Police & Courts

Round trip, an ambulance ride from Springs to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital takes between two and three hours, depending on the circumstances. From Montauk, it takes a minimum of three hours. So say two of the ambulance drivers who make these trips regularly, who know "every bump" in the road along the way.

An East Hampton man was hospitalized following a collision with a 2023 Chevrolet while cycling north on King Street in the village on the morning of Aug. 16.

A Bridgehampton man was arrested on charges of illegal firearms possession on Saturday night following a traffic stop on East Hampton Main Street shortly after 8. 

An East Hampton Town justice sent a homeless man to Suffolk County jail without bail Thursday following the man's arrest on eight combined charges of robbery, attempted robbery, and kidnapping. Police allege that on Tuesday evening he approached three people — all male East Hampton residents, one of them a juvenile — in a parking lot on Springs-Fireplace Road, where he held a knife to the throat of one victim, demanded money, and "ordered" them to drive to an A.T.M.

A man walked into the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor on Sunday night and pulled the fire alarm, which sprayed multiple pieces of art valued at about $10,000 in all. While no cameras caught the incident, the gallery requested that detectives conduct an investigation.

One man's Mercedes was said to contain a hidden compartment with 50 glassine envelopes of cocaine, and the D.A. said police found over 1,000 individual baggies of cocaine, 589 grams of cocaine, 269 grams of ecstasy, and $19,046 in cash in the Springs house where the man lived when he was arrested on Aug. 2.

The Southampton Town Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a 30-year-old Southampton man whose family has been unable to locate or contact him since Aug. 22.

A North Carolina man was arrested on a charge of damaging private property, a class-E felony, after an incident at Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk early Saturday morning.

A red-and-black lawn mower said to have cost $15,000 was reported stolen from outside Love Adorned, in Amagansett Square, on the morning of Aug. 20. The mower left tire tracks in the grass leading toward the exit.

The East Hampton Town Police Department received nine calls about pesticide peddlers in Montauk, Springs, Northwest Harbor, and Wainscott between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23.

Several fire departments worked for four hours to tame a fire at a large house on La Forest Lane in East Hampton Saturday evening. 

The owners of a house where two sisters died in a fire while their family was vacationing there have admitted they rented the house illegally, built an outdoor kitchen with neither a construction permit nor an electrical inspection, and failed to make sure smoke and carbon monoxide alarms were working throughout the house.

East Hampton Town police blocked off roads in Montauk and had the Long Island Rail Road halt Montauk-bound trains on Friday afternoon as they responded to a possible “psychiatric emergency” at a house on Edgemere Street, not far from the train station.

Two bicyclists were involved in collisions in Montauk on the evening of Aug. 14.

Two Jersey City residents were set to return to East Hampton Town Justice Court on Thursday in a virtual follow-up after both were arraigned on July 26 on charges of possessing stolen property; one was additionally charged with felony drug possession.

A woman was out to dinner with friends at the Clubhouse on the night of Aug. 14 when, she told police, a man introduced himself to the group and they engaged in “casual conversation.” At the end of the night, she said, he asked if she wanted to hear a joke and slapped her in the face. He will be charged with harassment if found.

Police in East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor Village made two felony arrests last week, one allegedly involving drugs, the other alcohol.

East Hampton Town police and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are searching for a suspect involved in what they called a home invasion on Old Stone Highway late Monday afternoon.

A Suffolk County Criminal Court judge set bail at $2 million cash each for two men charged earlier this month with drug trafficking in an alleged East Hampton operation that Assistant District Attorney Rob Archer said racked up $1 million in proceeds.

The Fire Department-sponsored fireworks show scheduled for Saturday night at East Hampton Village's Main Beach has been canceled, with a potential new date to be announced in the next two weeks. Main Beach has also been closed to swimming for the time being.

Two bicycle riders required medical attention recently after colliding with vehicles in East Hampton Village and Montauk.

Fire Department volunteers responded Wednesday night to a house on Cosdrew Lane, in East Hampton's Northwest Woods, where the basement had become smoky and electricity had partially gone out.

An Audi was stolen from a Jericho Lane driveway on Saturday morning. The owner logged in to her Audi account, she later told police, and noticed an E-Z Pass transaction at the Throgs Neck Bridge earlier that day. Police in Newark located and impounded the car, which she has since retrieved.

Last weekend was a busy one for East Hampton Village lifeguards, who made a total of 22 saves.

“Kids with a fishing net” were reported near Town Pond on the afternoon of July 31, and police went to check. One of the boys explained that he was using a pool net to retrieve a plastic bag from the pond, and he was allowed to proceed.

A multi-agency police task force made two nearly simultaneous arrests around noon on Friday, resulting in multiple felony charges for two men accused of selling narcotics.

Two houses in East Hampton were damaged by a lightning strike late Tuesday afternoon that sent an occupant of one to the hospital. The clap of thunder that quickly followed was so loud that it shook houses miles away. 

Village Justice Carl Irace instructed the pop star, appearing in court virtually from Belgium, to turn his camera on for his arraignment redo.

The driver stayed at the scene with the man who he hit, who had "stumbled off of a grassy, sloped shoulder" and into the roadway, according to a report.

A resident of Beach Lane in Wainscott reported his Paris Bistro tables and chairs, together valued at $1,200, missing after he used them to set up a lemonade stand for his daughter on the morning of July 14.