Amagansett
A loud explosion coming from the beach near Osprey Road early Monday morning may have been fireworks, police said.
Power-washing a house at 7 p.m. is not permitted under the town code, police told a Sag Harbor man at work on March 31. A neighbor on Montauk Highway had complained about the noise.
East Hampton
A truck spotted on Sammy’s Beach caught the eye of Marine Patrol on March 30. Its driver explained that he was planning to buy the truck, and was testing its four-wheel drive before making the purchase. According to the officers’ report, the truck did not have a beach-driving permit. They warned the driver and let him go.
A Hampton Bays taco truck seen by the side of Accabonac Highway on March 30 was just parked there temporarily, the owner told police after someone reported a possible hazard.
What was reported as a suspicious van parked on Buck’s Path on March 31 at 8 p.m. turned out to be its driver taking a phone call.
East Hampton Village
A Medford man told police he’d fallen asleep at the wheel on the afternoon of March 31 before hitting a curb and a lamppost on Main Street. He then left the scene, but police found him not long after changing a tire on North Main Street. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to use the designated lane, and is scheduled to appear in Justice Court on April 17.
After checking his credentials, police reported finding an unlicensed landscaper at work in the village. They cited the Riverhead man and ordered him to be in court on April 27 to answer to the charge.
A caller claiming to be from the F.B.I. attempted to collect personal information about a person who reported the call to police on Friday. That same person had received another call from someone who said he was with “the United States Border Patrol.” Scammers, police said.
Montauk
After a man accused a neighbor of shooting at deer with a pellet gun on March 30, the neighbor told police he occasionally shoots at a can in the woods with a pellet gun, but not deer. Police told the two to steer clear of each other.
A homeowner reported the sudden appearance of a broken-down car in his driveway on Sunday, and police tracked down its owner, who told them he’d lent it to a friend, who’d abandoned it after it broke down. He promised to have it towed.
Sag Harbor
Construction workers at a Bay Street property reported Saturday that they’d seen an unknown man entering the job site several times and taking pictures. No one could identify him, and police promised to keep a lookout in the area.
Firefighters responded to an open burn in the driveway of a Main Street house on April 1. The flames were quickly extinguished.
On March 30, an employee of the Sag Harbor Cinema called to report a patron who “was being disrespectful to employees” and refused to leave. He left when officers arrived.
Later that evening, another man, apparently not the same one, refused to leave the American Hotel, but eventually left on a county bus after police escorted him out.
Police collected multiple estate sale signs Saturday on Madison Street, Main Street, and Brick Kiln Road, storing them until their owner could pick them up. The signs violate the village code, police said.
Springs
Employees of the Montauk Market told police on Friday that a dispute over a declined debit card had turned belligerent after a customer walked behind the counter and began shouting at employees. They were able to identify the man, who they said was a regular patron. Police spoke with him, and said he acknowledged causing a disturbance.