contacted the caretaker for an interview.
Springs
A mulch fire was reported at the recycling center on the evening of April 29. East Hampton firefighters dealt with it in short order.
Firefighters were called to the center again the following day, when a piece of machinery, a Morbark 6600 wood grinder, caught fire. It too was quickly extinguished.
A Cedar Street man told police Sunday that he’d hit a deer on April 28, and noticed a few days later that his front license plate was missing. After confirming that the plate was missing and not stolen, police gave him a D.M.V. form to replace it.
Following up on a noise complaint from Springs-Fireplace Road last Thursday evening, police found a man playing loud music out of his car while vacuuming it. He agreed to turn it down.
A vehicle fire was reported on President Street Monday morning. Police found a Chevrolet van engulfed in flames, which had spread to a neighboring residence. Springs firefighters put out the blaze, but a bedroom in the residence sustained minor damage and the van was destroyed.
Wainscott
A Six Pole Highway homeowner was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Sunday night after a large burst of fire shot out from his gas grill as he was trying to light it. He sustained minor burns to his face, arms, and hair; his dog’s hair was singed as well. Both the East Hampton and Sag Harbor Fire Departments were called in to extinguish the flames.