Police & Courts

East Hampton Town police arrested three men in recent days, two after accidents, on charges of driving without valid licenses or court-ordered ignition interlock devices, which test for the presence of alcohol on a driver’s breath before the engine will turn over.

Police received word of a possibly intoxicated man standing on the sidewalk near Ocean Avenue and James Lane on the afternoon of Sept. 30. An officer spoke to a 52-year-old man who said he has arthritis, making it difficult to walk. There were no problems.

A high-end local developer and builder was charged with misdemeanor assault Friday night after kneeing the founder of a major South Fork real estate brokerage in the thigh during an argument at the East Hampton Grill on North Main Street in the village.

East Hampton Town Police Sgt. Joseph Kearney has retired after 22 years with the department. His fellow officers saluted him in a ceremonial walkout, held under a canopy in the pouring rain last Thursday.

The East Hampton Fire Department’s annual Fire Prevention Open House is happening on Sunday, at the start of National Fire Prevention Week.

Thomas Gilbert Jr., the Princeton graduate who was found guilty in June of murdering his father, was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison for the crime. The family were longtime summer residents of the Georgica Association in Wainscott.

A man living in a motel room in Montauk hit his roommate in the head with a baseball bat there, in the early morning hours of Sunday, according to East Hampton Town police. 

Zara S. Beard filed a trespass report with police after she found two strangers taking pictures with her father, Peter Beard, the well-known photographer, on their property on Sept. 20. He did not recall their names, she said. Ms. Beard said she does not want unknown people on their property.

A woman who East Hampton Town police later said was intoxicated, driving a 2013 Toyota sedan, hit a man walking alongside Three Mile Harbor Road, East Hampton, at about 3:45 a.m. on Sunday.

An 18-year-old hit a utility pole and a sign after she swerved to avoid hitting a deer on Route 114 in East Hampton early on Friday morning.

An argument over an alleged therapy dog led to a disturbance at John’s Pancake House in Montauk on the morning of Sept. 17.

Patchita Tennant is on leave from her job as a manager at the CVS pharmacy in East Hampton, following her arrest on charges of shooting her boyfriend in their Flanders home earlier this month and then fleeing with their 3-year-old daughter, who was later found safe.

Monica Morocho was driving a 2009 Toyota belonging to a Southampton company on Three Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton last week when she rear-ended a 2011 Honda.

East Hampton Town police charged a 54-year-old man with felony assault Friday night after he reportedly shoved his 74-year-old uncle to the ground, causing a cut on the back of his head.

The Southampton Town Police Department has alerted the public to a phone scam involving graphic photos depicting an execution-style murder.

A Manhattan psychologist was released Monday morning on $10,000 bail after being held for a day and a night in the Sag Harbor Village lockup on a felony charge of aggravated driving with a child in her vehicle.

School administrators have announced two town hall-style meetings about the dangers of vaping. The first is on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at East Hampton High School, followed by a Southampton High School session next Thursday, also at 7 p.m.

A new East Hampton Fire Department substation being built at Cedar Street and Old Northwest Road is expected to lower insurance costs for residents of Northwest Woods, expand resources, and help the department more efficiently respond to calls.

A 20-year-old man driving drunk crashed his car into two buildings in Springs and came to rest in between them just after midnight on Friday. He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition. 

The manager at the CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village, who was accused earlier this month of shooting her boyfriend at their home in Flanders and then fleeing with their 3-year-old daughter, was back in court last week, flanked by a dozen supporters.

A proposal from the Springs Fire District to remove an unutilized 150-foot-tall communications tower behind the firehouse on Fort Pond Boulevard, and replace it with a 180-foot-tall tower to improve radio and pager communications for fire, ambulance, and police personnel, came before the East Hampton Town Planning Board on Sept. 11.

An East Hampton woman only noticed her china was missing when she moved the locked cabinet away from the wall to clean behind it and the back of the cabinet came off.

A man tossed a liquor bottle from his boat to another boat docked at Gurney’s Resort and Marina on Star Island Road in Montauk on Sept. 1, breaking a woman’s nose and leading to an assault charge.

Applications for Southampton Town affordable housing units at Sandy Hollow in Southampton and Speonk Commons are still being accepted, the town announced Wednesday.

An alleged drunken driver lost control of his car, causing it to roll over in Wainscott on Monday night, injuring his two passengers, including a woman who was partially ejected.

A 32-year-old Southampton man was arrested Saturday in Springs on two charges, including a felony, after he allegedly violated an order of protection. 

A well-liked woman who has worked at the CVS pharmacy in East Hampton Village for 15 years was arrested last week after she shot her boyfriend in their Flanders home and then fled, leading to a statewide Amber Alert for their 3-year-old daughter.

To mark this year’s 100th anniversary of the American Legion, members of Sag Harbor’s Chelberg and Battle Post 388 have created a remembrance journal to honor the service of village veterans. The book will be presented to members at a dinner celebrating the centennial on Tuesday, and then made available to the public.

When Rick King’s neighbors on 19th Street played loud music and were yelling on Sunday at about 9 p.m., he told police he blasted an air horn and yelled back, out of frustration.

Police have asked for the public’s help to identify two people in connection with crimes committed on the South Fork this summer.