Amagansett
A man approached a Shipwreck Drive residence around noon on July 9, introduced himself as a “European filmmaker,” and asked the owner to give his business card to a certain public figure he’d heard “frequents the area,” adding, she told police, that “I wish to do a documentary with her.” He did not seem to be a threat “in any way,” she said, but asked that the incident be documented.
East Hampton Village
A bright-blue and green Mooncool bicycle was stolen from outside Stop and Shop just before noon on July 8, its 14-year-old owner reported, and a review of CCTV footage in the area led police to James Lane, where they apprehended a Patchogue man riding the bike. The man taken to headquarters for processing, where he provided a statement, and released with a court appearance ticket.
The next evening, a man “with white hair and a blue jacket” took another patron’s phone during a movie at the Regal and said he would not return it and to call the police. When officers stopped a man fitting the description walking down Main Street, he confirmed the account, saying he’d taken the phone to “make a stand” because the owner was talking loudly on it during the movie. He told them he’d placed the phone on the concession counter before leaving the theater.
Around midnight on Friday, a man went to headquarters after entering his parents’ Georgica Close house, which has been under construction for months, and finding a stranger asleep in their bed. Police found a Bronx man at the address, who stated that he’d been working at the residence as an electrician and had gotten permission from the general contractor to stay there. The homeowner did not wish to pursue charges and the man was escorted to the train station.
Montauk
A gold chain necklace was stolen from Below the Blue on the evening of July 6, and an employee told police her co-worker had seen a woman drop it into a blue bag. They “searched everywhere” for the item, she said, before approaching the woman, who “kept changing her story about where it went.” The woman, a resident of East Meadow, told officers she did not have the necklace, but would pay for it if the shop agreed not to press charges. She was accompanied to a nearby A.T.M. to complete the purchase and advised not to return.
A Bay Shore man was washing his feet in the public restroom on South Embassy Street Saturday afternoon when another man entered and “a verbal altercation ensued,” police reported. He went back to his car, he told officers, hoping that would put an end to it, but the other man followed him, yelling and cursing, and pushed him, which, he said, caused a minor cut on his finger. He wanted the incident on record in case of a future encounter.
Sag Harbor
A caller reported that a man he’d met at John Steinbeck Park on the waterfront had asked for a light and then followed him and his friend to Long Wharf on the evening of July 7, “trying to hang around with us,” but had become “angry and belligerent” when they showed no interest, and followed them down Main Street “wanting to fight.” Police identified the man, who claimed that the three had been having drinks together. He left the area without incident.
Just after midnight on July, a patron at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern complained he’d been “disrespected” by the establishment — kicked out “without a refund” after paying $36 for six Coronas. The bouncer told officers that the man had been “requesting sex for money,” and had punched another man in the face when he asked him to stop. That man refused medical attention and declined to press charges, and the bouncer removed the patron, telling him he was not welcome back for that night and advising him to go home.
A purple sticky note reading, “Please fix my fence you just knocked over. Thanks, B,” was left on a car parked in the Sag Harbor Veterinary Clinic lot last Thursday evening. The car’s owner called police to say that its tailgate appeared to have been “intentionally destroyed” and that “the paint was intentionally scratched from side to side.” He wanted to pursue charges, he said, estimating that repainting the damage would cost at least $1,500.
