East Hampton
A car parked behind the town police substation on Pantigo Road seemed suspicious to police on Friday morning. Upon closer inspection, officers found a woman sleeping in it, who told them she was waiting for the courthouse to open.
Late on the night of Sept. 14 on Whooping Hollow Road, a Hampton Bays man reportedly struck a Sag Harbor man “multiple times in the face and head with closed fists.” He was charged with second-degree harassment, a violation.
After changing their minds about buying a puppy from a seller on Facebook Marketplace, a woman and her daughter told police on Sept. 16 that they’d started receiving threatening messages from the seller. They were advised to block his number.
East Hampton Village
A group of boys playing ding-dong ditch on Cooper Lane on Friday night (ringing a doorbell and running away) were spotted on camera by the targeted homeowner, who called police before they could play the prank. Police notified one child’s father about the game and he said he would be right over.
A man known to police became irate when CVS declined his Electronic Benefits Transfer card on Sept. 14. An employee said the man had cursed at the cashier before trying the card a second time, with success. Police told him to stay away from the store for the rest of the day.
Smoke in the basement of a Cooper Lane pool house on Friday night was caused by a faulty fuse box, police said. They disconnected the power and told the homeowner to call an electrician.
A man was reported to be “crying in the road” on North Main Street on Sept. 14, but police were unable to find him.
A resident of Cove Hollow Farm Road called on Sept. 15 to say he’d hired a landscaping company to remove trees on his property, but that a neighbor had called 911, claiming the company was stealing the trees. The man who called 911 said he believes the area is a scenic easement and trees should not be removed from it.
A fallen tree on Baiting Hollow Road took an electrical pole down with it on Sept. 15. PSEG was notified.
Montauk
Charging cables attached to an unattended Chevrolet Tahoe parked on Royal Oak Way caused flames to break out under the hood, an Oyster Bay man told police Saturday. Firefighters arrived to find he’d already doused the fire with a garden hose.
Two men staying at the Beach Plum Resort were reported yelling at each other over the noise coming out of one of their rooms on Sunday night. Police broke it up and told them to stay away from each other.
Early Monday morning, a New Jersey man and a Bethpage man had a fight over a fire pit at the hotel where they were staying, which police did not name. They were told to go to their rooms and not contact each other again.
Sag Harbor
Police searched Saturday night for two men, one in his early 50s, according to witnesses, and the other in his late 20s, who’d been fighting with each other outside Cluckman’s on Saturday night, but did not find them. The younger man was said to have started the fight.
A malfunctioning pool heater on Jermain Avenue was to blame for the sound of an explosion, reported from the Oakland Avenue area Saturday morning. Witnesses told police that morning that the sounds were “very loud and were shaking the ground.” Firefighters shut off the gas and determined the heater was no longer dangerous.
A drone that appeared to be peering into the windows of a Concord Street house last Thursday was spotted by men working on the house there. Police said they saw it too, but could not determine if it was equipped with a camera, nor where it had come from.
A Madison Street woman called police on Sept. 15 after finding a pool company truck blocking her driveway. Police found that employees of the company were working on the woman’s own pool.
Near midnight on Saturday, someone called police on a man on Cross Street, who was said to be “yelling.” According to the police report, a woman with the man said he was “frustrated by losing an unknown piece of property.”
Code Enforcement was notified on Sept. 15 after police found a pool on Denison Road being pumped out and causing flooding to a neighboring property. The pool was also found to be unfenced and uncovered, causing what was called an “immediate hazard.”
Excessive flooding on Long Island Avenue on Saturday afternoon was determined to have been caused by a Meadowlark Lane resident draining their pool. Police unplugged the pool pump.
On Sept. 16, a car parked on the sidewalk on Union Street was moved as soon as police arrived.
Springs
Early Monday morning a fire broke out in an electrical pole on Flaggy Hole Road. Police and firefighters responded and found wires in the street. The flames were put out and PSEG reported to the scene later that morning for repairs.
Wainscott
Police found two black barrels dumped by the side of Daniel’s Hole Road on Sept. 16. The Highway Department was dispatched to remove them.