The East Hampton Town Ordinance Enforcement Department served the Surf Lodge in Montauk with citations on Aug. 25 for an illegal change of use and a site plan violation, both stemming from the use of the outdoor deck, which has never received site plan approval, as a pop-up yoga studio, according to Betsy Bambrick, the town’s director of code enforcement.
Police & Courts
Crimes in the WorkplaceSep 3, 2015
Three local men charged in separate incidents with workplace-related crimes were arraigned recently in East Hampton Town Justice Court.
Driver Charged in Fatal CrashAug 30, 2015
Sean P. Ludwick, a former partner in BlackHouse Development, a New York City real estate firm, was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning.
On the Police Logs 08.27.15Aug 27, 2015
Find out what kind of the calls the police were responding to this week.
Summer Is Ending, but Arrests ContinueAug 27, 2015
Jose M. Chuchuca-Loja, 37, an East Hampton Village resident, was driving a 1995 Toyota Celica, police said, when he struck another car at the intersection of Newtown Lane and Main Street and drove away. A Carlos Taxi driver, who saw what happened, called police and then followed the Toyota to the 23-hour parking lot near Lumber Lane.East Hampton Village police said the car was not hard to find because it had front-end damage, a broken axle, and smoke coming from the engine. Police said they found Mr. Chuchuca-Loja running away from the car.
Those Were Not Your HousesAug 27, 2015
At about 4:30 Friday morning, a man who was renting a house for the weekend forced his way into a house elsewhere in Montauk.
Seen on Surveillance VideoAug 20, 2015
A sharp-eyed officer recognized the teenager as the man who was seen four nights before, in a surveillance video outside Plaza Sports on Montauk Main Street, stealing a Nickel skateboard.
Struck While in CrosswalkAug 20, 2015
A Montauk woman was critically injured Friday morning after being hit by an S.U.V. The victim, Mariana Guanga-Baculima, 32, was flown by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was listed in critical but stable condition.The accident occurred near the west entrance to the hamlet, about a half-hour after sunrise. According to police, Robert Budesa, 64, also of Montauk, was driving a 2005 GMC Yukon east at a fairly low rate of speed.
Sweep Nets Drivers From All Walks of LifeAug 20, 2015
Police from across the county were on the lookout for drunken drivers over the weekend, and made five arrests in East Hampton Town.