Police & Courts

A Yaphank woman who got lost in Springs with a friend early Saturday morning has been in county jail ever since, either because she is unable to meet the $500 bail set for her in East Hampton Town Justice Court, or because of an unrelated matter in Suffolk County District Court.

At some point on the afternoon of March 25, a “do not enter” sign at the intersection of West Lake Drive and Montauk Highway was knocked down by a vehicle, which left the scene.

East Hampton Town police charged two men over the holiday weekend with drunken driving, with one charge a felony.

According to the East Hampton fire marshal’s office, it appears the fire was ignited by embers that flew out of the chimney.

Two women who came to Montauk for the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday had their wallets stolen while they were at the bar at the Memory Motel on Main Street. It appears from the redacted incident report that police have a suspect or two in mind, perhaps from surveillance video. Police are investigating.

A Springs man who recently finished his term of parole following a stint in county jail is back behind bars after being pulled over in a traffic stop around midnight on Sunday

Jorge L. Marin, 29, of Montauk was arrested by East Hampton Town police after a traffic stop on Montauk Highway in East Hampton early Saturday morning and was charged with two felonies: possession of liquid marijuana, a controlled substance, and possession of a stolen debit card

East Hampton Town police made three arrests last weekend on drunken driving charges. All three arrested were driving Ford F-150 pickups.

East Hampton Town police detectives are investigating the apparent theft of a Volvo sport utility vehicle from the driveway of a couple’s house on Oyster Shores Road in East Hampton.

A vacant lot on Koala Lane was targeted by an arboreal-minded thief sometime between last October and Feb. 26. Brian McGrath, the owner of the property, said that there were now 44 holes on his property where once stood white pines.

Derrick Lamont Short, 38, who had been freed on parole on Feb. 20 after serving a year and a half of a three-year prison term for attempted criminal possession of a weapon, is in county jail in Riverside after his parole board stepped in and ordered him held without bail.

East Hampton Town police made two arrests over the weekend on misdemeanor drunken driving charges, the first early Saturday and the second early Sunday.