Amagansett
Her late husband’s memorial bench had been stolen from the Albert’s Landing beachhead, a Queens woman told town police on the afternoon of Sept. 3. She’d had the bench installed in 2022, she said, and her brother had just repainted it in June, but there was no sign of it when she went to visit earlier that day. On Monday, police received additional information from the town’s maintenance supervisor, and the case was closed.
East Hampton
A loud “multicolored” car had been “aggressively tailgating” him before its driver tossed a beverage toward his car’s open window, a Howard Street man told police on the afternoon of Aug. 25, adding that he’d been headed home from his art studio on Old Fireplace Drive when the “erratic vehicle” began flashing its lights behind him. He was not sure of the car’s make or model, he said, but believed it to be “something similar to, if not, a Mazda.” He was relieved, he said, to learn that officers were documenting the incident and would be conducting a search for the car.
“The bar is closed,” a Wainscott man was told, after he and a friend attempted to order cocktails at Serafina Friday night, and he called 911 to report the incident, telling police that he did not appreciate the “aggressive manner” in which the staff had spoken to them. The restaurant’s owner said the pair had refused to leave when asked, continuing to “make comments” and argue with the staff. An officer stood by until they left, stating that they had “no intentions” to return.
A man discovered sleeping in the grass by the side of Muir Boulevard early Sunday morning was awakened by police asking for his ID, which he provided, stating that he lived “a short distance away.” He refused medical assistance, saying he “felt fine other than a hangover,” and was given a ride to a house down the street.
East Hampton Village
Police stopped a white 1985 Lincoln limousine in front of Guild Hall on Monday afternoon for a suspended registration, and a subsequent check of DMV records revealed that the license plates were not registered to the vehicle. The plates were seized and marked for destruction, and the driver was arrested. Police left a piece of printer paper reading “Awaiting Tow” on the dashboard overnight, and the limo was collected the next morning.
A black BMW had been parked on Lumber Lane for two days with its engine running, a caller reported last Thursday evening. An officer found the car, still running, and was able to unlock the door to turn it off. He left a message for the car’s owner, who was identified as an 87-year-old from Chicago.
Montauk
A “highly intoxicated man” was found on Labor Day lying in bushes outside the Gulf gas station after an attendant reported that he had knocked over and damaged a display of vapes in the station’s convenience store. The man told officers he couldn’t recall what happened, and “just remembers attempting to buy something to drink.” He was advised that he had been banned from the premises.
Sag Harbor
A caller told police Friday morning that he’d followed a white delivery van to Havens Beach after its driver tossed “red liquid” at his car while stopped in traffic, and then, at the beach, proceeded to throw “seafood” and “what appeared to be urine” at him before driving off. The van driver was identified by his employer after police found surveillance footage of the incident, and claimed that the caller had started honking at him while he was waiting at a stop sign, and that he had thrown his drink and “flipped him off” in response. The caller, he said, then followed him to the beach, grabbed something from the back of his car, and challenged him to “get out and fight,” at which point, he said, he drove away and called his employer. Neither man wanted to pursue charges, and the case was closed.
After receiving two reports of a possible boat fire in the harbor on the afternoon of Sept. 3, police spotted a smoking vessel just north of the Breakwater Yacht Club. An officer accompanied the harbormaster out to the boat, whose owner assured them there was no fire aboard — they were just experiencing an “exhaust issue.”
Springs
On the night of Aug. 29, following up on a report that a Bruce Lane man, after throwing a full can of Modelo beer at another person, had barricaded himself inside a white Ford van on Three Mile Harbor Road, officers found the man, still in the car, waving his hands, jumping back and forth, and mocking them as they repeatedly ordered him to step outside. They pulled him out of the van after finding an unlocked side door, and charged him with obstructing governmental administration. He was taken to headquarters for processing and released with a ticket to appear in Justice Court later this month.