East Hampton
A Springs driver who was stranded last Thursday night by the side of Springs-Fireplace Road after her tank ran dry got some help from police, who gave her enough gas to get to a nearby station.
What looked like a flashing light in the woods off Oakview Highway on Saturday night turned out to be a bicycle reflector.
Police were called to Buckskill Road on Sunday after someone reported a man wearing blue surgical gloves while behind the wheel of a red Hyundai. They did not find the car or the driver.
East Hampton Village
At the Exxon Station on Montauk Highway on Sept. 30, a woman whose car had just failed inspection refused to pay for it, and police were called. An officer let her know that she would have to pay anyway, which she did.
A cabinetmaker who started work on Egypt Lane early Friday morning was ticketed for a noise violation, operating a table saw before 8 a.m.
Montauk
A local woman was charged with criminal mischief on Sept. 27 after police said she intentionally damaged the camera in a police car, kicking it and then pulling it down and breaking it. The report did not say why she was in the car to begin with.
In early September, police were called to Marshall and Sons service station after a disagreement between Marshall Prado and a customer. According to the report, Mr. Prado, the station’s owner, asked a woman to move her white Mercedes from in front of a self-service gas pump when she showed no sign of getting out of the car. Mr. Prado told police the woman was “aggressive,” telling him he “did not know who they were messing with” and that she had a “large social media presence.” She initially left after the confrontation, he said, but returned, telling police she’d been “taking her time” to choose her payment method and that Mr. Prado was “extremely rude” toward her. She denied threatening him or other employees. Police served her with a notice of trespass and told her not to return to the station.
A Massachusetts man described as “highly intoxicated” told police on Saturday night that he’d been thrown out of Dive Bar on West Lake Drive for “yelling at individuals at the bar.” The bouncer reported that the man had been asked to leave multiple times before being removed.
Sag Harbor
A car somehow ended up in the water at the boat launching ramp off Bay View Drive on Sunday. A good Samaritan towed it out, according to the report; no one was injured.
After allegedly stealing a white sweater from the laundromat on Main Street on Sept. 29, a Sag Harbor man is facing a charge of petty larceny. According to police, the same man was arrested on Sunday night after he refused to leave the front porch of the American Hotel. He had been told to stay away from the hotel in May, and was also charged for violating that order.
A man flagged police down on Main Street Saturday night to tell an officer that a woman dining at Tutto il Giorno restaurant had “told his kids to shut up,” and that the staff there did nothing to help. The manager of the restaurant explained to officers that the family had been loud and the children were bumping repeatedly into the woman’s table.
After writing a check and mailing it from the Sag Harbor Post Office, a woman reported that the amount had been altered to the tune of an additional $5,000 and cashed last Thursday.
Police arrested an East Hampton man twice in two days over the weekend. On Hampton Street Saturday, he was charged with aggravated unlicensed driving, a misdemeanor, and speeding. Police said they confiscated his license after finding three suspensions, which didn’t stop the man, who was spotted the next day driving down that same street, this time without a front license plate. He was again charged with the misdemeanor and is due back in court on Oct. 23.
A 24-foot Sea Ray was found partially submerged on Sept. 28 in the inner mooring field. The harbormaster was able to pump out some of the water before letting the owner know what had happened.
A 20-foot vessel that had broken off its mooring and overturned near North Haven was reported on Sept. 29. The harbormaster said the boat’s owner was making arrangements for its removal.
An officer patrolling Main Street last Thursday found $9 in cash and logged it in.
The owner of a dinghy that had made it through the nor’easter tied to his beachfront stairs on Terry Drive, reported it missing on Sept. 28.
Police were called to Kidd Squid Brewery Sunday afternoon after a noise complaint. An employee told the live band there to stop playing.
A man told police on Sept. 28 that someone had tried to charge $3,000 to his account at Apple Bank. He suspected identity theft.
Springs
A Manhattan man called police on Saturday afternoon after losing sight of his wife, who was kayaking near Louse Point. He called back soon to say she’d returned safely to the beach.
