Police & Courts

According to East Hampton Town police, a man brandished a weapon during an altercation and punched a victim multiple times in the face, causing pain and bleeding and necessitating medical attention.

Near sunset on Friday, an erratic driver was reported near a Laura’s Lane house in Springs. Police found a blue and white Mustang near the pavilion at Maidstone Park and let the driver know he’d been seen driving well over the speed limit. The man said he’d observe the limit going forward and was waved on.

A loud crash shortly after midnight on Sunday alerted a Sag Harbor Village police officer on routine traffic patrol at Hampton Street that something was awry.

Looking out his side-view mirror, a driver of a cement truck watched in horror as the cement drum broke off the bed of the vehicle, which then overturned.

The St. Patrick's Day parade in Montauk on March 27 led to some alcohol-fueled, rowdy behavior, according to East Hampton Town police, who were called on two occasions to the Shagwong Tavern. One person there described the place as packed wall to wall with revelers, despite a $10 cover charge. In the end, a couple of arrests, and a separate charge of harassment, soured the festive mood.

Mysterious McDonald's hamburgers, accompanied by greeting cards, showed up close to midnight Friday at a Bon Pinck Way property in Springs. One burger was found in the mailbox, one was at the beginning of the driveway, another was by the car, and yet another on the front porch.

Police reported the arrests this week of two people on charges of drunken driving.

Two separate accidents resulted in injuries to drivers this week.

Late on the afternoon of March 21, an East Hampton Village officer watched a man drive a 2021 Mercedes-Benz north on Main Street, cross the double yellow lines, and make an unsafe left turn. As he was being pulled over, the car smacked into the curb, causing it to stop. The man ended up with a driving while intoxicated charge and a night at police headquarters.

When police pulled over a driver in East Hampton on March 23 because his car had "an obstructed view," the officer reported seeing a glass pipe and smelled a strong odor of marijuana in the car, then found Ziploc bags and a digital scale.

Police recorded a single accident on local roads last week involving a 2014 Dodge pickup thats brakes had locked up in Springs.

Someone attempted to gain control over the social media and PayPal account of the Sag Harbor Liquor Store on March 23. Police advised the business to change its passwords. Later that day, the store owners received harassing text messages, wishing their failure and demise. They wanted the incidents on record.