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On the Logs 01.22.26

Thu, 01/22/2026 - 12:26
A BMW was engulfed in flames on Jan. 12 on Old Stone Highway in Amagansett. The Amagansett Fire Department extinguished the blaze, but the car was destroyed.
Ryan Hecker

Amagansett

Town police and the Amagansett Fire Department extinguished a car fire on Old Stone Highway the night of Jan. 12. A Manhattan resident told police he smelled smoke coming from his BMW X6 while driving near Red Dirt Road, and the car quickly became fully engulfed in flames. No one was injured.

A house fire the same night on Canvasback Lane brought firefighters out again. Officials blamed the resident’s oil burner, which he told police had been serviced recently.

Someone stole a plaster elephant statue from outside the front door of a Montauk Highway resident’s apartment. She told police on Friday that she had an idea of who stole it sometime that night, but the accused denied taking the statue and the case has apparently been closed.

East Hampton

On Monday, a Fieldview Lane resident told police she’d returned home to find her garage door open. She said neither her contractor or housekeeper had opened it, but that there was no damage or anything missing.

East Hampton Village

Two construction workers became stranded on the roof of Prada on Newtown Lane on Friday and flagged down a police officer for help. They told the officer they were working there when their ladder fell.

A Sag Harbor driver was ticketed on Sunday for leaving the scene of an accident after she clipped the mirror of a car parked on Main Street.

Montauk

A witness told police a cement truck had hit a utility pole on DeForest Road the morning of Jan. 12. Police were unable to locate the truck, but notified PSEG that a power line had come down during the incident.

Sag Harbor

Schiavoni’s Market reported last week that a check they’d written to a vendor had never made it there, but had been cashed by an unknown person.

On Jan. 13, police cited a man for working on a house before 8 a.m. Village code dictates that any such work before 8 is not permitted. Several days later on Main Street, police issued a warning to another man for doing construction on the weekend.

A concerned resident told police on Friday that the village-owned property known as Cilli Farm on West Water Street may have been “over-cleared” the week before.

On the Police Logs 06.18.26

Last week in Montauk, a Pennsylvania couple called police to complain that they’d been barred from taking their service dog into Duryea’s restaurant. The manager told them they were welcome to get takeout and eat at a picnic area across the street.

Jun 18, 2026

New Victim Comes Forward

A second victim of a postal worker accused last month of sexually assaulting a child in East Hampton has come forward, resulting in his indictment by the county on two violent felony charges.

Jun 18, 2026

Passenger and Driver Booked

At 4 a.m. on June 3, East Hampton Town police stopped a car on Napeague and wound up charging both a passenger and the driver with drug-related offenses.

Jun 18, 2026

Police ID Woman Found Dead in Montauk Woods

Update: New York State police have identified a woman found dead in the woods in Montauk Thursday as 35-year-old Lauren Balik of New York City.

Jun 12, 2026

 

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