East Hampton Village police, responding Sunday morning to a call reporting a woman slumped over the steering wheel of a 2010 Toyota Prius, engine running, ended up arresting Phyllis Dewitt Chase, 58, of East Hampton, on charges of driving while intoxicated. According to the police log, an officer had to rap three times on the driver’s side window to awaken Ms. Chase, whose car was parked at the train station.
Police & Courts
On the Police Logs 12.03.15Dec 3, 2015
Amagansett An “elderly gentleman” walked into D’Canela restaurant on the afternoon of Nov. 21 brandishing a $10 gift certificate he had purchased from restaurant.com. He told the owner and manager, Luis Aucapina, that he wanted to use the certificate toward a takeout order. Mr. Aucapina explained that the restaurant’s policy was to honor such certificates for customers seated at the restaurant, not for takeout. This apparently upset the man, who left after arguing the point with Mr. Aucapina. A couple of hours later, he called numerous times, yelling and cursing.
On the Police Logs 11.26.15Nov 25, 2015
East Hampton An East Hampton High School student was in class on Nov. 12, he told police, when he received a phone call from a man who said his sister had been in an accident. Police contacted the sister, who was fine, and told the boy that the phone calls were part of a scam, and that several such incidents had been reported recently. The same man left similar messages on the family’s land line, according to the log. Another student at the high school told police that on Nov.
Headed East to Nassau?Nov 19, 2015
East Hampton Town police made three arrests over the weekend on misdemeanor drunken-driving charges, all in Montauk.
Back Behind BarsNov 19, 2015
An East Hampton man who has spent much of his time recently in and out of custody is back behind bars this week.
Bookkeeper Admits to TheftNov 19, 2015
A former bookkeeper and teacher’s aid at the Rainbow Preschool in Bridgehampton was charged with stealing more than $35,000 from the school. Lauren E. Comber, 30, of Sag Harbor turned herself in to Southampton Town police on Nov. 10.
‘Yes, I Took the Signs’Nov 19, 2015
On the day before Election Day, a Springs woman was caught on video hurrying off with a neighbor’s campaign signs. Elizabeth M. Ruth, 73, was an unlikely arrestee. The signs’ owner, Lynne Scanlon, told East Hampton Town police that she had put up several anti-rental registry signs, all of which had been stolen. She decided to fight back.
Another Officer’s Truck StruckNov 12, 2015
On Friday, for the second straight week, a driver ran into a vehicle driven by an off-duty law enforcement officer and then fled.
Halloween-Night CheckpointNov 5, 2015
State troopers and officers of the county sheriff’s department who manned a Halloween-night sobriety checkpoint on Sunrise Highway reported the arrest of a Springs man on a charge of misdemeanor drunken driving.