Police & Courts

Amagansett

A man who parked in the Amagansett Square lot near Hampton Chutney the evening of June 9 returned to his 1998 Honda to find the cover for his spare tire, attached to the rear of the car, gone, and the B.F. Goodrich tire itself slashed. Stephen Murray estimated the loss at $250.

An Oak Lane homeowner reported on June 9 that sometime during the winter months, two sculptures had been stolen from a shed on the property.

Jaime Uzhcha, a Springs man who owns Jimmy’s Taxi Service, had his license suspended by the town’s licensing review board last week and is facing its possible revocation as well as a felony charge of possession of a forged instrument.

Ronald A. King Jr. of Springs was arraigned Friday at the Cromarty Criminal Court complex in Riverside on felony drunken-driving charges, in connection with his arrest on May 28.

If the past week was any indication, drivers will need to be especially watchful on local roads this summer. The week saw 11 arraignments in East Hampton Town Justice Court involving defendants charged with driving while intoxicated.

What's on the police logs this week:

East Hampton Town police charged two men with felony criminal contempt in recent days for violating orders of protection.

On Amagansett Main Street at a little after midnight Friday, East Hampton Town police spotted a 1991 Dodge pickup truck with a burnt-out taillight hanging by wires, and wound up charging its driver, Zachary Persico of Springs, 27, with felony drunken driving.

What's on the police logs this week:

East Hampton

A pair of Nike sneakers was reported stolen last month from outside a Boatheader’s Lane house after they had been delivered. Karla Briones said this was not the first time an item she ordered by mail had disappeared.

Montauk

Angela Lux called police at about midnight on Saturday to report that an American flag outside her South Etna Avenue house had been vandalized.

Chief Gerard Larsen of the East Hampton Village police introduced the newest member of the department to the village board on Friday.

 

Amagansett

Jonda Stillwell and Kim Webb, caretakers of a Barnes Hole Road residence, told police last Thursday that sometime after May 12 a glass sliding door had been shattered by a rock. The house did not appear to have been entered, and nothing was reported stolen.

East Hampton Village

A Lee Avenue woman whose neighbor was having a fence installed called police on May 17 to say that scrape marks on her gravel driveway indicated that the contractor had used her property to remove debris from a tree.

James Barrett Lucas of Southampton, 52, has been in the county jail in Riverside since Saturday, charged with three felonies related to driving while intoxicated.