East Hampton
Police charged an unhoused woman with criminal trespassing in the second degree, a misdemeanor, on April 12. The 58-year-old woman was said to have entered an apartment at Windmill Village and stayed there without permission.
An East Hampton man was charged with driving while impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of cannabis, a violation, on April 17. Police say they found 3.9 ounces of cannabis, which was labeled as such, in the man’s car. It is a violation to be in possession of more than three ounces. The driver was reportedly impaired by the drug as well.
East Hampton Village
Eight teenagers involved in a fight at Smokey Buns were taken home by their parents on Friday night. The teens had been at the movie theater, according to police, and went to the restaurant afterward in two groups, one of which confronted the other and a fight broke out. One boy told officers that he and his friends had been targeted by the other group after he and his girlfriend split up. In an otherwise heavily redacted report, police noted that no one was injured in the fracas.
A disturbance at Bank of America brought four officers to the Newtown Lane branch on Friday. Police said a man had been yelling and using “profane language.” After being escorted out, he told police he needed to get back to Hampton Bays. They helped him get to the train station.
On Friday an employee of Tenet, a Newtown Lane shop, told police a woman had bought a $400 pair of shoes and then disputed the charge with her credit card company, which reversed it. The employee said the shoes would have to be returned, as they had not been paid for. The woman returned the shoes, but they had been worn, prompting the store to request payment again. According to the report, the woman’s parents have paid for the shoes.
Montauk
A Medford woman was charged with misdemeanor drunken driving on April 17. Police said they had clocked her speed at 93 miles per hour on Montauk Highway in the hamlet.
On Saturday afternoon, a U.S. Postal Service truck struck a cable utility box on South Genesee Court while attempting to park. The mail truck had to be towed from the scene.
Sag Harbor
Local police had a call from the New York Police Department last Thursday warning of a possible swatting incident in the village. Someone in Manhattan had called the N.Y.P.D. to say he planned to “shoot up and bomb” a store on Main Street. Both city and local departments followed up on the call and found nothing.
The owner of Thriftknd called Sunday to say that a woman had been captured on video taking a $30 bottle of perfume from a shelf, putting it in her pocket, and walking out without paying for it. An investigation is ongoing.
A landscaping crew with a chain saw left a cut in a tree on Madison Street, on the border of two properties, on April 17. One of the neighbors told police the crew had come onto her property to cut the tree. The Building Department has advised both neighbors to leave the tree alone until it can be determined who owns it.
Police confiscated a fake inspection sticker from a car on Bay Street on April 20.
Springs
The Amagansett Fire Department put out a fire on Louse Point Road on Saturday after the homeowner called at 1 a.m. to report a blaze on his deck. Police reported significant damage to the deck and the outside of the house. No one was injured.