Amagansett
The putting green on hole 17 at the East Hampton Golf Club “appeared to have been driven on by a dirt bike or e-bike” on the evening of June 1, the superintendent told police, adding that the grass had been intact an hour and a half earlier. An employee who lives near the hole had not seen a rider that day, but said he has seen e-bikes in the area before. The superintendent asked that the incident be documented but did not want to pursue charges.
East Hampton
“Filming TikTok videos” was a Hawthorne Avenue man’s explanation when asked what he was doing in his Ford Mustang in the One Stop parking lot after 1 a.m. on Monday. The man produced the footage to quell any doubts and left the area without incident.
The afternoon before, an Island Road resident reported that a man with a strong accent had knocked on his door, saying something about his phone dying and being unable to charge it. The man, who the resident believed was a lost Uber driver, then reportedly walked across the property, got into a Toyota Camry and drove away. A canvass of the area yielded no sign of the man or his vehicle.
A Maple Lane man contacted police on the evening of May 24 to report that 10 plants had been taken from his fenced-in backyard sometime in the last month. The responding officer observed “weeds and vegetation” growing in the area, noting that the plants did not appear to have been uprooted recently. The homeowner told police that he did not want to pursue charges but would like to be reimbursed for the cost of the plants if the thief was identified, and indicated that he would forward police a copy of the invoice.
Montauk
A woman went to the Montauk police substation last Thursday to report two “alarming” emails she had received that morning from a man, purporting to be from Kona, Hawaii, stating that he is owed $400,000. The messages were directed to another woman, she said; she claimed she had never had contact with the sender or intended recipient and does not know who they are. She asked the officer not to contact either party, but asked
Staff members at Bounce Beach Montauk told police early on Sunday morning that a West Islip woman who had called the officers to the bar had been removed after dumping an alcoholic drink on an employee’s head. She claimed the employee had harassed her, displaying scratches she allegedly sustained during the altercation, and was advised that if she pressed charges for his conduct he would press charges for hers. Both opted against further action and the woman left the area. The employee was instructed never to engage in physical contact with patrons and to have security escort them out instead.
Sag Harbor
A man on a bicycle rode up a Sag Harbor woman’s driveway and looked into her windows before taking off, she told police on the evening of June 3, noting he resembled an individual who had harassed and stalked her “well-known” new neighbor in the past. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the man.
The next afternoon a Main Street woman flagged down an officer to report that she had found what appeared to be a $20 bill covered in a “film” in front of her building.
Upon inspection the officer determined the item was actually an empty plastic bag with the words “Sour Lemon” written on one side, and noted it carried a strong odor of marijuana. The bag was sealed and placed into evidence to be destroyed.
A large drone flying over a Redwood Road man’s property prompted him to call the police on Sunday afternoon, and he claimed this was the latest in a series of recent sightings in the area. Upon arrival officers spotted the offending device and located its operator, who told them he had obtained permission from both the village and the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a survey in the area. He had finished his work in Sag Harbor for the day, he assured them, and would notify the Police Department if he planned to return.
Later that night, a woman walked into Keyes Art Gallery and demanded it “buy her artwork,” the gallery’s owner told police, but when asked for more information about her work, she reportedly began yelling and left. She was no longer in the area when officers arrived, and no further action was taken.
