East Hampton
A woman who has been warned multiple times not to remove items from the dump was given a summons on Sunday after police were told she was using a fishing net to retrieve items, bagging them, and putting them in her car.
East Hampton Village
A lost pocketbook turned up at Stop and Shop last Thursday. A Sag Harbor woman had reported the bag stolen from her car that afternoon, but a store employee found it in a shopping cart and returned it to police for safekeeping.
A laptop computer found in the men’s room at the Herrick Park bathrooms was returned to its owner, the Middle School’s I.T. department, on March 18.
That same day, a Hampton Bays man operating a gas-powered leaf blower at 7:20 a.m. on Montauk Highway was cited for violating village code, and is to appear in Justice Court on Monday. Gas-powered lawn equipment can be used between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. only, and is prohibited on Sundays and holidays.
Police freed a deer trapped in a fence on Jones Road on Monday afternoon.
Montauk
A Suffolk County bus driver called police last week to complain that a rider had refused to move his dog from a seat on the bus. The driver told police the county requires that pets sit on the floor and that he’d had run-ins with the same passenger in the past. The man left the bus after multiple police requests.
A Queens resident called police early on Saturday morning to say he’d fallen asleep on the train and was stranded in Montauk. He was advised to wait for the 7 a.m. train headed west.
Sag Harbor
A Honda Ridgeline with a swastika sticker on it was seen at Mashashimuet Park on Saturday and a caller reported it to police, who arrived but said it was covered by the owner’s First Amendment right to free speech. No further action was taken.
A woman who walked out of Stella and Ruby on Main Street Saturday without paying for two pairs of pants and two hats was confronted outside by an employee and gave the items back.
Also on Saturday, another shoplifter struck at Dôen on Madison Street, stealing a pair of black shoes. Employees told police she had “heavy Botox to her face.”
A floating dock broke loose from its anchor on March 16 and was found slamming into a stationary dock. Two harbormasters were able to move the mobile dock and secure it.
A local woman reported a lost iPad to police on March 17, saying she first thought she’d left it at the Las Vegas hotel where she was staying, but later, using the “Find My” app, spotted it at a house in that city. Las Vegas police were informed and are investigating.
Last Thursday, another traveler reported his wallet lost or stolen somewhere between Phoenix and Newark.
While some things went missing last week, others were found. On Friday, a resident found a credit card on Union Street and dropped it off at police headquarters. That same day, someone turned in a pair of AirPods discovered on Glover Street.