Amagansett
A visitor from Newtown, Mass., was cited for public urination at 2 a.m. on Saturday near Amagansett Hardware. Police said he was “highly intoxicated,” refused to provide identification, and “adamantly denied” urinating in public even though he’d been caught on an officer’s body camera. Police held him “long enough to identify him” and released him with a ticket.
East Hampton
Mitad Del Mundo Express on North Main Street is out $5,977 worth of meat after an Uber Eats order was disputed. The manager told police that on April 28, shortly after the order was placed, it was disputed through a “credit card chargeback,” which could involve fraud, a billing error, or something else. Police told the manager to challenge the chargeback with the card company.
Residents of the mobile home park on Oakview Highway told police on May 18 that a woman was approaching them asking for money and saying she was selling gold. Her story changed when asked why she needed money, they said.
East Hampton Village
A driver called police on May 19, to report that the car behind his could be following him. Police stopped that car on North Main Street and the driver said he was not following anyone, just driving to work.
On May 20, a man cleaning a barbecue grate with a grinder at 6 a.m. on Bailow Lane, off East Hollow Road, was cited for violating the noise ordinance.
The owners of a Jeep and an Audi parked at the Y.M.C.A., not only in handicapped parking spots but also on the sidewalk, found tickets on their windshields the morning of May 20.
Early morning construction work on Baiting Hollow Road was halted by police on May 19. On weekdays between May 15 and Sept. 15, the village prohibits construction before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m.
Montauk
A Deer Park woman called police after being refused service at Anthony’s Pancake House Sunday morning; the restaurant owner does not allow strollers inside and her dog was in a stroller. In the end, she and the dog were allowed to stay.
Did the rapper 50 Cent create a noise disturbance on Sunday night at the Surf Lodge? Police cited the club’s manager for violating the noise ordinance after receiving reports of “excessively loud music.”
Two men demanded money from a man walking his dog last week on the beach off Washington Street and Old Montauk Highway, after claiming that the dog had scratched their pickup truck. The owner said his dog had “greeted” the men in the parking lot, but did tell them they could go through insurance. They said they wanted cash. The dog owner left and called police.
A bicycle left outside the Montauk Blue Hotel was reported stolen on May 18. Earlier that morning, an officer had stopped a man walking with two bicycles on South Essex Street, suspecting they did not belong to him. The man first told the officer that one of the bikes was a gift from “his uncle’s friend,” but then admitted that he’d taken them “from a South Elmwood Street motel.” The manager told police the man was not welcome back on the property.
Sag Harbor
Police were alerted to a possible rental scam on Monday evening. A man called to say he’d responded to an online ad advertising a rental on Meadowlark Street for $2,200 a month. He was told he would have to pay $700 to see the house because the key was lost and a locksmith would have to be hired. This request, he said, set off alarm bells in his mind, and he called police. Officers discovered that the house is indeed for rent, but through a broker, and for $84,000 for the summer season.
Three youths were released to the care of their parents on Friday night after they were spotted carrying cans of Twisted Tea, an alcoholic iced tea drink, on Main Street near the Corner Bar. They were all under the legal drinking age. Police confiscated the cans.
Police are working to identify the owner of a gray Jeep seen driving on the private beaches of Azurest, Sag Harbor Hills, and Ninevah. The president of the Sag Harbor Hills Improvement Association said the Jeep was first spotted on May 19. Although police could see the Jeep on the Flock cameras, they could not get a clear view of the license plate.
A Richards Drive resident called on May 20 to report that his BMW X5 had gone missing overnight, adding that his daughter had awakened him at 3 a.m. to report flashing lights and beeping in the driveway. After a brief investigation, police determined that the S.U.V. in question had been repossessed.
A $12 headband was stolen from Thriftknd on Main Street on Saturday. Police said an employee of the shop reviewed her camera footage and tracked down the thief, who then paid for the headband, but was warned about trespassing and told not to come back to the store.
A boat struck some rocks north of the breakwater on the afternoon of May 18. Police said no one was injured and the boat was not taking on water, but it was towed to shore.
A caller reported “a man under a car” in the parking lot at 45 Bay Street on May 18. The man, who was uninjured and not under the car when police arrived, said that he’d driven his Land Rover onto the grass in order to drop off an electric bike at his boat, which was docked at the Yacht Club. Police told him to move the car off the grass.
Springs
A disabled vessel was towed to shore Saturday from the Gardiner’s Island South Channel entrance. The boater, visiting from New Hampshire, said a faulty impeller on the 1999 Scout Boat powerboat was causing an engine problem. All four passengers were unharmed.
