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On the Logs 01.29.26

Thu, 01/29/2026 - 12:40

East Hampton

With shotgun hunting season underway since earlier this month came several reports of hunting around Stephen Hand’s Path, Route 114, Green Hollow Road, and Goodfriend Drive. Police found none of the concerns credible.

An elderly East Hampton man may have fallen victim to a fraud scheme last week. On Jan. 20, he told police that while shopping online he’d been directed to speak to someone “with the fraud department of the Federal Trade Commission.” That person was able to convince him to disclose his banking institutions (though not his account numbers) and driver’s license number.

East Hampton Village

An East Hampton Library employee told police on Jan. 20 that an elderly man who has a history of “tying women’s undergarments onto a bicycle at the library” had done it again. Police issued the man a citation for trespassing.

After a local man called on Sunday to report that his Honda was missing, police informed him that it had been repossessed.

Montauk

Following a verbal altercation Friday afternoon between a Dime Bank employee and a customer, the employee summoned police. The angry customer told officers that the bank had closed his account without notifying him, but was told in return that he was no longer welcome at the Carl Fisher Plaza location and would be arrested if he showed up again anywhere on the property, including the A.T.M. vestibule.

Sag Harbor

Several prescription medication bottles left on a bench outside the Leallo clothing store on Main Street were removed by police last week, after a store employee reported that the bottles had been there for several days.

Men loading a van with tarps from a Hillside Drive construction site prompted a call to police Friday night. Police could not find the van in question.

Firefighters doused a fire in a metal barrel on Fordham Street on Sunday night.

On Monday morning, an unidentified caller reported being chased by a large brown dog, not for the first time.

Springs

Springs firefighters were called to the scene of a car fire Saturday night on Fireplace Road, after the driver reported smoke coming from under the hood. After extinguishing the flames they were able to push the car out of the roadway, and it was later towed away.

The Deer Was Spared, But . . .

After swerving to avoid a deer on Napeague, a local man and his passenger hit a tree and were injured.

Mar 12, 2026

Charged in Theft of Wallet

An East Hampton man could be facing up to four years in prison if he is convicted of what police allege is grand larceny.

Mar 12, 2026

Police ID Man Found Dead in Springs

Update: East Hampton Town police have identified a man found dead in Clearwater Beach in Springs on Tuesday, and said his death did not appear to be suspicious.

Mar 10, 2026

Timberlake Opposes Release of Arrest Footage

The ghost of Justin Timberlake’s adjudicated June 2024 drunken-driving arrest in Sag Harbor resurfaced this week, with the pop star’s lawyers fighting the release of video footage from the incident.

Mar 5, 2026

 

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