Amagansett
It was the first time this season that he’d turned on his pool heater, a Miankoma Lane man told police on the morning of May 18, and it immediately caught fire. An officer used a fire extinguisher on the blaze, helped shut off the power and gas line, and called in the Fire Department to deal with the remaining flames. The fire marshal blamed a gas leak for the incident, which was among several others reported around town recently by do-it-yourself pool owners.
East Hampton
After a Jeep struck the exit gate of LongHouse Reserve on the afternoon of May 18 and drove off without reporting the damage, an event organizer identified an East Hampton woman as the driver. She confirmed to police that she’d been at LongHouse at the time, explaining that “the automatic gate failed to open all the way.” She was ticketed for leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage.
East Hampton Village
A man watching a live camera feed streaming on Hamptons.com called police last week to report that swimmers in the Atlantic appeared to be in distress. Officers found one of them, no longer in the water, who stated that he’d been swimming with friends and all was well.
Montauk
A security guard at Shagwong was “escorting” someone out of the tavern on the night of May 25 when the man — said by patrons to be “highly intoxicated or on something” — began throwing punches at him. During the struggle, the guard told police, the man’s hand went into his mouth, and he “bit down on his finger and saw a small piece come off.” The guard sustained a small cut under his right eye. Police took the man away, warning him never to return.
Outside the Memory Motel the night before, as the holiday weekend began, an unknown assailant punched a Rockville Centre man in the face, leaving a cut over his left eyebrow and knocking him to the ground. E.M.S. photographed his injuries before transporting him to Stony Brook Hospital’s new emergency services building on Pantigo Road in East Hampton for treatment.
Three hundred eighty “white containers, each containing five pre-rolled joints of a leafy green substance,” were discovered in the trunk of a Deer Park man’s Toyota after he was pulled over for speeding on the morning of May 28. He told town police he worked for “the Montauk Village Vape Shop” and was transporting “inventory” for his employer. He was arrested and taken to police headquarters for processing, and the “inventory” was secured as evidence.
Sag Harbor
Three men were found in the backyard of a Terry Drive residence playing loud music over outdoor speakers when police responded to a noise complaint Saturday morning. One man, who said he was the homeowner, provided police with a false name; then locked himself inside the house and refused to come out. Registration information from two cars parked in the driveway revealed his real name, and he was taken to police headquarters and presented with a court appearance ticket for violating the village code before being released.
On May 25, the Sunday of the holiday weekend, a man was asked to leave Provisions after he asked a female employee out on a date. When she declined and told him she had a boyfriend, he said he’d be “a better boyfriend,” then took a bite from another patron’s order and “touched multiple food items” before being ordered out. Next he sat down at a table in front, crossed the street when asked to leave, and “stared at the front door from a park bench for hours.” A male employee walked all the female employees to their cars that night, and police were called to warn the man not to return.
The afternoon before, also at Provisions, a woman entered the cafe area with a dog, which is against store policy, and ignored repeated requests to leave, finally stating that she would “burn this f***ing store down.” The owner got her name from a one-star review she left on Google later that day, and called police to request the incident be documented.
An Officer found an injured baby goose, “still able to move around with a limp,” off the road near Otter Pond Sunday morning, and contacted Wildlife Rescue, which advised him that as long as the mother was with the baby (she was), and it was able to move on its own, there was no need for them to respond at that time.
Wainscott
A woman created a scene at Serena and Lily on the morning of May 22, cursing at employees in front of customers. Police contacted her two days later and advised her not to set foot in the Montauk Highway store again.
The manager of Sherwin-Williams thwarted an attempt to defraud the business on May 21. Aware that the store’s Shirley location had been scammed the day before by a Mastic Beach man, who’d bought some $2,086 worth of paint on another person’s account and then returned it for a full cash refund, he evidently recognized the scammer — who was trying to repeat the scheme — from a surveillance video, and called police. Officers intercepted the man outside the store; he was apparently turned over to law enforcement in Shirley.
