Police & Courts

An Amagansett man who told police he had been mugged ended up on Jan. 4 with a charge of falsely reporting a crime.

There was just one alcohol-related arrest in all of East Hampton Town last week, that of Peter F. Grupe, 22, formerly of Oakdale but now of Northwest Woods.

East Hampton Town police issued an alert on their Facebook page this week following an attempt to defraud a local resident. “It’s an old scam with a new twist,” Capt. Chris Anderson said on Tuesday.

East Hampton Village

An out-of-towner staying at the Mill House Inn approached a patrol car parked outside the Presbyterian Church on Main Street early Friday morning, complaining that he was lost. The officer told him he was walking in the wrong direction.

An East Hampton man charged on New Year’s Day with drunken driving — the third time in the past 10 years — is facing three felony counts.

An East Hampton woman, Emma J. Pittman, 30, became the first person arrested by Sag Harbor Village police in 2016.

East Hampton

Emma Cardio, a caretaker for a Skimhampton Road house, called police on Dec. 29. She said she had last checked the house on Dec. 22, finding nothing amiss. When she arrived the afternoon of the 29th, however, she found a bedroom window shattered. An officer noted that it appeared that the window had been smashed from the outside, and that there was no obvious natural cause for the damage, such as a wind-blown tree branch. Ms. Cardio said nothing appeared to be missing from inside. 

A Tub Oarsman’s Road resident arrived home from work on Dec.

A Springs man who police said drove off in his badly damaged 2002 Nissan after colliding with a utility pole was arrested a little after midnight Saturday and charged with misdemeanor drunken driving.

Two men spent Christmas Day in the county jail following their arrest on charges of domestic violence. One of them, Orlando J. Roberts, 34, faces a felony charge of contempt of court for violating an order of protection issued in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

 Lisada Machuca of Montauk, the holder of the protective order and the mother of his child, told East Hampton Town police she had been in contact with Mr. Roberts recently regarding their child. They agreed to meet on Dec. 23.

 Over the course of the morning, as Mr. Roberts’s arrival was delayed, Ms.

What's on the police logs this week.

An East Hampton man was released Tuesday from the county jail, where he had been held since last Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated and without a license, both felonies.

With the approach of the new year, telephone scammers claiming to be agents of the Internal Revnue Service have been out in force all over the nation, and the East End has been no exception.