Amagansett
A vehicle that was towed a year ago to the V&V gas station on the highway with a note on the windshield saying that the owner would be “back with the keys” and to “see if the garage could get it to run,” was still there on the night of June 10. The station’s owner wants it removed, and police are trying to contact the car’s owner before that happens.
East Hampton
Shortly after police arrived at a Will Curl Highway house last Thursday afternoon, following a report from a man that someone had stolen his dog, a woman called him to say that she had it. The dog had run out onto Three Harbor Road in front of her Toyota S.U.V., she said, and she’d stopped to pick it up and protect it. All ended well.
East Hampton Village
That same afternoon, the manager of Red Horse Market reported that a woman had taken items from the store without paying and driven off in a blue Ford pickup truck, but that he’d got a photo of the license plate and wished to press charges. Police stopped the truck on Cedar Street soon after, and the Amagansett woman at the wheel admitted that the items were in the car. Wild salmon priced at $74, a $67 local fluke, a deli special, and a deli sandwich were seized and returned to the store, and the manager identified the woman, who was taken to headquarters for processing. She was released on an appearance ticket and is due in Justice Court on Wednesday.
Montauk
A visitor from Murray, Ky., riding a boogie board, was caught in a rip tide at South Edison Beach early on Friday evening, about 50 yards off the beach. When an officer arrived, “a good Samaritan” was seen jumping on his surfboard, making his way out to the man, and safely escorting him back to shore. The rescuer declined to identify himself, but did say he was a Smith Point Ocean Lifeguard.
Sag Harbor
Also on June 11, a black Dodge Ram “with a possible dead body in the bed” was reported driving down Route 114 toward Sag Harbor, and Southampton Town police requested assistance to track it down. Village officers found the truck near the Breakwater Yacht Club, where they observed a “training mannequin” in the back. Southampton police were so advised.
An unknown man wearing “a neon-yellow safety sweatshirt” was “drilling holes in the ground” in the parking lot of the Sag Harbor Inn on June 10, the manager reported. When an employee questioned him, he claimed to be doing “a survey for drones.” He has not been seen since, but the manager wanted the incident documented.
A Spanish-speaking officer was called to translate for his colleagues at about 2 a.m. last Thursday during a heated exchange between two men outside the Sag Harbor Fireplace showroom. One man accused the other of coming to his house, banging on the door, and threatening to call immigration on him; the other one said they’d once worked together and that his accuser was “envious” of him. The second man was escorted home and ordered not to return to the premises.
Springs
A neighbor’s two pet geese, one of which “tends to act aggressively,” often get loose and wander through her yard, a Harbor View Drive woman complained to police Saturday night, adding that the neighbor was in California and unreachable by phone. Upon arrival, an officer observed one goose wandering around her yard, and attempted to corral it, with the assistance of another neighbor, before notifying dispatch to contact wildlife rescue volunteers. The goose was “positioned safely and stationary on the edge of its own yard” when the officer left, having been notified that wildlife rescue was en route.