A New York City woman was charged with two felonies in Sag Harbor last week, accused of breaking into the Tracy Anderson Fitness Studio on Bay Street after hours and stealing nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise.
Skylar J. Hostetler, 30, was arrested the following day, Sept. 3, outside the studio, after its manager reported the theft to village police and provided surveillance footage of the incident. Ms. Hostetler can reportedly be seen on the tape entering the studio through an unlocked side door from the connected Sag Harbor Gym at around 4:25 p.m., and proceeding to use unspecified Pilates equipment for about an hour before removing a long list of items — together valued at $1,960.49 — from the retail area. They include multiple sweatshirts, bras, leggings, beauty products, and electrolyte powders, which she is seen placing into a bag before leaving the studio at about 6 p.m.
According to the arrest report, an officer was in the studio collecting information when he was notified that Ms. Hostetler had just left the Sag Harbor Gym. He recognized her from the video and spotted her walking through a parking lot toward Main Street. He escorted her back to the studio, where the manager asked whether she’d been there the day before, to which she replied, “I was, yeah,” and when questioned about what she had taken responded, “I took some clothes.”
She was placed under arrest at 2:32 p.m. and transported to headquarters for processing. Charged with burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, both felonies, she is to appear in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court tomorrow morning.
An East Hampton man was charged with a felony last month for causing about $500 damage to the women’s restroom at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett.
According to a complaint released by town police this week, Tomas Yunus Alexander Velanovich, 35, broke the restroom’s stainless steel sink at around 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 17, leaving it bent, dented, and detached from the wall. He also allegedly dislocated the back of an Adirondack chair on the property and broke a wooden trellis into several pieces, causing an additional $110 of damage.
He was arrested later that morning, reportedly telling the arresting officer that “apparently some things got vandalized. If I vandalized property I take full responsibility, just charge me.”
He was arraigned before Justice Steven Tekulsky in East Hampton Justice Court on the morning of Aug. 20, charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a felony, and two related misdemeanors. He is due back in court later this month.
In another early-morning incident, Brian J. Kaminski of Bay Shore, 45, was arrested at 3 a.m. last Thursday outside Dive Bar Pizza in Montauk and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, after allegedly kicking the passenger side panel of a 2020 Honda, creating a large dent estimated to cost $750 in repairs.
He was taken to town police headquarters for processing and released with a ticket to appear in Justice Court on Monday.
